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Sales Performance: Time Comparison

What Is Time Comparison?

Time Comparison is a powerful analytics tool that lets you compare your sales performance across multiple time periods on a single view. Whether you want to see how this year stacks up against last year, or compare the last four years side by side, Time Comparison gives you the charts and KPIs to spot trends at a glance.

 

Accessing Time Comparison

In the left sidebar, expand Sales Performance and click Time Comparison.

 

Controls

The top of the page provides several controls to customize your view:

 

Control

Options

Description

Cumulative

On / Off

Toggle between cumulative (running total) and per-period values

Time Period

Dropdown (e.g., 4 years)

How many periods to compare

Duration

Month / Quarter / Year

The size of each comparison period

Granularity

Day / Week / Month / Quarter

How data points are grouped on the chart X-axis

 

The currency is shown in the URL parameters and reflects your account settings (e.g., GBP, USD).

 

KPI Summary Cards

At the top of the page, four KPI cards show your headline numbers for the most recent period, each with a percentage change compared to the prior period:

 

  • Net revenue: Total net revenue for the current period, with percentage change (green for increase, red for decrease).
  • Net tickets sold: Total ticket volume for the current period.
  • Average ticket price: The mean ticket price across all sales.
  • New customers: Number of first-time buyers in the current period.

 

Comparison Charts

Below the KPI cards, four line charts display your data with one line per comparison period. Each chart uses color-coded lines (e.g., 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026) so you can visually compare performance across years. The charts are:

 

  • Net revenue: Revenue over time for each comparison period.
  • Net tickets sold: Ticket volume over time.
  • Average ticket price: Price trends over time.
  • New customers: Customer acquisition trends.

 

Each chart has a three-dot menu in the top-right corner for additional options. The X-axis labels reflect your chosen granularity (e.g., W1, W2, W3 for weekly).

 

Use Cases

  • Year-over-year comparison: Set Duration to Year, Time Period to 4 years, and Granularity to Week to see how each week of this year compares to the same week in previous years.
  • Quarterly review: Set Duration to Quarter and Granularity to Month for a quarter-by-quarter comparison.
  • Monthly deep dive: Set Duration to Month and Granularity to Day to compare daily sales patterns month over month.
  • Cumulative tracking: Turn on Cumulative to see running totals, which is helpful for tracking progress toward annual targets.

 

Tips

  • Use the Cumulative toggle to quickly switch between seeing running totals and individual period values.
  • When comparing years, the Week granularity is particularly useful for identifying seasonal patterns and anomalies.
  • The percentage changes on the KPI cards always compare the most recent period to the one before it.