The Event Against Budget report displays sold, paid and comp tickets as well as the budgeted amounts and counts. The report can be run for a specific date range to compare to the budgeted amount.
Criteria
The following table describes this report’s criteria:
Criteria |
Description |
Venue |
Filters the report by one or more venue selections. Click |
Series |
Filters the report by the 'Series Name' defined on the Event Configuration - Events|Basic page. |
Event Code |
Filters the report by a specific event. Click |
Sales Date Format |
Specifies the date to use for the report: •Date Range •Previous 7 Days (excluding today) •Today •Yesterday |
Sales From |
If you are entering a date range, this is the date from which data will be included in the report. This date is inclusive where the starting time will be 0:00:00 on the selected date. Any value entered into this field will only apply if Date Range is used. Click |
Sales To |
If you are entering a date range, this is the date to which data will be included in the report. This date is inclusive where the end time will be up to 23:59:59 on the selected date. Any value entered into this field will only apply if Date Range is used. Click |
Event Date Format |
Filters the report by: •Advanced Sales: Filters for allocated tickets for events that occur after today’s date. •Past Sales: Filters for allocated tickets for events that have occurred on or before today’s date. •Event Range: Filters for events occurring between the date range entered in the 'From Event' and 'To Event' fields. |
Event Date From |
Filters for those events that occur on or after the date entered. Your entry will be ignored if you do not enter a value for 'Events To' date. Click |
Event Date To |
Filters for those events that occur on or before the date entered. Your entry will be ignored if you do not enter a value for 'Events From' date. Click |
Display Values |
Filters the report by the values that you want to display: •Net Paid: The net value of the tickets that have been paid for. •Net Sold: The net value of the tickets that are on an order, but have not been paid for (the customer will pay for the ticket when he/she picks it up at will call) •Toltal Paid: The total value of the tickets that have been paid for. •Total Sold: The total value of the tickets that are on an order, but have not been paid for (the customer will pay for the ticket when he/she picks it up at will call) |
Output
The following table describes the report’s output:
Column |
Description |
Event Date |
The event start date, sorted by date/time. |
Event |
The event short description. |
Date Range |
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Sold or Paid Count |
The count of sold or paid admissions, not including zero value admissions unless Yes was selected from the 'Sales Date Includes Comps' dropdown. |
Totals to Date |
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Sold/Paid Count |
The count of sold or paid admissions, not including zero value admissions unless Yes was selected from the 'Sales Date Includes Comps' dropdown. |
Budget Count |
The count goal. |
Count Variance |
The 'Sold/Paid Count' minus the 'Budget Count'. |
Comps |
The count of comp admissions. |
Held |
The count of unsold admissions on hold. |
Open |
The count of unsold admissions not on hold. |
Sold/Paid Amount |
The value of the sold or paid admissions (sold, paid, net or gross based on the 'Display Value' that was selected). |
Budget Amount |
The budget goal |
Budget Variance |
The 'Sold/Paid Amount' minus the 'Budget Amount'. |
