How can sales summary Items sold be different to u...

Chris45

On the weekly sales report summary the Items sold is different to the units sold.

Why

TheRealChipA

@Chris45 I've not seen this issue happening, and you haven't really provided enough information for anyone to help you. Is this happening for one item? for some items? for all items? Can you provide a screen shot or two showing the discrepancy? Did it just start recently, or has it been going on for a while?

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Callee1945

It's very likely you have some items that are not sold by "unit." For example, I sell some cheeses and meats by the ounce. So a customer may purchase one piece of cheese that equals 10 oz. So in that case, my report would have one item sold, but 10 units sold.

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Laurie_

Hi @Chris45, just adding on to what @Callee1945 has shared above, items sold counts the number of different line items in a sale, while units sold counts the total quantity of items.

A screenshot would certainly be helpful here if you'd still like to dig into this further. 🙂

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Chris45

Hi Laurie & everyone else who were kind enough to try & help me.

It would seem that items refer to the number of transactions within a period.

So that if two pints of lager are purchased at the same time by one customer this would count as 1 item & 2 units.

Mailam

Items sold counts the number of line items or transactions, while units sold counts total quantity.

So if one customer buys two pints in a single sale, that shows as 1 item sold and 2 units sold. That difference is expected and not an error.

How can sales summary Items sold be different to units sold