| # Statistics Statistics enables you to obtain insight in the intake, turnover, and cancellation of orders and schedules. Statistics controls the activities that are required to define the desired format and layout for transferring historical data or actual data to statistical information. You can create user-defined statistical reports and displays to view this information. As a result, Statistics facilitates data analysis. You can also use Statistics to enter budgets. The budgets are used to compare, both in print and display, the actual sales or purchases (statistics) with the estimated sales or purchases, as defined in the budgets. Statistics To use the statistics procedure, you must specify the master data, levels for statistics, parameters, sort codes, budgets, and layout codes, after which you can update, print, archive, and delete the statistical results. |