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The fields and buttons in this window change depending upon the selections you make in the Analysis Selection window (Analyze Sales). You can view amounts for items, customers and salespeople.

This field displays the month or range of months you selected in the Analysis Selection window (Analyze Sales). If you selected Last Year's Actuals Only in the Analysis Selection window, months displayed are from the previous fiscal year. All other selections in the Analysis Selection window will display months in the current fiscal year.

To display a range of months, in the Analysis Selection window (Analyze Sales), click the first month in the range and then, holding down the mouse button, move the arrow over the months until you have selected the range of months you wish.

Displays the item names and numbers of the items in your Items List [if you selected All Items in the Analysis Selection window (Analyze Sales)], customers [if you selected All Customers] and salespeople [if you selected All Cards] in your Cards List.

The list displays the amounts associated with each of the items, customers or salespeople in the list on the left side of the window.

The names of the columns and the amounts that appear in this list depend upon the buttons you've selected at the bottom of the window and the selections you made in the Analysis Selection window (Analyze Sales).

Click this button to print one of the following reports, based upon the buttons you've selected at the bottom of the window and the selections you made in the Analysis Selection window (Analyze Sales).

Click this button to display gross profit (sales minus cost of sales) in dollars.

Click this button to display item profit margins (cost of sales as a percentage of sales).

This button appears only if you selected This Year's Actuals Only, Last Year's Actuals Only or This Year vs Last Year ($) and All Items in the Analysis Selection window.

Click this button to display item sales, number of units sold and average costs per unit.

This button appears only if you selected This Year's Actuals Only or Last Year's Actuals Only and All Items in the Analysis Selection window.

Click this button to display a pie chart of items as a percentage of total sales.

This button appears only if you selected This Year's Actuals Only or Last Year's Actuals Only and All Items in the Analysis Selection window.

The bars allow you to view sales totals by month. The height of a bar indicates a month's total sales amount.

You may choose to compare sales totals by month for the current year and the previous year. The length of a bar displays a month's total sales amount vertically. The left bar in a pair represents a sales total for a month of the current year. The right bar in the pair represents a sales total for the same month of the previous year.

This button appears only if you selected This Year's Actuals Only, Last Year's Actuals Only or This Year vs Last Year ($) and All Items in the Analysis Selection window.

Click this button to display the dollars difference in sales between last year and this year.

This button appears only if you selected This Year vs Last Year $ in the Analysis Selection window.

Click this button to display the number of units difference in sales between last year and this year.

This button appears only if you selected This Year vs Last Year ($) or This Year vs Last Year (%) and All Items in the Analysis Selection window.

Click this button to display the dollars profit difference in sales between last year and this year.

This button appears only if you selected All Items in the Analysis Selection window.

Pairs of bars are arranged horizontally. They allow you to compare total profit amounts by month for the current year and the previous year. The length of a bar displays a total profit amount vertically. The left bar in a pair represents the total profit for a month of the current year. The right bar in the pair represents the total profit for the same month of the previous year.

This button appears only if you selected This Year vs Last Year ($) and All Items in the Analysis Selection window.

Click this button to display the percentage difference in sales between last year and this year.

This button appears only if you selected This Year vs Last Year ($) and All Customers or All Salespersons in the Analysis Selection window.

Click this button to display the percentage of units difference in sales between last year and this year.

This button appears only if you selected This Year vs Last Year (%) and All Items in the Analysis Selection window.

Click this button to display the percentage of profit difference in sales between last year and this year.

This button appears only if you selected All Items in the Analysis Selection window.

Click this button to display the profit margin difference in sales between last year and this year.

This button appears only if you selected This Year's Actuals Only, Last Year's Actuals Only or This Year vs Last Year (%) and All Items in the Analysis Selection window.