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Send a Daily Sales Close Report to the Owner Each Night
Know your numbers nightly — pull the day's POS sales, tips and covers and send the owner a clean close-of-day summary.
difficulty Beginnersetup 30 minresult Owners get a clear picture of each day's performance every night without pulling reports themselves.—
- 1
Schedule After Close
Add a
Schedule Triggerrunning after closing time each night. - 2
Pull the Day's Sales
Add an
HTTP Requestto your POS API for the day's totals, tips, covers and top items. - 3
Build the Summary
Add a
Codenode formatting the figures with day-over-day comparison. - 4
Send to the Owner
Add a
Gmailnode emailing the close report. - 5
Activate and Test
Activate the workflow and run it for a test day. Confirm the numbers match the POS.
Frequently asked questions
Can I compare to last week?
Store daily totals and include same-day-last-week comparisons for meaningful context.
What about multiple locations?
Loop over each location and send a combined report plus a per-location breakdown.
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