# Liquor Charts

There are four different types of charts available for display/print. These are shown on the left of the screen. The nature of Stocktaking means that stocks for a whole estate of pubs cannot be completed on the same day. Therefore, to display figures for a group, the individual outlet's figures will be used to create a daily average over the selected audit periods. All of the outlets daily average figures will then be added together to provide overall figures for the group. The Sales Ratio/GP chart will simply show a chart for the current audit as selected on the main menu. Section Analysis, History Summary and Cumulatives are separately configurable. Chart Period There are three ways to specify what period of time the chart should cover. The Most Recent Audits option allows you to request, for example, that the two most recent audits for each outlet in the group will be included in the chart. The Year to Date option will be applied to each outlet in turn. So, if two outlets have different Start of Year dates, the overall chart will actually be covering different periods. The Start/End Dates option allows you to specify a precise period of time. The Outlets/Audits report will give you a list of outlets included in the current time period for the group together with a list of audit numbers for each outlet. You can use this to verify that the correct group or sub-group has been selected before generating the chart. Audit Selection As well as selecting the start/end dates. You need to specify how an audit will be included. Fully Inclusive means that both the start date and the end date of the audit are within the period. Partially Inclusive means that either the start date or the end date of the audit must be within the period. The other three options are fairly obvious. Time Period You can specify the frequency of the points on the x-axis of the chart. So, for an overall period covering a year you might like monthly figures but for a chart period covering three months, you might like weekly figures. To run and display a chart, click on the relevant button. Make your selections and then click on the Chart button. The chart will be shown on the screen and you then have the option of printing it.

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