Reporting Explained: Sales Top By Item

Reporting Explained: Sales Top By Item


Business Need:  This report is helpful for users who want a report to show their top selling items for a period of time.

How it Works:  A Sales>Top By Item report shows a summary of top selling items over a period of time.  The number of top items can be customized.  There is also a customizable ‘By Sales Column’ which a user can set to further define how ‘top items’ are displayed for example quantity sold, or retail price, etc.

Generating the Report:


Go to the Standard Reports section in Yellow Dog:

  1. Select Standard Reports
  2. Open the folder titled ‘Sales’
  3. Select ‘Top By Item’
  4. Select the date range that you would like to run the report for and choose any filters that you would like to add
  5. Select the number of ‘top’ selling items that you would like to view in your report
  6. Select the ‘By Sales Column’ for your report. This column must be selected for the report to generate.
  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.
  3. Store Name: Shows the store that the sales were captured from.
  4. Level:  Shows the level that this item is assigned to in Yellow Dog.
  5. Vendor:  Shows the vendor that this item is assigned to in Yellow Dog.
  6. SKU: Shows this items Yellow Dog SKU number.
  7. Item: Shows the description for the item.
  8. Quantity Sold:  Shows the total quantity sold for this item in the selected date range.
  9. Total Cost:  Shows the total cost for the quantity sold in this period (Quantity Sold x Calculated Cost at the time of sale).
  10. Total Retail: Show the total retail for the items sold, prior to any discounts that may have been applied. (Quantity Sold x Item Retail)
  11. Total Discount:  Shows the total amount discounted for the item sold in this period (Quantity Sold x Item Discount as recorded on the sales ticket).
  12. Net Retail:  Shows the total retail price after any discounts applied to the sales for this item during this period (Total Retail – Total Discount).
  13. This row allows you to save, export, print, or close the current report.








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