Item Profitability report

The Item Profitability report shows how much profit that you made on each item in every transaction. It contains detailed information about the profitability of items that you sell over a specific period of time.

You can use this report to:

  • See where your retail price is vs. your actual selling price, and then move the price up or down based on profit margins
  • Analyze profitability by item, product line, order, customer, customer type, sales representative, and territory
  • Analyze sales to determine whether any items should be discontinued
  • Analyze performance based on group, such as customer, sales rep, and territory, to further help you determine price or even forecast results

This report covers unit cost, quantity, unit retail price, actual selling price, and the difference between these prices.

When ONHAND Inventory totals for Value or Quantity & Value are configured in an Inventory Control transaction definition, the cost of the item purchased is maintained. The item cost can be used to compare item profitability to the selling price.

Who typically needs this report?

  • Finance employees who price products and services
  • Marketing staff who need to alter advertising campaigns
  • Sales managers who need to analyze the performance of sales representatives
  • Warehouse managers who need to delete unprofitable items or entire product lines

To access this report:

  • Go to Order Entry > All > Reports > Item profitability.

View a monthly report

  1. On the report settings page, select View.

    The report displays all results for the default reporting period.

  2. To refine the report, select Customize.

Customize and run

Before running the report, you can select the time period and types of items to include and specify how you want the report to appear.

If you want to see every result for a particular category, do not make selections from any of the data entry boxes. You can run this report without entering any search information. If you do that, however, the report can take a long time to run and might return too many results to be useful.

  1. Select the reporting period from the dropdown list, or enter the start and end dates you want the report to cover. If you do not specify a reporting period, the system generates a report for the current month to date.
    • You can specify either the reporting period or the start and end dates, but not both.
  2. Set the filters to get the specific data you want.
    • Filters enable you to include or exclude specific types of data in the report, such as customer, item, UPC, value, or account. Generally, to get fewer and more precise results in your report, set more filters.
  3. Format the report.
    • Format options will vary from report to report. Generally, you can set the layout of the report and arrange how to group and display the data contained in the report.
  4. Enter a title, subtitle, and footer text for your report.
  5. To view, process, memorize, or export the report, select one of the following:
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View the report now, in your browser.

View

Display the report in PDF format so you can print it or save it to your local drive.

Print

Generate the report and store it for later access. Available formats include HTML, printable (PDF), Excel, CSV (comma-separated value), and Text. Reports can be stored:

  • In Intacct
  • In the My stored reports list
  • Delivered to a cloud storage location, such as Dropbox

Learn more about processing and storing reports.

Process and store

Add the report to your dashboard.

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Memorize (that is, save) the report in the Memorized reports list so that later you can refer back to it or modify and re-run it.

You can schedule memorized reports to run on a recurring basis. Intacct can automatically email the reports or deliver them to a cloud storage location.

Memorize

Export the report to a separate file that you can then distribute or save to your local drive.  Available file formats vary among reports.

Export

After you run a report, you can either email it to others or return to the Report Settings page to refine the results.

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Email the report to others.

Email

Return to the main report page and refine the report further.

Customize

You can use trial-and-error to get the precise results you want. Just fill in the desired fields, and select View to see the report. If the results aren't what you want, select Customize to return to the report setup page and refine the report further. Repeat this process until you're satisfied.

For complex financial reports that will be run regularly, save the report after you're done setting it up. The next time you're ready to run the report, you only have to change the As of date before running the report.

Time period

You can use one of the numerous pre-defined reporting periods available from the Reporting period and As of date fields, or create your own reporting period using the Start date and End date fields.

Report filters

Use the filters to focus the results of your report. In effect, filters enable you to isolate and assemble just the data you want. You can set any combination of filters.


Location and department filters

Formatting

Use the fields in this section to set how the report results display and to order the results.

Titles and footer

Titles, subtitles, and footers apply only to the print versions of this report. Export to Excel or CSV, or select Print for a PDF version.