## Documentation Index

Access the complete documentation index at:
https://www.zoho.com/bh/books/help/llms.txt

Use this file to discover all available documentation pages before proceeding.

# Sales

The sales section consists of three reports:

*   **[Sales by Customer](/bh/books/help/reports/sales.html#customer)**
*   **[Sales by Item](/bh/books/help/reports/sales.html#item)**
*   **[Sales by Sales Person](/bh/books/help/reports/sales.html#sales-person)**

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## Sales by Customer

This report is a summary of all the invoices that you’ve created for the different customers in your organization. Invoices in the **Draft** status won’t be reflected here.

To view this report:

*   Go to **Reports** > **Sales by Customer**.

![Sales by Customer](/ae/books/help/images/reports/sales-by-customer.png)

Click any amount in the report to view its drill down report. You can sort the customers in an ascending or descending order by clicking the up-down arrow next to NAME.

This report has the following sections:

**Name**  
The customer for whom you’ve created invoices period.

**Invoice count**  
The total number of invoices which you’ve created for the customer.

**Sales**  
The total of all the invoices created for the customer, exclusive of tax.

**Sales with tax**. The total amount on all the invoices for the customer, inclusive of tax.

To customize this report:

*   Go to **Reports** > **Sales by Customer**.
*   Click **Customize Report** in the top of the page.

![Customize Report](/books/help/images/reports/customize-report1.png)

You can customize the report based on the following filters:

**Filters**

**Description**

Date Range

 Generate the report for different time periods or set a custom time period of your own.

Include “Sales without Invoices” and “Sales Returns”

Any sales transactions that you record in Zoho Books other than the invoices like a bank transaction for the customerwill also be shown.

Include Manual Journals

Any sales entries in manual journals will be displayed.

*   Click **Run Report**.

![Customize Report](/books/help/images/reports/customize-cust.png)

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## Sales by Item

This report is a summary of all the items which are sold in your organization and their average prices. 

To view this report:

*   Go to **Reports** > **Sales by Item**.

![Sales by Item](/ae/books/help/images/reports/sales-by-item.png)

This report has the following sections:

**Item name**  
The name of the items which are sold during a particular period.

**Quantity sold**  
The total number of items sold.

**Amount**  
The total amount received for all the items sold.

**Average price**  
The average price of all the items sold to your customers.

To customize this report:

*   Go to **Reports** > **Sales by Item**.
*   Click **Customize Report** in the top of the page.

![Customize Report](/books/help/images/reports/customize-report1.png)

You can customize the report based on the following filters:

**Filters**

**Description**

Date range

 Generate the report for different time periods or set a custom time period of your own.

Account

Select the account for which you want to track the sales in the report.

Reporting tags

Filter your reports based on the reporting tags that you have created.

*   Click **Run Report**.

![Customize Report](/books/help/images/reports/customize-item.png)

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## Sales by Sales Person

This report is a summary of all the invoices and credit notes that different users and sales persons have created in your organization.

To view this report:

*   Go to **Reports** > **Sales by Sales Person**.

![Sales by Sales Person](/ae/books/help/images/reports/sales-by-sp.png)

Click any amount in the report to view its drill-down summary.

This report has the following sections:

### INVOICE

**Invoices by user**  
The Others section contains all the invoices created by you or other users in your organization. These invoices are not associated with any sales person.

**Invoices by sales person**  
Below the Others section, you’ll be able to find the list of all the invoices created by different salespersons in your organization.

The different fields in the report table are:

**Count**  
The total number of invoices.

**Sales**  
The total for all the invoices, exclusive of tax .

**Sales with tax**  
The total of all the invoices, inclusive of tax .

### CREDIT NOTE

**Credit notes by user**  
The Others section contains all the credit notes created by you or other users in your organization. These credit notes are not associated to any sales person.

**Credit notes by sales person**  
Below the Others section, you’ll be able to find the list of all the credit notes created by different sales persons in your organization.

**Count**  
The total number of credit notes.

**Sales**  
The total of all the credit notes, exclusive of tax.

**Sales with tax**  
The total all the credit notes, inclusive of tax.

### TOTAL

In this section, we have the total value of the sales made by the users as well as the salespersons in your organization.

This is how the fields in this section will be calculated:

> Amounts in invoice - Amounts in credit notes

**Sales**  
The total value of all your sales, exclusive of the tax amount.

**Sales with tax**  
The total value of all your sales, inclusive of the tax amount.

You can customize this report based on the period for which you want to generate it. To do so:

*   Go to **Reports** > **Sales by Sales Person**.
*   Select the period for which you want to generate this report from the dropdown.

![Customize Report](/books/help/images/reports/customize-sp.png)

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