Reporting Explained: Troubleshooting- Item On-Hand Calculated Cost

Reporting Explained: Troubleshooting- Item On-Hand Calculated Cost

Business Need: This report is helpful for understanding an items current calculated cost. 

How it works: This report displays a single item’s current on hand valuation based on on-hand adjustments from receipts/invoices and physical inventories. When generating this report, you must select one item; and select either a physical inventory or a store. Select a store if you want to see the item’s current on hand valuation. Select a physical inventory to see the item’s on hand valuation as of the time of the physical (in that store). For best results select 1 store or 1 physical. 

Generating the Report: 

Go to the Reports section in Yellow Dog 

  1. Select Standard Reports
  2. Open the folder titled Troubleshooting
  3. Select “Item On-Hand Calculated Cost” 
  4. Select Store 
  5. Select SKU by selecting the 3 dots on the far right.
  6. Select Physical Inventory 
  7. 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. Line: Line number
  3. Line: line number within the report 
  4.  Explanation: Information explaining on-hand adjustment that has contributed to the calculated cost.
  5. Date and Time: Adjustment time stamp
  6. Quantity: Quantity adjusted
  7. Cost: Cost of single adjustment 
  8. Total Cost: Cost x Quantity
  9. This row allows you to save, export, print, or close the current report



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