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New reporting suite: Beta overview

Explore the updated reporting experience, including new dashboards, improved permissions, refreshed reports, and everything you need to know about participating in the beta.

Written by Marie London

Overview

We're excited for you to participate in the beta program for our new reporting suite. Your feedback during this beta will help us refine the experience before it's available to everyone. We're especially interested in how the new dashboards, reports, and permissions fit into your day-to-day workflows.

Review the highlights

  • What can I expect? We’ve created new, more extensive permissions for the new reporting experience, some report names have been changed, and the navigation and the underlying data has improved.

  • Who on my team gets access to the new reporting? Everyone who currently has reporting access will automatically see it on their dashboard. Admins can then fine-tune reporting permissions to control exactly what each staff member can view within each category.

  • Can I switch back to the old experience? Yes, anytime, using the Reports toggle in the top left navigation bar.

  • Will I lose any data or reports? No. Your historical data stays intact, and you can still access the old reporting experience at any time.

  • Will my numbers look different? Some might. We've improved the underlying data logic, so a few reports may show numbers that differ slightly from the old experience. See the FAQ below for why.

  • Who do I contact with questions or bugs? Chat with us through Billie, email ReportingAdvisory@blvd.co, or reach out to your CSM.

  • How long does the beta last? The beta program will run for about a month before we start rolling out the new reporting experience to other Boulevard businesses.

  • Do I get every new report right away? Not necessarily. We're rolling out reports and features on an ongoing basis throughout the beta. See which reports you’ll get access to here.

Before you get started

Permissions & change management

Once the new reporting experience goes live, everyone who currently has reporting access will automatically see it on their dashboard. Admins can then fine-tune reporting permissions to control exactly what each staff member can view within each category.

The new reporting permissions only apply to the new experience. Changing these permissions will not affect how staff can access the old reports and summaries.

More granular reporting permissions

Admins now have finer control over what staff can see in Reports. In addition to requiring permission to access reports on the Dashboard and Professional app, admins can now:

  • Control which report categories staff can access

  • Limit whether staff see only their own data or all data for a location

Reporting permissions tie directly to the reporting categories in the reporting suite. If a staff member doesn't have access to a report category, that category won't appear in their Reports List. Dashboards may show limited or no data, along with a message explaining the restriction.

  • New reporting permissions only apply to the new reporting experience.

  • Staff can only view data for locations their staff profile is assigned to.

Switching between reporting experiences

You'll always have access to the old reporting experience, including report summaries and any custom report templates you've created there.

To switch:

  • Find the toggle to the left of Reports in the top left navigation bar.

  • Turn it off to view the old experience, or on to return to the new one.

If you don't see the Reports toggle, your staff profile may not have permission to switch between reporting experience. Please reach out to support via Billie or email us directly at ReportingAdvisory@blvd.co.

Navigating reports

The Reports tab now has a persistent left sidebar, so you can move between reports and dashboards without losing your place. From the sidebar, you can:

For more details, see Navigating the Reports Tab.

Some reports may be greyed out with a note "Coming soon". We will be adding Reports throughout the beta program, so if you cannot see them now, you will get access to them eventually. We'll notify businesses of any updates as they are readily available!

Dashboards

When you open the Reports tab, you'll now land on the Business summary dashboard.

Use this dashboard to get a high-level view of business performance across revenue, appointments, client retention, utilization, and sales activity. Compare results against previous periods and filter by date, location, or staff member to identify trends, spot changes, and understand what is driving overall business performance at a glance.

In addition to the Business summary, there is the Sales summary dashboard.

Use this dashboard to view all sales, payment methods, and merchant credit card sales in one place. Review total collected by category, payment mix, card sales and fees by merchant account to validate financial activity and support accurate reporting.

Customizing reports and saving views

During the beta, you can create custom views within the original report. These views are private, visible only to the person who created them.

We will be including a way for your to create shared views later in the beta.

When you filter a report or change its grouping or columns, you'll see the option to Save view or discard your changes in the top right corner. Saving a view lets you quickly return to a report with the exact filters, grouping, and columns you set up.

For more details, see Customizing and Filtering Reports.

Custom report views

To create a custom view:

Adjust filters

Use the filters at the top of the report to narrow your data to a specific date range, location, staff member, or other explicit details.

You can also select Customize to manage grouping and columns.

Customize: Group by

Adjust Group by options as needed to categorize your rows for your view.

In some reports, you may not be able to remove all Group by options. This helps preserve the accuracy and structure of the report.

Customize: Columns

In the Columns section, you can add, remove, and reorder columns from the sidebar. To reorder, simply drag and drop the columns in the order you prefer your data to populate.

For more details, see Customizing and Filtering Reports.

Save view

Once your custom view is set up, select Save view in the top right corner, enter a name, and select Save.

After saving, your view name will appear next to the report name with a dropdown arrow in the top left. Use that dropdown arrow to switch between saved views or return to the default version.

Every time you open a report, the default view loads automatically. Select the dropdown next to Default to switch to a saved view instead.

Save views for private use or share them with your staff. Shared views are only visible to staff who have permission to access the report where the view was created.

For more details, see Views

Manage custom report views

Saved views always live within the report they were created from. This helps keep your reporting experience organized, relevant, and easy for you and your staff to navigate.

Click the dropdown arrow and select Manage views to rename or delete any view you've created.

Saved views always live within the report they were created from, so your reporting stays organized and easy to navigate for you and your staff.

You can also easily find, filter, and delete custom views across all reports from the Views section of the reporting suite.

For more details, see Views

Reporting Best Practices

  • Start broad, then drill down: Use Dashboards to get a high-level view, then move to Detailed Reports for deeper analysis.

  • Match the report to your question: Start with the business question you want to answer, then choose the report category that best aligns with that goal.

  • Check your filters first: Before analyzing results, confirm your date range, location, staff, and other filters are set correctly.

  • Save views you use regularly: Use clear, descriptive names so you can quickly find and rerun customized reports without resetting your filters or settings.

  • Verify before troubleshooting: If something looks off, confirm orders are closed and your selected date range is correct before assuming there's a data issue.

Exporting your data

Export your data without creating a saved view. Make your customizations, then select the export icon in the top right of the screen. After exporting, discard your changes with no impact on your saved views.

Report library updates

To make the report library easier to navigate, we've combined similar reports and removed ones that are no longer needed. Some reports you used before may now have a new name or live inside another report.

At the start of this beta, you'll have access to 29 reports. The table below shows each report's new name, its original name (or "Net-new" if it didn't exist before), and its category. Click any report name for more details on the data inside.

If you have questions on the data within a report, we recommend clicking into the dedicated help center article for updated metric explanations.

For more details on the new reports, go to Detailed Reports.

New name

Old name

Category

Net-new

Appointments

Net-new

Appointments

Inventory adjustments

Inventory

Inventory on-hand

Inventory

Location Records

Catalog

Product records

Catalog

Service records

Catalog

Net-new

Catalog

Net-new

Clients

Client records

Clients

Client sales

Clients

Net-new

Clients

Net-new

Clients

Memberships

Clients

Memberships

Clients

Outstanding voucher liabilities

Clients

Ratings report

Clients

Net-new

Clients

Membership cancellation

Clients

Client referrals

Clients

Referral performance

Clients

Membership summary

Clients

Location retention

Clients

Marketing campaign performance

Marketing

Commission detail

(previously a summary)

Staff operations

Commission summary

(previously a summary)

Staff operations

Staff performance

Staff operations

Staff records

Staff operations

Time clock summary

Staff operations

Net-new

Staff operations

Product sales by staff

Staff operations

Service sales by staff

Staff operations

Staff retention

Staff operations

Net-new

Staff operations

Net-new

Staff operations

Operator activity

Staff operations

Net-new

Staff operations

Sales by supplier

Financials

Package sales

Financials

Net-new

Financials

Net-new

Financials

Membership sales

Financials

Register closeout summary

Financials

Daily overview

Financials

Gift card redemptions

Financials

Payments & refunds

Financials

Product sales

Financials

Detailed line item

Financials

Service sales

Financials

Detailed voucher activity

Financials

Discounts & offers

Financials

Account Credit activity

Financials

Voucher liability summary

Financials

You can also open the help center article for any individual report by clicking the ? icon in the top right corner of Boulevard and selecting Learn more:

Important data calculation updates

Category

What changed

Why it matters

Reports affected

Sales metrics

  • Net sales is now Net amount

  • Gross sales is now Sales amount

In today’s experience the net and gross sale amounts in reports collide with business-level terms, and are not accurate in the data they’re actually showing.

Order Line Items, Daily summary, Staff performance, Service sales, Retail sales, Client sales

Sales metrics

  • Net amount excludes gratuity & Offset fees.

  • Net amount = Sale amount less discounts, refunds, before tax & tip

Gratuity & Offset fees should not contribute to revenue. Aligns with industry standard.

Staff performance, Daily summary, Order line items, Client sales, Business summary dashboard

Sales metrics

  • New field “Total collected”

  • Total collected = Net amount + tax, fees, & gratuity (represents everything the client paid)

Gives customers a reconciliation-ready cash figure and separates what was earned (revenue), from what was collected.

Order line items, Daily summary, Sales summary dashboard

Sales metrics

  • Gratuity = net of refunds

One default amount that matches what staff are actually owed after an order is refunded.

Daily summary, Staff performance, Order line items

Sales metrics

  • Account credit and Gift card adjustments are now excluded from all sales reports

  • *Sales totals will be less than any reports in the old experience that included adjustments

Adjustments are movement of liability, not sales. Mixing them into sales caused mismatch between Sales and Payments. You can now track all liability movement in the activity reports.

All sales reports.

Adjustments can be tracked in Account credit activity, Gift card activity, Operator activity

Sales metrics

  • The layout of the Order line item report will now show rows instead of columns for Item type, Item name, and Item category and Item specific sales measures are no longer supported in this report

Eliminates column bloat and shows clean accrual vs cash splits.

Order line item

Staff attribution

  • Staff performance shows only staff-attributed sales

  • Zero-activity staff rows are dropped from the report

This report should only show staff performance. Unattributed revenue lives in Daily summary and Order line item reports. Removing zero-activity staff reduces clutter

Staff performance

Utilization & scheduling

  • Overlapping booked or blocked time is merged into a single union

  • Blocked time only counts inside a scheduled shift.

The old version of reports inflated booked hours for double-booked staff. Booked time = time occupied, not the sum of overlapping durations

The old experience subtracted all blocked hours regardless of shift producing negative available time.

Staff performance, daily summary, Labor forecast, Utilization

Gift cards

  • Voucher gift cards are no longer surfaced in gift card reports

  • When a refund is given in the form of a gift card, it will no longer be reflected as a gift card was purchased

Prevents the same liability from being double-counted across two report families

The business now converts a refund into a gift card liability

Gift card activity, Gift card balance, Voucher activity, Voucher balance, Order line items

Vouchers

  • One signed ledger column replaces increase/decrease fields

Totals are now more meaningful, reporting is now consistent with Gift card activity report

Voucher activity

Balance reports

  • All balance reports support an as-of date with the ability to see what a balance total was at any given point in time

  • Unavailable historical data will now show null vs. no data which was often reported as a bug

In the old experience, we only showed current-state balances, with historical balances unavailable. Month-end and audits needed balances at any given point in time.

Showing null creates less confusion around unpopulated fields for cost profit and margin values in the Inventory on hand report

Gift card balance, Voucher balance, Account credit balance,

*Null historical value only relevant for Inventory on hand

Memberships

  • A membership with a scheduled cancellation stays Active until the effective date. Next Renewal date is marked as null.

The membership is technically active until it’s cancelled. Showing null as the renewal date is more accurate making it easy to identify in Client membership reports

Client memberships

Beta operations & feedback

Reporting questions, bugs, and feedback

The goal of the beta program is to identify and resolve potential gaps before the new reporting experience is released to all Boulevard businesses.

Here's what you can expect while you're in the program:

  • We'll roll out new reports on an ongoing basis as they're ready

  • We'll roll out new features on an ongoing basis as they're ready

  • We'll keep improving the experience based on any issues you flag along the way

If you have questions, run into a bug, or need help while using the new reporting experience, you can contact us through any of the following channels:

If you contact us through the chatbot, you’ll be routed to a dedicated Support Specialist who is working directly with the reporting beta program. Our beta task force will review and address reported issues as quickly as possible.

You can also share product feedback through the same channels while using the new experience. In addition, we’ll send open-text feedback surveys throughout the beta to gather your input proactively.

In some cases, our team may ask to schedule a quick call to better understand your feedback or learn more about your experience.

In an effort to prevent any disruptions to your business needs, you can switch back to the old experience at any time using the toggle to the left of ‘New reporting’ in the top left of your screen.

FAQs

  • What can I expect?

    • We’ve created new, more extensive permissions for the new reporting experience, some report names have been changed, and the navigation and the underlying data has improved.

  • Who on my team gets access to the new reporting?

    • Everyone who currently has reporting access will automatically see it on their dashboard. Admins can then fine-tune reporting permissions to control exactly what each staff member can view within each category.

  • Can I switch back to the old experience?

    • Yes, anytime, using the toggle next to New Reporting in the top left navigation bar.

  • Will I lose any data or reports?

    • No. Your historical data stays intact, and you can still access the old reporting experience at any time.

  • Who do I contact with questions or bugs?

  • How long does the beta last?

    • The beta program will run for about a month before we start rolling out the new reporting experience to other Boulevard businesses.

  • Do I get every new report right away?

    • Not necessarily. We're rolling out reports and features on an ongoing basis throughout the beta. See which reports you’ll get access to here.

  • Why doesn’t the data in some new reports match the previous reporting experience?

    • We've updated the underlying data structure and logic that powers reports. These improvements make reporting more consistent and accurate across Boulevard, but they also mean some numbers may look different from the old experience.

    • You can find updated metric insights within each individual report document.

    • If a discrepancy doesn't look right, flag it through your beta support channel so we can investigate

  • How long will the beta run?

    • The beta will run for about one month before we roll out the new reporting experience to all Boulevard businesses.

  • Will I lose access to the old reporting experience once the beta ends

    • No. You'll still be able to toggle between the old and new views whenever you like. There's no timeline yet for retiring the old experience.

  • What happens to the custom views I create during the beta?

    • They'll stick around. Custom views you create during the beta remain accessible after it ends.

  • Can other staff members see or use a custom view I created?

    • Not yet. Custom views are private during the beta, visible only to the person who created them. We're actively working on shared views and hope to launch that capability later in the beta program.

  • Do all my staff get access to the beta, or just admins?

    • Any staff member you grant access to through the new permissions can use the new reporting experience.

  • Can I export reports from the new experience?

    • Yes, you can export reports in formats: .csv, .xls, .pdf, .png

  • Can I export a view without saving it?

    Yes. You do not need to save a view in order to export it. This way, you can export one off edits of your specific view without needing to change your customization settings every time.

  • How often does report data refresh?

    • For most sales reports, your can expect the data to refresh on 10 minute intervals. All other reports refresh within 30-45 minute intervals.

  • Can I opt out of the beta if it's not working for my business?

    • Yes. If the new experience isn't working for you, let us know through Billie or by emailing ReportingAdvisory@blvd.co, and we'll take you out of the beta.

  • Will feedback I share during the beta affect what ships to everyone else?

    • Yes. Your feedback directly helps us decide whether the new reporting experience is ready to roll out to all Boulevard businesses.

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