What a completed review should leave you with
A comparison brief that names the selected years and scope, separates actual history from forecasts, and lists follow-up questions.
Evidence to collect
- Selected years, office or franchise scope, and service or class filters.
- Source report or retained-period references behind the comparison.
- Forecast label, assumptions, and open questions for unusual changes.
What to do when the review finds a problem
The selected range includes a year that has not finished.
Label the current period as a forecast and keep it out of completed-year comparisons when the year is incomplete.
The question covers a subset of the retained reporting history.
Choose the office, service, or class scope that matches the question before reading the trend.
A year or location moves sharply from the surrounding pattern.
Investigate an outlier against its source periods before treating it as an operating change.
The selected history answers the operational question.
Record the comparison and follow-up without rewriting source reports when the trend is understood.
A common mistake to avoid
Combining an incomplete forecast with completed-year actuals and presenting the result as one comparable history.
Can Granite compare annual franchise sales trends?
Yes. Authorized reporting views can compare retained sales history by year, office, service, or class. Completed years remain distinct from forecasts, and source reports stay intact while teams explore trends and use the findings for operational decisions.
Manage the work in Granite
Granite's sales trends view lets authorized teams compare retained reporting history before operational follow-up.
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