Generate Burger Restaurant Sales by Menu Item Report

Learn how to create comprehensive restaurant sales reports by menu item using Visionade's powerful reporting and analytics features. This step-by-step tutorial will guide you through the entire process.

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📖 5 min read 📊 Beginner

This document provides a step-by-step guide to generating a sales report for a burger restaurant, focusing on revenue breakdown by menu item. Using Visionade and Table Grid as data source, restaurant owners and managers can gain insights into their best-selling items, track revenue trends, and optimize their menu for better profitability.

📊 Introduction

Understanding which menu items drive the most revenue is crucial for a burger restaurant. A sales report by menu item allows business owners to make data-driven decisions, such as adjusting pricing, optimizing inventory, and launching targeted promotions. Visionade enables seamless data extraction from Table Grid and visualization within Jira Dashboards for real-time tracking.

Orders will be managed on Issue Screen and displayed in grids like this:

💡 Pro Tip: This tutorial shows how to transform raw order data into actionable business insights using Visionade's powerful reporting capabilities.

✅ Prerequisites

Before generating the report, ensure the following conditions are met:

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Visionade Installation

Visionade is installed and accessible within your Jira environment.

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Table Grid Connection

Table Grid is connected and contains sales transaction data.

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Admin Access

User has Jira Admin permission and has access Jira Dashboards.

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Data Structure

Sales data structure includes key fields such as Item Name, Ordered date, Quantity sold, Price, and Total revenue.

🎯 Post-condition

  • A dynamic sales report by menu item will be displayed on the Jira Dashboard.
  • Configured report is saved in Reports list.

🔄 Use Case Flow Diagram

1

Configure Table Grid Source

Set up data source connection

2

Configure Data Set

Define data parameters and filters

3

Configure Report

Build analytics and visualizations

4

Add to Dashboard

Display report in Jira

🚀 Step-by-Step Implementation

Step 1: Configure Table Grid Data Source

1

Open Data Sources tab, click on Table Grid source

2

Click Select on grid "Order Burger Demo"

3

Click Select Dimensions button

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Select dimensions and then click Save Selected

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Click Index All Dimensions button to reindex the data of all selected dimensions, ensuring it is fully up to date.

Step 2: Configure Data Set

1

Open Data Sets tab, click Create Data Set button

2

Enter "Burger Orders" for Data Set Name

3

Select "Table Grid" in Select Data Sources section

4

In Select Grid field, select grid "Order Burger Demo"

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Enter JQL query to narrow down the data set that you want:

key = (HNGTST-33, HNGTST-89, DU2-254, B2-43)

Then click "Run Query" or "Preview" button to filter and preview data in Data Preview section

6

Click Save to save data set configuration

Step 3: Configure Revenue Report

1

Open Reports tab, click Create Report button

2

Fill in Report Name and click Next button

3

In Table View tab, select data set "Burger Orders" that we have configured

4

Open Analytics & Pivot tab to start configuring report

5

Drag dimension Name to section Rows to view menu item name as row headers

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Continue to drag dimension Size to section Rows and below dimension Name to view size of each menu item

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Drag dimension Order Type to dimension Columns to view order types as column headers

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Drag dimension Total to section Values to view revenue in each field of the table

Select Sum in Aggregation field

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Drag dimension Order at to dimension Filters to filter orders in 2025

Click on Order at dimension to select filter condition Date Is After and enter value "2025-01-01"

📅 Date Format: Use format YYYY-MM-DD

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Select Bar Chart in section Visualization

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Click Apply Config to generate report

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Click "Save" to save report configuration

Step 4: Add Revenue Report to Jira Dashboard

1

Open Dashboards screen and click Create dashboard button

2

Fill in Name and click Save

3

Click Edit button to edit the dashboard

Search "Visionade" to search gadget

Click Add button on Visionade Report gadget

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Select Revenue by Menu Items Report

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Click "Save Changes" to save changes on gadget

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Click "Change layout" and select "One column"

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Click Done to save dashboard

Step 5: Result

🎉 Success!

Report is displayed on Jira Dashboard.

You now have a dynamic, real-time sales report that shows revenue breakdown by menu item and size, filterable by order type and date range.

🎯 Conclusion

By leveraging Visionade and Table Grid, burger restaurant owners can efficiently track sales performance by menu item. This report enables data-driven decision-making, helping businesses optimize pricing strategies, manage inventory effectively, and maximize profitability.

🚀 Next Steps

  • Explore advanced filtering options to segment your data
  • Create additional reports for different time periods
  • Set up automated report scheduling
  • Share insights with your team through Jira notifications

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📚 More Details

For additional screenshots, detailed configurations, and troubleshooting tips, visit our comprehensive Confluence documentation.

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