How to create a "Monthly Sales" report

Auctiva Commerce allows you to create a report that will display sales information for a given month. This type of
report can help you analyze sales performance on your store. This tutorial will show you how to create a "Monthly
Sales" report.

What is a "Monthly Sales" report?

The "Monthly Sales" report is a list of sales information separated by the days in a particular month. A "Monthly
Sales" report includes the date, number of orders, product subtotal amount, shipping cost, tax, discount, coupon,
other charge, profit and total amount fields.

How to create a "Monthly Sales" report

Creating a "Monthly Sales" report will display sales information per day of the specified month. A bar graph that
displays the total amount of sales (y-axis) versus the date (x-axis) is positioned above the report.

Step 1. Create the report.

 Go to Reports >Sales> Monthly Sales. This will load the "Monthly Sales" report.
 Month: Select the month that will display results in the report.
 Year: Select the year that will display results in the report.
 You can use the Previous and Next buttons to move between months.
 Date: This column displays each day of the month selected.
 Orders: This column displays the number of orders completed.
 Products: This column displays the total charges for products.
 Shipping: This column displays the total charges for shipping costs.
 Tax: This column displays the total charges for taxes.
 Discount: This column displays the total amount given by discounts used.
 Coupon: This column displays the total amount given by coupons used.
 Other: This column displays other charges associated with orders made that day.
 Profit: This column displays the total profit margin made on that date. This value is calculated by subtracting
the shipping, handling, tax, cost of goods and other non-product charges from the total amount of the order.
 Total: This column displays the total amount of orders for that date.

Step 2. View day details.

 Click on the Details button for a particular date if you want to view the sales details for this day. This will load
the "Daily Sales" report.
 You can click on the browser back button to return to the "Monthly Sales" report.
This completes the task of creating a "Monthly Sales" report.