Understanding the Discount report in Mews POS

The Discount report in Mews POS is an overview of discounts, comps and voids that Mews POS processes when taking orders. It contains all information on losses, and provides a breakdown such as discount reason, outlets that issue the discount, product categories and more. When you access the report, you can use the Discount report to analyze your performance of all losses, This is useful for gaining insight on your financial operations and how it impacts the performance of your restaurant operations. 

 

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

 

 

In this help article, you can learn about: 

• Accessing the Discount report
• Discount report fields
• How product categories are grouped for the exported Discount report

 

Accessing the Discount report

To access the Discount report from the Mews POS web dashboard:

1. Click Reports.
2. Click Discounts. The Discount report opens and shows the current day's discounts by default.
3. Click the date range dropdown to set the time frame.
4. Use the following filters to refine the report:

• All outlets: Click the dropdown and select an outlet.
• All registers: Click the dropdown and select a register.
• Categories: Click the dropdown and select a product category.

 

Discount report fields

The Discount report groups results by outlet, with a total at the bottom of the report. Each row includes the following fields:

• Reason: The reason selected for the discount, comp, or void.
• Quantity: The number of times a given reason was used.
• Product categories: The product categories configured in Mews POS, for example, Beer, Red wine, or Food. The report shows the loss amount for each category.
• Total: The total loss across all product categories for each reason.

 

How product categories are grouped for the exported Discount report

The Discount report does not display one column for every product category you configure in Mews POS. Instead, it automatically sorts your categories into a small set of business groups:

• Breakfast: Breakfast-related categories are merged into a single line.
• Food: Food-related categories are merged into a single line.
• Beverage: Individual drink categories stay visible as their own lines, and the report adds an extra Beverage line showing the combined total across all drinks (the overall bar impact).
• Other: Any category that doesn't match the groups above is placed here.

 

Grouping is automatic and based on the name of each category. You cannot change the grouping rules, and there is no separate setting that controls it.

Categorization rules

Mews POS checks each category name against the following lists in order, and the first match wins. Matching is case-insensitive.

A few rules match differently from the rest:

• Beer: Matches only when the name starts with "Beer", so Beer Bottles matches; Root Beer does not.
• Tea: Matches only when the name is exactly "Tea", so Green Tea does not match.
• Milk: Matches only when the name is exactly "Milk", so Milk Tea does not match.

Because order matters, a category named Food & Wine is grouped under Food (checked before Beverage), not Beverage.

 

You have now accessed the Discount report. You can use this information to assess any business losses.

 

You can learn more about creating a discount Creating a promo code discount in Mews POS.