Feature Overview: Events Calendar (Retail)

Feature Overview: Events Calendar (Retail)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
 
The Events Calendar lets retail clients track sales by event, providing an additional layer of reporting detail.
AlertNote: This feature is separate from the Concessions workflow.

 
Common Setup > Events

 
Use this feature whenever you have an event and need to associate sales data with that event.

 
Retail 
(Optional)  F&B 

 

Set up events

  1. Go to Common Setup > Events.

  2. Select Create New Event.

  3. Enter the required information:

    • Description

    • Start and end date/time

  4. (Optional) Enter event tags, facility, and notes.

InfoNote: You can create event tags on the fly by selecting the Event Tags link.

Reporting

You can analyze event-related sales in either of the following ways:

  • Run Retail > Sales > By Event and use event tags to further filter results.

  • Use event tags to filter many other retail sales reports.


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