Understanding Your Analytics Dashboard
The Analytics page turns your day-to-day sales into a picture you can actually act on: how much you sold, how much you made, where the money came from, and what's still owed to you. This guide walks through every section — and how to read each one — so you can make decisions from data instead of a gut feeling.
Pick your date range first
Everything on the Analytics page responds to the date range you choose at the top. Use the quick pills — Today, 7 days, 30 days, and so on — for a fast look, or open the custom range picker to set exact from and to dates (great for closing a month or comparing a promotion week). Once you pick a range, every number, chart, and table below updates to match it. Jump between sections using the navigation bar that stays pinned near the top.
Performance: sales, profit, and orders
The Performance section is your headline: total sales, profit, and number of orders for the selected period, converted into your display currency. Profit already accounts for product cost and any discounts applied, so it's the number that tells you what the period was actually worth — not just how much cash moved. Watch profit alongside sales; a big sales week with thin profit usually means heavy discounting or rising costs.
Sales by Channel: online vs in-store
Sales by Channel splits your revenue two ways: online (orders placed through your storefront or menu) and in-store (orders rung up on the POS). You get the order count and total for each side, plus a bar showing the share. This is the fastest way to answer a question every owner asks — “is my online store actually pulling its weight?” If online is growing month over month, it's worth investing in delivery and promotions; if it's flat, the storefront or your marketing may need attention.
Delivery: reconcile with your provider
If you deliver, the Delivery section gives you three numbers for the period so you can reconcile with your courier or delivery company:
- Total collected — the full amount on delivery orders, items plus the delivery charge.
- Delivery charges — just the delivery fees, the part that belongs to the courier.
- Due to you — total minus delivery, i.e. the money that should land in your account after the provider takes their fees.
Compare due to you against what your delivery company actually settles. If the payout is short, you have the exact figure to question — no digging through individual orders.
Outstanding Payments: who still owes you
The Outstanding Payments section surfaces every order that isn't fully paid, split into unpaid (nothing received yet) and partially paid (a deposit taken, balance still open), with the outstanding amount on each. A per-order table lists them so nothing slips through the cracks. Click any row to open that order, record a payment, or follow up with the customer. For businesses that extend credit, this is your accounts-receivable list at a glance.
Top Sellers: products, categories, clients, suppliers
The Top Sellers tables rank your best-performing products and categories, your highest-value clients, and your most-used suppliers for the period. Rows are clickable — jump straight to a product to adjust price or stock, to a category's product list, to a client's history, or to a supplier's record. Use it to decide what to restock, what to promote, and which customers deserve a little extra care.
Engagement & visitors
For storefront and menu businesses, the engagement charts show visitor trends by day and hour and how visits convert into orders. Peaks tell you when customers are browsing — useful for timing a post or an offer — and the conversion figure tells you how well your store turns visits into sales.
Purchases, expenses & live status
Further down, you'll find your recent purchases and expenses alongside a live status snapshot and, for businesses that use recipes, an ingredient/cost breakdown. Together with sales and profit up top, these close the loop between money coming in and money going out.
Analytics vs Reports
Think of Analytics as the visual, exploratory view — trends, channels, and clickable tables for digging in. When you need a clean, exportable summary for your accountant or your records, use Reports, which produces PDF and Excel snapshots for any date range.
Frequently asked questions
What does the YellowPOS analytics dashboard show?
The analytics dashboard shows your sales, profit, and order count for any date range, plus a split of online vs in-store sales, delivery reconciliation (what you collected vs what you owe the delivery provider), outstanding payments from unpaid and partially paid orders, your top-selling products, categories, clients, and suppliers, and visitor and engagement trends. Everything responds to the date filter at the top of the page.
How do I change the date range for my analytics?
Use the range pills at the top of the Analytics page — Today, 7 days, 30 days, and so on — or open the custom range picker to choose exact from and to dates. Every number, chart, and table on the page updates to match the range you pick.
How can I see online sales versus in-store sales?
The Sales by Channel section splits your revenue into online (orders placed through your storefront) and in-store (orders rung up at the POS). It shows the order count and total sales for each, plus a bar that visualises the share, so you can see which channel is driving your business.
How do I reconcile delivery with my delivery provider?
The Delivery section totals three numbers for the selected period: total collected (items plus delivery charges), total delivery charges, and the amount due to you (total minus delivery). Compare 'due to you' against what your delivery company actually pays out to catch any missing settlements.
How do I find orders that customers haven't fully paid?
The Outstanding Payments section lists every order that isn't fully paid, split into unpaid (nothing paid yet) and partially paid, with the outstanding balance on each. Click any row to open that order and record a payment or follow up with the customer.