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title: "Business Activity Dashboard | Marlin Reporting"
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description: "Learn about the Business Activity Dashboard in Marlin Tyre and Mechanical Workshop Software by Megabus."
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# Business Activity Dashboard

**Marlin Tyre and Mechanical Workshop Software**'s Business Activity Dashboard shows sales and purchases statistics for selected dates.

It also shows breakdowns of **month to date** totals, where appropriate.

The Business Activity Dashboard can be accessed by selecting **Reports > Business Activity Dashboard** from the menu bar.

          Windows-Only Feature

          

This browser-supported feature is not currently available on MacOS or other operating systems.

## Business Activity Report

#### Reports > Business Activity Dashboard

The Business Activity Dashboard shows statistics for a selected date.

**To view business activity statistics for a selected date:**

- Select the **Branch** and **Date** using the drop-downs in the top-left corner
- Click **Submit** to update the dashboard

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**The Sales section shows:**

- **Total Sales:** Total inc-tax value of customer credits that were created
- **Average Invoice Value:** Average value of invoices that have been created (inc-tax)
- **Invoice Count:** Gross total number of customer invoices that were created
- **Gross Profit:** Total GP of invoices for the date range and branch. Should be comparable total seen in the statistics explorer
- **GPM%:** Overall GP margin for invoices for the date range and branch. Should be comparable to value seen in the statistics explorer
- **Gross Profit Margin Exemptions:** Total number of items that have been sold under the CustomerOrder.MinimumGPMPercent
- **Bookings Count:** Number of active bookings
- **Credits:** Total inc-tax value of customer credits that were created
- **AR Payments Received:** Total value of customer payments that have been entered from the specified branch, does not matter where the invoices were allocated to

**The Purchases section shows:**

- **Inventory Received:** Total ex-tax value of stocked items that were received on supplier orders
- **Receiving Adjustments:** Total ex-tax value of stocked items that have a Receive Adjusted transaction completed from the supplier order
- **Expenses:** Total ex-tax value of non-stocked items have been received and returned AND ex-tax value of accounts lines that have been invoiced and credited
- **Invoice Count:** Gross total number of supplier invoices that were created
- **AP Payments Made:** Total value of supplier payments that have been entered from the specified branch, does not matter what invoices that payment was allocated to
- **Requests for Credit:** Total ex-value of stocked items that were returned on a supplier credit.

## Business Activity Sections

#### Reports > Business Activity Dashboard

Descriptions of each section in Business Activity Dashboard can be shown by **hovering the mouse** over the **?** icon beside each section heading.

Descriptions for each section in the Business Activity Dashboard can also be viewed by clicking on the **Legends** button in the top-right corner.