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Z-Reports

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No Separate Z-Reports Page

Brother POS does not have a dedicated Z-Reports page. The cash drawer session detail page serves as your session summary (Z-Report). Navigate to Cash Drawers in the top navigation bar, then click View on any session to see its complete summary including sales, cash counts, and over/under calculations.

What Is a Z-Report?​

A Z-Report (also called a "closing report" or "end-of-day report") is a standard retail document that summarizes all activity during a cash drawer session. In Brother POS, this information is available on the session detail page rather than as a separate report.

Each session detail page covers the period from when the drawer was opened to when it was closed.

Accessing Session Summaries​

  1. Log in to the Admin Panel.
  2. Click Cash Drawers in the top navigation bar.
  3. Click View on any closed session.

The session detail page contains all the information typically found in a Z-Report:

  • Session Information -- Register, opened/closed by, timestamps
  • Sales Summary -- Total sales, transaction count, payment method breakdown
  • Cash Flow -- Opening float, net cash added, cash drops, expected vs. actual cash
  • Over/Under -- Cash variance at close
  • Opening Variance -- What the cashier counted at open vs. the prior shift's carryover (when applicable)
  • Sales in Session -- List of all sales with receipt numbers, times, cashiers, and totals
  • Cash Drops & Payouts -- Every cash drop and payout recorded during the session, listed individually with time, amount, and reason
Itemized drops and payouts on the printed Z-Report

The printed Z-Report (both Epson/ESC-POS and Star paths) itemizes each cash drop and payout under its total as HH:MM Reason $amount, not just a lump sum. See the POS-side Z-Reports.

Sales by Category on the Printed Z-Report​

The printed Z-Report includes a Sales by Category breakdown -- the session's sales grouped by product category, sorted with the highest-earning categories first. Each line shows the quantity sold and the dollar revenue.

Categories print as a tree: a top-level department, then its subcategories indented beneath it. A department's totals include everything in its subcategories, so the department line is the full total for that part of the store and the lines below show how it breaks down. Items with no category are grouped under Uncategorized. This replaces the older "Top Products" list. See the POS-side Sales by Category.

Inventory Count Sheet at Close​

When enabled, closing a drawer can also print an Inventory Count Sheet -- a category-grouped checklist of every active product with its expected stock level and a checkbox, so staff can physically count and tick off each item. It prints automatically as part of the close (on End-of-Day closes, or on every close, depending on the setting).

A manager or admin turns this on under store settings, where they also choose whether it prints on every close or only at End of Day, and whether it lists all products or only items expected to have stock. See End of Day Reports for the settings, and the POS-side Inventory Count Sheet for what staff see on the printout.

Using Session Summaries for Daily Reconciliation​

Session summaries are the primary tool for daily cash reconciliation:

  1. Close all drawers at the end of the business day.
  2. Open the Cash Drawers page.
  3. Click View on each closed session for the day.
  4. For each session:
    • Verify the Over/Under amount.
    • Review the Payment Method Breakdown for accuracy.
    • Confirm that all Cash Drops are accounted for.
  5. Calculate your store's total for the day by summing all registers.
  6. Compare against your bank deposit amount and POS totals.

Printing a Session Summary​

To print a session summary, use your browser's print function (Ctrl+P / Cmd+P) from the session detail page. You can also save it as a PDF using the browser's "Print to PDF" option.

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