Understanding the downloaded Discounts report from Mews POS

The Discount report from Mews POS is an overview of discounts that you process when taking orders. It contains all information on these losses and provides a breakdown such as reason, revenue center, users and more. When you download and access the report, you can use it to analyze your performance of losses via discounts. This is useful for gaining insight into your financial operations and how it impacts the performance of your restaurant operations. 

 

The report you download contains alternate information to the report available within the Mews POS web dashboard, the report you download is broken down per instance and per invoice.

 

Note: Only users with ‘Can view reports’ permissions can view and download the report. You can review user roles in Settings > Roles.

 

 

Understanding the fields in the Discount report

Note: You can learn how to access and download the report here

 

The report displays the data by revenue center, each revenue center is broken down by:

• Reason: The reason you select in the system for the discount. Note: The report displays each instance of a discount separately and groups all instances of the same reason type together.
• Notes: Any notes the user enters when processing that discount instance.
• Quantity: The number of items the discount applies to for that instance.
• Product Categories: The report displays any product categories the discount applies to. For example, red wine or desserts. The report displays the total discount that applies to that product category for that instance.
• Subtotal: The subtotal amount of the discount for that instance.
• Total: The total amount of the discount for that instance.

 

The report also displays all instances of a discount as an invoice list. This is broken down by:

• Invoice #: The number the system assigns to the invoice, if applicable.
• Date: The date of issue for the invoice.
• Cashier: The cashier that issues the invoice.
• Item: The item on the invoice that the discount applies to.
• Reason: The reason for the discount.
• Description: Any notes the user enters when processing that discount.
• Quantity: The number of items the discount applies to for that invoice.
• Total: The total amount of the discount.
• Subtotal: The subtotal amount of the discount.

 

You can learn more about Discounts here