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Why should I set a custom date range?
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In the car wash business, there is a need to look back over your numbers to find trends and patterns. For example, if you ran more than one marketing campaign throughout the year, you will have the ability to go back and set a specific date range to see the results on sales performance. Or if you changed management at a site, you could compare the labor percentages from before and after the change.
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| Why should I set a preset date range? |
The preset date range selections are there for your convenience. When you look at reports, you will typically run more than one report at a time. You can quickly select a preset date range such as last week or last month. After that, every report that you run is going to start with the current Default Date Range selected.
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How do I know what date range I have selected?
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You can see the current Default Report Date range in the status bar at the bottom right of your screen. You can also see the Default Report Date range on the top of a report. |
| What happens to the date range if I select a report resolution such as annual, or month? |
In most reports, such as the Shift Detail Report, you are looking at daily transaction data where you are not as interested in seeing trends. But other reports, such as the Vehicle Performance report, will help you discover trends across a larger date range. Reports that show trends also allow you to select a Resolution. The Resolution works with the date range to help you see the data, however it makes the most sense to you. For example, you can load six months worth of data, and then roll up the data to see monthly, weekly, or daily totals.
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