LAB EXERCISE – Create GAP Report for Agronomy Sales – Dry and Liquid Fertilizer Your Agronomy manager wants a recap of Fertilizer Sales by customer name. Choose the date range beginning January 2015 ending May 2015. Include products only in these Fine Line Codes: HC FERT DRY BULK and HC FERT LIQ BULK
The columns need to be in the following order: LIQUID FERT LBS – LIQUID FERT AMT – DRY FERT LBS – DRY FERT AMT – TOTAL DOLLARS
1. CREATE THE REPORT NAME From Management Tools – GAP Report – click Create a New Report using the following format: If your User ID is named CLASSJ, call your report CLASSJ-AG, then click Apply.
2. ADD THE CATEGORIES Click Add a Category. Insert the name of the first column 1-LIQ FERT LBS Here are the rules when making a new Category Name: a) 15 characters maximum – upper/lower case and numbers b) Spaces, periods, or dashes may be used c) NO SYMBOLS - (@ # $ % ¢ & * ( ) " ' ! < ?/ \ | { } ¦ ¬ ~) Since only Accounts Receivable history will be used in this example – mark Sales, then click Apply.
3. DEFINE LOCATIONS / DEPARTMENTS / FINE LINE CODES / ITEMS(optional) Data choices
1‐LIQ FERT LBS
2‐LIQ FERT AMT
3‐DRY FERT LBS
4‐DRY FERT AMT
Display using UNITS/DOLLARS
UNITS
DOLLARS
UNITS
DOLLARS
LOCATION
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DEPARTMENT
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FINE LINE CODE
HC FERT LIQ BULK
HC FERT LIQ BULK
HC FERT DRY BULK
HC FERT DRY BULK
REMEMBER – after you finish the selection(s) for each column choices, click Apply! Click on GAP Report to return and add another category
4. RUN THE REPORT Change the Date Range to JAN 2015 through MAY 2015 a)
Which customer had the highest amount of Total Sales?
Change the sort from Total column to 2-LIQ FERT AMT column b) AgVantage Software, Inc. 06/2016
Who had the highest amount of Sales from Liquid Fertilizers only?
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