Today's Dashboard

Overview

The dashboard gives you valuable data at a glance. Default setting provides data for the current date & time and based on the current location selected. Each tile represents a different data variable which can be displayed based on the information that has been provided to T.M.A.S. through POS Integrations or importing files.

Retail Equation

The Retail Equation displays dashboard tiles in the order to understand influencing factors of sales. 

Learn about Retail Equation Playground

(New) Editing Sales and Transactions on the Retail Equation Dashboard

When targeting a specific location 

Industry Index

A tool for organizations to see traffic-specific benchmarks and trends related to their industry and country of origin. 

Traffic Trend tile will provide a week-to-date (Sunday to Saturday) percentage-based stat indicating if traffic is UP+ or DOWN- as a sum of all businesses dependent on the country or the location's industry (Retail or Public & Cultural).  The trend compares Last week to date to This week to date (Sunday to Saturday).

Hovering over tiles will provide stats for the previous week and the week beforehand. 

Dashboard Traffic Only Tile Filtering

Depending on the Chain / Region / District or Location's business category selection, the dashboard will display Sales and Staff data along with Traffic data or simply Traffic only.

User Role-Based Dashboards

Depending on the role membership indicated on a user account, one of the following dashboards will appear as default, in addition to the Retail Equation. 

Traffic Dashboard Tiles

	Today's Traffic - Current Traffic up to the last update from the Traffic counter
	Pass By - Traffic that has passed in front of your location
	Capture Rate - Ratio between traffic dollars passing in front of your location and Walk-in traffic (traffic entering into the location)
	Occupancy - Estimated number of people currently inside the location (available with directional traffic counting technology only)

Sales Dashboard Tiles

	Performance on Traffic - Current sales dollar value per 100 people walking in, based on the current general performance
	% Sold - Transactions / Traffic (Conversion Rate)
	Sales - Total sales dollars accumulated for Today
	Average Sale - Sales Dollars averaged to a single transaction for Today
	Transactions - Total accumulated transactions for Today
	Units per Transaction - Average number of items purchased per transaction for Today

Staffing Dashboard Tiles

	Staff Hours - Total of the accumulated staff hours for today
	Customer per staff Hour - Traffic 'handled' for each single staff hour
	Sales per staff Hour - Sales currency 'handled' for each single staff hour
	Transactions per staff Hour - Average number of transactions 'handled' for each single staff hour

Facts Dashboard Tiles

	Weather - Current weather in the selected location  Data source: openweathermap.org - Refresh rate: about every 3 hours
	Special Event / Marketing Campaign - Displays indicator if there are any current or past events for the selected location

Dashboard Setting(s)

The performance dashboard mode can be configured to display data based on the Chain / Region's location as well as consider the business hours of locations.

How to change the performance dashboard mode
	Select location Expand Administration Select Manage Locations Select Advanced Scroll down to Dashboard Setting(s) Select the desired setting from the performance dashboard mode dropdown menu. Note* Explanation is found in detail under the dropdown Select Save

F.A.Q.

Q: Where can I change my industry for the Industry Index?

A: You can modify your Business Category for your chain with the option found in Manage locations under basic information.

Q: What periods does the dashboard compare?

A: Today's figures, plus two comparisons: last week and last year. Each comparison covers a single day. The dashboard tiles do not show week to date, month or year to date comparisons.

Q: Which day does the last week comparison use?

A: The same day, seven days earlier.

Q: Which day does the last year comparison use?

A: The same weekday 52 weeks earlier, which is 364 days, not the same calendar date. For example, Wednesday November 4, 2026 is compared with Wednesday November 5, 2025.

Q: Are the comparisons for the full day?

A: They use the same time window as today's figures. That window depends on the location's performance dashboard mode, found under Manage Locations > Advanced > Dashboard Setting(s). Depending on the mode it can be all day, up to the current time, up to the last completed hour, custom hours or business hours. Locations created after April 1, 2026 default to all day, respecting business hours.

Q: Why does a comparison show "No Data..." on every tile?

A: Because no traffic was reported for that day, for example if the counter was offline. Traffic is the starting point of the Retail Equation, so a day without traffic cannot give a complete comparison. This affects every tile, including Sales, Average Sale, Transactions, Units per Transaction, Staff Hours, % Sold, Performance on Traffic, the per staff hour tiles, Pass By and Capture Rate. No setting changes this.

Q: Why does the last week or last year comparison show "No Data..." when we had sales that day?

A: Sales and transactions are still saved and appear in reports such as the Totaling report, but a comparison is shown only when traffic was recorded for that day. Last week and last year are checked separately, so one can show figures while the other shows "No Data...".

Q: What if the store had no visitors on the comparison day?

A: A day recorded with zero traffic is still compared. "No Data..." appears only when no traffic was reported at all, not when traffic was zero.