Volume by Carrier
The Volume by Carrier report displays a breakdown of how many consignments and packages you have shipped with each of your carriers, and shows how the volume of consignments shipped with each carrier has changed over time.
It comprises a consignment data table, a Consignments by Carrier pie chart showing each carrier's share of your consignments, and Consignments Shipped by Carrier Over Time line graph.
Report Filters
The Volume by Carrier report offers the following report-wide filters:
- Date Shipped - enables you to select consignments that were shipped within a given date range.
- Company - where applicable, enables you to select consignments that were shipped by a particular company within your group. You can select multiple companies if required.
- Shipping Location - where applicable, enables you to select consignments that were shipped from a particular shipping location.
- Carrier - enables you to select consignments that were shipped via a particular carrier.
- Carrier Service - enables you to select consignments that were shipped via a particular carrier service.
- Delivery Type - enables you to select consignments that were shipped as a particular delivery type (i.e. Delivery or Click and Collect).
Consignments Table
The consignments table visual lists the total number of packages and consignments shipped for each carrier.
Visual Filters
The consignments table enables you to apply the following filters to the list of carriers displayed:
- Carrier (Basic and Advanced) - enables you to select a specific carrier or carriers to view.
- Consignments (Numerical) - enables you to filter by number of consignments shipped. For example, if you were to filter on is greater than 5000, then only those carriers who had shipped 5001 or more consignments would be displayed.
- Packages (Numerical) - enables you to filter by number of packages shipped. For example, if you were to filter on is greater than 5000, then only those carriers who had shipped 5001 or more packages would be displayed.
More Options
The following options are available from the More Options menu:
- Open Comments
- Export Data
- Show Data
- Spotlight
- Sort Descending
- Sort Ascending
- Sort by Carrier / Consignments / Packages
You can also view
Consignments by Carrier Name
The Consignments by Carrier Name pie chart displays each carrier's share of your total consignments.
Visual Filters
The Consignments by Carrier Name chart enables you to filter the data displayed in the following ways:
- Carrier (Basic and Advanced) - enables you to select a specific carrier or carriers to view.
- Consignments (Numerical) - enables you to filter by number of consignments shipped. For example, if you were to filter on is greater than 5000, then only those carriers who had shipped 5001 or more consignments would be displayed.
More Options
The following options are available from the More Options menu:
- Open Comments
- Export Data
- Show Data
- Spotlight
- Sort Descending
- Sort Ascending
- Sort by Carrier / Consignments
You can also view the records that the visual's data was generated from by right-clicking on it and selecting View Records from the pop-up menu.
Viewing Data
The Consignments by Carrier Name chart's Show Data chart lists the number of consignments you have shipped with each carrier.
Consignments Shipped by Carrier Over Time
The Consignments Shipped by Carrier Over Time chart shows how many shipments each of your carriers made on each day of the selected time period. You can control the time period displayed using the Date Shipped report filter.
Hover your mouse pointer over a particular day to view exact per-carrier shipment numbers for that day.
Visual Filters
The Consignments Shipped by Carrier Over Time chart enables you to filter the data displayed in the following ways:
- Carrier Name (Basic and Advanced) - enables you to select a specific carrier or carriers to view.
- Consignments (Numerical) - enables you to filter by number of consignments shipped on a given day. For example, if you were to filter on is greater than 1000, then any data points in which the carrier in question had shipped 1000 or fewer consignments on that day would be ignored. In this example, the y-axis of the graph is effectively skewed so that it starts at 1000 rather than 0.
- DateShippedOnly (Basic, Advanced, and Relative Date) - enables you to select specific dates or date ranges to view.
More Options
The following options are available from the More Options menu:
Viewing Data
The Consignments Shipped by Carrier Over Time chart's Show Data option shows the number of consignments that were shipped by each of your carriers on each day.