Sales Analysis Report By Distribution Code

Sales Analysis - Report by Distribution Code

Function

Use this task to create a report showing sales history of units, sales, and costs by distribution code. Depending on the Sales Analysis by Distribution Code parameter settings, this report can also display a sales analysis of products and items used in the distribution.

=> To access this task...

Select By Distribution Code from the Reports menu.

Sales Analysis by Distribution Code

About the Fields

In the Current Period field...

Enter the base period to include on the report.

In the Current Year field...

Enter the year of the period.

In the Sales Analysis Level field...

The responses available for this field are dependent upon the parameter settings.

Select Distribution Code (D) from the dropdown to create a report at the distribution code level.
Select Product Type (P) from the dropdown to create a report at the distribution code and product level.
Select Item (I) from the dropdown to create a report at the distribution code, product, and item level.

In the Sales Analysis Sequence field...

Select Ascending (A) from the dropdown to create the analysis in ascending order.
Select Descending (D) from the dropdown to create the analysis in descending order.
Select Unsorted (U) from the dropdown to create an unsorted analysis.

In the Beginning/Ending Dist. Code field...

Enter the number of the first/last distribution code to appear on the report.
Click to select from a list of distribution codes.

In the Beginning/Ending Product Type field...

Enter the type of the first/last product type to appear on the report.
Click to select from a list of product types.

In the Beginning/Ending Item ID field...

Enter the item ID of the first/last item to appear on the report.
Click to select from a list of item numbers.

12 Period Report checkbox...

Mark the box to create the report with the prior twelve periods on the report.
Unmark the box to create the report without prior analysis.

In the Sales or Units field...

This field is accessible if the checkbox for the 12 Period Report field is checked.

Select Sales (S) from the dropdown to show totals by sales.
Select Units (U) from the dropdown to show totals by units.

MTD, YTD or Prior checkbox...

This field is accessible if the checkbox for the 12 Period Report field is unchecked.

Check the MTD box to show month-to-date totals on the report first.
Check the YTD box to show year-to-date totals first.
Check the Prior box to show prior totals first.
Enter any combination of the above.

This field determines which reporting period appears first, second, and third on the report.

Page Break? checkbox...

Mark the box to insert a page break between segments.
Unmark the box to print without page breaks.

Include 0 Sales Lines? checkbox...

Mark the box to include items without sales activity on the report.
Unmark the box to omit items without sales activity on the report.

Export format checkbox...

Mark the box to create a report without blank data fields and subtotals for manipulation in Excel.
Unmark the box to create a report of the raw data with subtotals.

When done making selections...

Click to create the report.
Click to save the selections for future queries.
Click to clear the selections and begin again.

Sample Report by Distribution Code

See Output Options.

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