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title: "Operations Overview"
slug: "operations-overview"
description: "View Sales, Labor, and Comps/Discounts by operational category for a specific date with day-part breakdowns."
updated: 2025-10-09T19:00:29Z
published: 2025-10-09T19:00:29Z
canonical: "docs.restaurant365.com/operations-overview"
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> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.restaurant365.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Operations Overview

The Operations Overview report is another version of the Flash Report and provides all of the Sales, Labor, and Comps / Discounts details for a specific date compared to the current week, period, and year.

This report provides a different format where the operation details are grouped together by category and provide variance details in comparison to the week, period, and year.

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## Navigation

The My Reports search bar can be used to search R365's entire catalog of reports.

1. Open the **Reports** app.
2. Navigate to **My Reports**.
3. Enter all or part of the report name in the **search bar**.
4. The **Results** tab will open with the list of search results.
5. From beneath the report name, click **Run** to run the report with the selected report view. -OR- Click **Customize** to adjust the report parameters and run the report.

![Overview of report options in Restaurant365 with highlighted run and customize buttons.](https://cdn.us.document360.io/5c9d1111-0c69-4e96-8910-d7f2750fdc9d/Images/Documentation/report.png)

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## Report Parameters

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| **Field** | **Description** |
| --- | --- |
| **Filter By** | A listing of all location categories. |
| **Filter** | A listing of all locations associated with the selected location category. |
| **As Of** | The date the report is ran as of. |
| **Check Avg Based On Gross Sales** | This option allows the checks to be averaged based on gross sales. |
| **Run Button** | Runs the report. Users can also send, export, or print the report directly from this button by clicking the down arrow portion and selecting the desired action. |

Click here to learn more about [Report Views](/doc/docs/my-reports-using-my-reports#report-views) and their added functionality.

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## Report Columns

![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/5c9d1111-0c69-4e96-8910-d7f2750fdc9d/Images/Documentation/45f67648-08b2-4adb-a2d4-6a23c316291f.png)

| **Field** | **Description** |
| --- | --- |
| **Operational Reports Category** | A listing of all operational reports categories used in operations and set up in R365. Click here for more information on operational reports categories. |
| **Day** | The date the report is set as of in the report parameters. |
| **WTD / PTD / YTD** | The week to date, period to date, and year to date numbers for each operational reports category. |
| **LY WTD / PTD / YTD** | Last year's week to date, period to date, and year to date numbers for each operational reports category. |
| **Var** | The difference between the WTD / PTD / YTD and the same week, period, or year's sales from last year. |
| **Var %** | The WTD / PTD / YTD divided by the same week, period, or year's sales from last year. |

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## Email, Export, or Print the Report

This report can be emailed, exported, or printed in custom formatting directly from the reporting window. Learn more about how to [send, export, or print this report](/doc/docs/my-reports-send-export-or-print-reports).

![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/5c9d1111-0c69-4e96-8910-d7f2750fdc9d/Images/Documentation/image-U3S8UCR9.png)