How To: Running the Markdown Control Report (05-35)
Overview
This report shows a history of price markdowns (any decrease in the Selling Price on a transaction) by item for a specified region and date range.
IMPORTANT: Before using this selection, make sure that the ‘If SellPrice change, ask Reason’ (58) preference in Trans Entry Pre-Prompt (02-18-01) is set to ‘Y.’
Special Notes
- This report can only be printed to a laser printer or PDF file.
- You can sort a report column by clicking on the Column Heading.
- You can move a report column by clicking on the Column Heading and dragging to the desired location.
Step-by-Step
- From the ‘Region’ drop-down list, select a region to include on the report. Select ‘All’ to include all regions.
- In the ‘From’ and ‘To’ fields, enter a date range for the report or select it from the calendar.
- Specify whether the report should include Written or Delivered Sales.
- Click Refresh and the Detail report results appear.
- Whenever you change the report criteria, you will need to click Refresh to update the report results.
- Click the ‘Store, Department’ and ‘Store’ tabs at the bottom of the screen to view additional markdown information.
- Click the Print button to print a paper copy of the report (optional). At the prompt, enter the ID of a physical printer, or enter “PDF” to save the report to a PDF file. If printing to a PDF, accept the pre-prompted save location on your computer, or enter a new one.
- Click Export Detail File to download the report to your computer (optional). Accept the pre-prompted save location, or enter a new one. Then click Ok.
IMPORTANT: Since the exported file is tab delimited, save it with a ‘.txt’ extension.