Reporting Explained: Order Guide

Reporting Explained: Order Guide

Business Need:  This report is helpful for users who want a report to show items on hands, available vendors, and pricing for a particular store.  This report is especially useful when looking to compare pricing across vendors. 

How it Works:  An Order Guide report shows a summary of on hand and vendor information for items available to be added to purchasing documents. 

Generating the Report:



Go to the Standard Reports section in Yellow Dog:

  1. Select Standard Reports
  2. Open the folder titled ‘F&B’
  3. Select the folder ‘On Hand’
  4. Select the report ‘Order Guide’
  5. Generate report


Reading the Report:


  1. Shows the filters used to produce the report’s data, including the date selected for the report.
  2. Change columns, sorting, and grouping:  This allows users to add or remove data columns to this report as well as organize and group the data.
  3. Store Name: Shows the store that the item and on hand is assigned to for this vendor.
  4. Vendor Code:  Shows the code number that is set for this vendor in Yellow Dog.
  5. Vendor:  Shows the vendor set for the item, if multiple vendors are assigned to the item, this will be the primary or first vendor listed for the item.
  6. Vendor SKU:  Shows the vendor SKU assigned to the item for the vendor assigned to this item.
  7. Level:  Shows the level that this item is assigned to.
  8. Item Description: Shows the name of the item.
  9. Size: Shows the size set for the item.
  10. Vendor Price:  Shows the vendor price set for the item, if multiple vendors are assigned to the item, this will be the primary or first vendor listed for the item.
  11. On Hand:  Shows the on hand for the item from this particular vendor.
  12. Alt Vendor 1:  Shows an additional vendor for this item, if an additional vendor is set.
  13. Alt Vendor SKU 1:  Shows the vendor SKU set for the additional vendor, if an additional vendor is set. 
  14. Alt Vendor Price:  Shows the vendor price set for the additional vendor, if an additional vendor is set.
  15. Other Vendor SKU 1:  Shows the vendor SKU for a child items set for this item.
  16. Other Size 1:  Shows the size for a child item set for this item.
  17. Other Vendor Price 1:  Shows the vendor price, if one is set, for the child item.
  18. Other On Hand 1:  Shows the on hand for the child item if one is set for this item.
  19. This row allows you to save, export, print, or close the current report.

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