In conclusion, this guide equips you with the knowledge and tools to track and analyze gift card usage across multiple locations. Whether you're an individual merchant or a large organization, this guide empowers you to maximize the potential of your gift card program.
Multiple Location Reporting for Shift4Gift
Description: Welcome to the comprehensive guide on gift card reporting for tracking and analyzing multiple location usage. This guide provides essential insights and practical strategies for generating accurate reports, understanding gift card utilization, optimizing operations, and making informed decisions. Whether you're an individual merchant or a large organization, this guide equips you with the knowledge and tools needed to effectively harness the power of gift card reporting.
Cross Use Summary
When selecting the Cross-Use Summary report for one or multiple locations, users can choose custom dates and times or utilize preset options from the current day to the previous year. This report generates the following fields:
| Column | Definition |
|---|---|
| Partner Locations | The DBA and MID of one of the locations involved in the time frame. |
| At (DBA) | This is the location selected in the configuration bar.
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| Reloads | This is the total amount of gift card sales loaded for a card that originated at the location shown in the column. |
| Redemption | This is the total amount of gift cards used as payments where the card originated at the location shown in the column. |
| Difference | This is the total amount the location shown in the column either has to pay or is owed from the row's location. |
| At Partners Locations | This is the total amount of gift cards loaded that originated from all other locations in the period. |
| Reloads | This is the total amount of gift cards used as payments where the card originated from all other locations in the period. |
| Redemption | This is the total amount of gift cards used as payments where the card originated from all other locations in the period. |
| Difference | This is the total amount of gift cards used as payments where the card originated from all other locations in the period. |
| Total |
This section shows how much money is required to balance the gift card events across locations. |
| Receive |
This is the monies the location should receive if you take the number in the Difference field from the locations selected columns and the number in the Difference field from the partner's location column and add or subtract them based on the positive or negative value. |
| Pay |
This is the monies the location should receive if you take the number in the Difference field from the locations selected columns and the number in the Difference field from the partner's location column and add or subtract them based on the positive or negative value. |
Cross Use Detail
The Cross Use Details report offers valuable insights into gift card utilization across multiple locations. It provides a detailed breakdown of transactions, revealing usage patterns and customer preferences. This report generates the following fields:
| Column | Definition |
|---|---|
| Gift Card # | The last 4 digits of the gift card number involved in the event. |
| Sales Location | The original location of the gift card purchase. |
| Use Location | The location where the gift card event took place |
| Transaction Date | The date and time when the action took place. |
| Type |
The action the gift card took during the event. This information is currently being shown in the Balances report |
| Amount |
The dollar amount of the transaction |
| Current Balance |
The balance remained on the gift card when the report was pulled. |