Troubleshooting: Sales Discrepancies Between Your POS and Yellow Dog

Troubleshooting: Sales Discrepancies Between Your POS and Yellow Dog

Inventory manager / data administrator  ·  Yellow Dog Inventory 2026

 WHY IT'S IMPORTANT

Accurate sales in Yellow Dog Inventory keep your inventory levels and costs up to date. When the sales totals in your point of sale don’t match what appears in Yellow Dog, this article helps you find the cause and resolve it.

 ISSUE

The sales shown in your point of sale don’t match the sales in Yellow Dog Inventory.

 CAUSE

Common causes include:

    Unmapped recipes.

    Retail items created directly in the POS, so there is no Yellow Dog counterpart.

    Taxes, tips, and third-party delivery fees, which the POS typically does not send to Yellow Dog.

    Items that aren’t tracked in Yellow Dog, such as services (for example, stroller rentals or spa services).

    Sales that have not been processed — the step that matches received sales data to items in Yellow Dog to update reporting and on-hand values.

    Not all checks from the day were closed.

Note: If you suspect sales have not been processed, contact Yellow Dog Support for assistance.

 TROUBLESHOOTING

Start with the Troubleshooting > All Sales Captured report, which is the best place to review discrepancies.

1.  Run the All Sales Captured report.

2.  Identify any items listed as Unassigned in the Assigned To column.

3.  Review the POS Item column to confirm what each item is in the POS.

Then follow the path for your operation type.

F&B clients

    If you map recipes: the recipe likely needs to be mapped in the POS Item Map module. Once mapped, reprocess the sales using the Reprocess Sales tool in the recipe module.

    If you match recipes to POS items: the Yellow Dog item’s SKU likely needs to be entered into the SKU field of your POS. See the help site for details specific to your POS.

    If the discrepancy is only in dollar values and not in on-hands, review your third-party delivery service fees.

Retail clients

If the unassigned or omitted items are services or additional taxes and fees, there is nothing to fix. Your team may want to use the All Sales Captured report as the primary sales report going forward, to reduce confusion when comparing POS sales to Yellow Dog sales.

Confirm whether an item was created directly in the POS

Check whether the item exists in Yellow Dog. If it does not, it was created directly in the POS. In that case:

1.  Remove the item from the POS.

2.  Recreate it in Yellow Dog and let it push to the POS.

3.  Enter a manual sale in Yellow Dog to account for the sale that was missed.

 WHEN TO CONTACT SUPPORT

Contact Yellow Dog Support if:

    You suspect sales have not been processed.

    Items are set up correctly in Yellow Dog (mapped/matched or pushed) but sales still don’t match.

Phone: 757-663-7514

Support hours: Monday–Friday, 9:00 a.m.–8:00 p.m. EST

Emergency support (available 24/7): 757-663-7514, Option 1

 

 RELATED ARTICLES

    Feature Overview: POS Item Map

    Feature Overview: Manual Sales

Last reviewed: June 2026  ·  Applies to: Yellow Dog Inventory 2026


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