Openfront Restaurant already has four reporting surfaces that matter day to day. They are not pretending to be a giant BI warehouse. They are there to help an operator answer the obvious questions after a shift.

The reporting surfaces

What each report is using

Operational dashboard

The operational dashboard pulls together live counts like:

• open orders
• in-progress orders
• ready orders
• occupied tables
• today's revenue and order count

It is best treated as the quick pulse of the restaurant, not as a historical analysis tool.

Sales report

The sales report is the strongest of the current views. It already rolls up:

• total revenue
• completed orders
• average check
• total guests
• total tax, tips, and discounts
• daypart trends
• order-type mix
• payment-method mix

Menu performance

Menu performance is driven by completed OrderItem records. It helps you spot:

• which items actually move
• which categories are carrying revenue
• which menu items are dragging
• where recipe costing would make the view even sharper

Labor report

Labor reporting combines TimeEntry data with completed-order sales. It is useful for:

• payroll cost review
• labor percentage
• sales per labor hour
• role-by-role cost breakdown

Where reporting is still early

A few pieces are present but still rough:

• some operational metrics are still more dashboard hints than finished analytics products
• recipe-linked profitability gets much better once your inventory and recipe data are filled out
• export and long-range forecasting are not the point of the current build yet