Running the INV04 – Inventory Valuation Report
Note: This report should ideally be run & saved at the end of the month after the last day of trading for the month has been completed. Do this & then roll Inventory in the ledger.
- To run this report go into Cognos (Reporting Portal)
- Click on Team Content
- Click on Franchisee Reports
- Click on Inventory
- Select the INV04 – Valuation Report
- The report selection will appear
- Leave all as is except change the “Detailed or Summary” to Summary
As well as choosing your store/warehouse by clicking on it to highlight it
- Then select Finish which is down the bottom left of the screen
- Your report will now show
- In the bottom left corner, click on Bottom
- Then Click on Page Up
- This will now show you the total value of your Inventory as at that point in time
- Make sure to now Save this report as it can’t be reproduced at this date again
To save this, go to the little Right Arrow (looks like a Play Button) near the top Right
- You have several options to choose how you want this document, whether as an Excel spreadsheet or a pdf document for example
- If you select Run Excel, it will download an Excel file for example, it will download to your downloads, go in and save this to a Inventory Folder somewhere on your computer/drive
If you select Run PDF, then it will take you to a screen where you can Print or Download the file
- Once you have done this & saved this report somewhere, you can now go and roll the Inventory Ledger