Customer Backlog report

The Customer Backlog report shows items that your customers have ordered that have not yet shipped. Use the search settings in this report to find backlogged items in as broad or narrow a focus as you want:

  • Broad focus: all backlogged items to all customers
  • Narrow focus: within the last quarter, items above $2000 that are more than 30 days overdue for shipping to customers in New York

Who typically needs this report?

  • Warehouse and other fulfillment personnel who need to track items that have been ordered but not yet shipped. To view all outstanding items, run this report without setting any filters.
  • Warehouse and other fulfillment personnel who need to track items that have been ordered but not yet shipped. To view all outstanding items, run this report without setting any filters.

To generate this report, go to Order Entry > All > Reports > Backlog.

View a monthly report

  1. Generate the report.
  2. On the report settings page, select View.

    A report showing results for the default reporting period appears in your browser.

  3. Optionally, to refine the report, select Customize.

Customize and run

Before running the report, you can select the time period what you want included in the report. You can also specify how you want the report to appear.

If you don't select any data entry boxes or specify any search options, the report may take a long time to run and return results that's too large to be useful.

  1. Select the reporting period from the dropdown menu, or enter the desired start and end dates. If you don't specify a reporting period, the system generates a report for the current month to date.

    You can specify either the reporting period or the start and end dates, but not both.

  2. Set the filters for the desired data results.

    Filters allow you to include or exclude specific types of data in the report. In general, it is recommended to set filters to achieve to get fewer and more precise results.

  3. Format the report.  

    Options vary from report to report. Generally, you can set the report layout and arrange how to group and display the data.

  4. Type a title, subtitle, and footer text for your report.
  5. To view, process, memorize, export, or customize the report or add it to the dashboard, select one of the following options:

    • View: View the report now, in your browser.
    • Print: Display the report now, in printable PDF format.
    • Process & store: Generate the report and store it for later access. Reports can be either stored in the My Stored Reports list or delivered to a cloud storage location, such as Dropbox. Learn more about processing and storing reports.
    • Add to dashboard: Add the report to your dashboard.
    • Memorize: Memorize (that is, save) the report so that later you can refer back to it or modify and re-run it.

      You can schedule memorized reports to run on a recurring basis. Intacct can automatically email the reports or deliver them to a cloud storage location.

    • Export: Export the report to a separate file that you can then distribute or save to your local drive. File formats to which you can export the report data vary among reports.
    • Customize: After you run the report, return to the main report page and refine the report further.
    • Email: After you run the report, email to others.

    Some options are only available if you access the report from the Reports center.

You can use trial-and-error to get the precise results you want. Just fill in the desired fields, and select View to see the report. If the results aren't what you want, select Customize to return to the report setup page and refine the report further. Repeat this process until you're satisfied.

For complex financial reports that will be run regularly, save the report after you're done setting it up. The next time you're ready to run the report, you only have to change the As of date before running the report.

Time period

You can use one of the numerous pre-defined reporting periods available from the Reporting period and As of date fields, or create your own reporting period using the Start date and End date fields.

Report filters

Use the filters to focus the results of your report. In effect, filters enable you to isolate and assemble just the data you want.

Sort results

Use the Format section to arrange the list of results in alphabetical or numerical order in the report, based on the criterion you set here.

Titles and footer

Titles, subtitles, and footers apply only to the print versions of this report. Export to Excel or CSV, or select Print for a PDF version.