Keep an eye on your Retail POS store, even when you’re not there. The Reporter app for iOS puts your store’s data right in your pocket, giving you the peace of mind to step away without missing a beat.
Using the Reporter app
Signing in on your iOS device
Once downloaded, admin and manager users can sign into the Reporter app. Follow the steps below to sign in:
- Navigate through the welcome screen using the Next button to progress.
- Enter your store name and tap Next.
- Enter your username and password and tap Sign in.
Only admin and manager users can sign into the Reporter app.
Home Dashboard
Once signed in, Reporter gives you full access to the Retail POS Home Dashboard, which correlates core retail metrics into charts that display day-to-day data to track sales.
These can be filtered by Today, This Week and This Month time periods using the hover bar. Here you can also filter by outlet, with the default set to All Outlets.
Advanced Metrics are only available to retailers that are on Pro, Advanced or Enterprise plans. To learn more about plans and pricing, click here.
The default display is made up of My Sales Performance, Gross Profit and Top Products Sold metrics. More can be added and removed by taping the Show More Retail Metrics button.
Here you can add displays for Revenue, Sales with Customer, Sale Count, Average Sale Value Average Items per Sale, Discounted, and Top Sales People.
Each of these metrics is calculated from a specific report in Retail POS. You can tap View Report on each metric display to be taken to the full report for more comprehensive data.
To learn more about each metric and how to make the most of these, refer to our Advanced Retail Metrics on the Home Dashboard article.
Refresh data
To refresh the reporting data, tap the refresh icon on the top left.
Viewing sales history
Using the Sales history tab, you can view all your sales in chronological order, from newest to oldest. Each sale will show the day and time, the amount, and a status tag for sales that are on account, layby, or unfulfilled.
Clicking on a sale will open the details, where you can view day and time, receipt number, customer, user, status, sale details, and payment information.
You can filter sales by tapping the filter button at the top right of the page. Configure your search criteria for status, outlet, user, customer or by receipt number and tap Search.
You cannot void, edit, process a return, or export sales data through the Reporter app.
Monitoring user activity
Using the Activity tab, you can review account login activity by Retail POS users.
This allows you to monitor which users are signing in to your Retail POS account, when they are signing in and the details of the login, including IP address and device information.
Listed in chronological order from newest to oldest, each login activity is recorded by date and time, with the username and display name.
Tapping a specific login activity will display additional information including IP address, Device, Operating system and Browser.
For further information on monitoring login activity in Retail POS, refer to the Tracking user logins in Retail POS (X-Series) article.
Adding Reporter widgets
The Reporter widget can be configured to display Revenue, Margin, Gross Profit, Total Tax, Discount, or Sale Count metrics; and you can up all 6 widgets to your Home Screen.
The default Revenue metric widget is available on all plans. Additional metric widgets are only available to retailers on Pro, Advanced or Enterprise plans. To learn more about plans and pricing, click here.
To add a widget:
- From the Home Screen, touch and hold a widget or an empty area until the apps jiggle.
- Tap the Add (+) button in the upper-left corner.
- Select the Reporter widget.
- To change the metric, scroll through the carousel.
- Tap Add Widget.
- Tap Done.
Additional Retail POS functionality
Additional Retail POS functionality, such as Reporting, Catalog, Inventory, Customers, and Setup, can be accessed via the Menu navigation for monitoring and review purposes.
The sell screen is not accessible and sales cannot be processed using Reporter.
Additional information
Reporting in Retail POS (X-Series)
Making the Most of Retail POS (X-Series) Reporting
Retail POS (X-Series)'s Home Dashboard