Understanding Your Council Dashboard
When a Council leader logs in, they land on a comprehensive dashboard that gives a full picture of the Council's popcorn sale performance. The page is organized into four sections, each focused on a different aspect of the sale. Here's what you'll find as you scroll through.
1. Executive Summary
The top of the dashboard presents a high-level Executive Summary with three panels:
Financials – Shows Total Unit Sales, Unit Commissions, and Council Commissions at a glance.
Scout Sales – Displays Total Scout Sales with a pie chart breaking sales down by channel: Storefront, Wagon, and Online.
Scout Participation – Highlights the number of Units with an App/Online Sale, Scouts with an App/Online Sale, and the overall Sales per Scout figure.
2. Council Dashboard
This is the largest section of the page, covering financials, orders, and participation in detail across several panels:
Financial Report
Return to Council (RTC) P&L – A line-by-line breakdown of Unit Retail, Unit Commission, Due to Council, Council Product Cost, Product Cost Adjustments, National Fee, TE Rewards, Printed Materials, and more — split across Traditional, Online, and Grand Total columns.
Scout Sales
App Sales Cash vs Credit – A pie chart showing the split between credit card payments and cash payments.
App Product vs Donation – A pie chart comparing Trail's End® product sales versus Heroes and Helpers® donations.
Orders
Unit Order Status – A table showing Traditional Product and Traditional H&H unit order dollars by approval status (Council Approved / Council Pending), along with a Grand Total.
Approved Council Orders – A summary of Council-approved order dollars by Traditional type.
Unit AR – Shows the Traditional Due to Council amount, Council Adjustments, System Adjustments, and the resulting Net AR Due.
Scout Participation
Scout Participation charts – Bar charts showing Scouts with Login, Scouts with Sale, Scouts with Traditional Sale, and Scouts with Online Sale, alongside Unit-level equivalents (Committed Units, Units with Order, Units with Sale, etc.).
Unit Payouts Delivered to Council
A dated log of unit payouts remitted to the Council, grouped by payment date. It includes:
Unit Name
District Name
Payment Amount
Paid To Name
Paid To Type
Date-level subtotals for quick reference
Unit Payouts delivered to Council are a result of:
The unit chose to direct their payout to the council when requesting it, or
The unit didn't claim their payout by January 31st, triggering an automatic remittance to the council on the next available payout date.
3. Inventory
The Inventory section gives Council leaders a view of product sell-through and remaining stock:
Council Product Sell Through – A donut chart showing the percentage of council-ordered product that has been sold.
Unit Product Sell Through – The same metric at the unit level.
Council Product Inventory on Hand – A bar chart comparing Council Product Order dollars to Unit Product Order dollars for the season.
Council Product Inventory Tracking – A detailed table listing each product with Council Order Container Qty, Unit Traditional App Sales Container Qty, Unsold Container Qty, and Unsold Case Qty.
4. Storefronts
The final section focuses on storefront booth sale performance:
Trail's End® Booked Storefront Hours – A funnel-style bar chart showing Reservation Hours Available, Shift Hours Created, Shift Hours Claimed, and Shift Hours Worked.
Sales / Scout Hour Worked – A gauge showing the council's average sales per scout hour worked.
Next 21 Day Unclaimed Reservations – Displays any upcoming storefront slots that have not yet been claimed by a unit.
Scouts per Shift – A chart breaking out shifts by the number of scouts present, with corresponding Sales/Scout Hr figures for each group size.