{"id":13722,"date":"2025-06-24T12:41:20","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T16:41:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/help.edelweiss.plus\/?page_id=13722"},"modified":"2025-07-21T10:42:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T14:42:08","slug":"edelweiss-for-booklovers-copy-copy-2-copy-copy-2-copy-copy-copy-3","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/help.edelweiss.plus\/?page_id=13722","title":{"rendered":"Edelweiss for Sales Reps Training: Analytics Tools"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<h4>Edelweiss Analytics is an add-on to Catalog Services that provides real-time information about how your titles are performing across independent bookstores.<\/h4>\n<h4>Use this training page to learn how Analytics data can help you better understand your accounts and make sure they are stocked with just the right titles.<\/h4>\n\t<p><strong>This training brings together a mix of video demos, assignments to test your knowledge, and further reading to delve deeper into features. Everything is designed to be taken at your own pace! If at any moment you have questions, feel free to reach out to us at support@abovethetreeline.com.<\/strong><\/p>\n\t<p><strong>Edelweiss Analytics Curriculum<\/strong><\/p>\n<a href=\"#lanes-overview\">Introduction to the Analytics Lanes<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"#video-one\">Video Instruction<\/a> (14 minutes)<br \/>\n<a href=\"#tryityourself-one\">Try It Yourself!<\/a> Sample Assignments<br \/>\n<a href=\"#analytics-titleview\">Tool Tip: Using the Analytics Title View<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"#shelfday-calculations\">Calculating Shelf Days<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"#help-documentation1\">Additional Analytics Documentation<\/a>\n\t<p><strong>Ready to dive into Edelweiss Analytics?<\/strong> Get started by clicking into Analytics tab.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/help.edelweiss.plus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/lanes-for-slideshow.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/help.edelweiss.plus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/lanes-for-slideshow.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"58\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here, you&#8217;ll find a variety of lenses (&#8220;lanes&#8221;) to explore sales and ordering information from the stores that send us their POS data.<\/p>\n\t<p><strong>Each lane on the Analytics Tab presents a distinct view of a selected account&#8217;s success with your titles. Click through the lanes below to learn more about the data they analyze.<\/strong><\/p>\n\t<p><strong>Once you&#8217;ve reviewed the Analytics lanes, click Play below to be guided through leveraging this data to work with your accounts.<\/strong><\/p>\n\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/G9M2lZTFkJ4?si=NVfizd5sD2D90cf2\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\t<p>Try it yourself! Throughout the video training, we encourage you to pause and do some suggested activities. Explore the assignments below.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" id=\"fl-accordion--label-0\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"fl-accordion--panel-0\">1. Suggesting New Titles from the Most Popular Titles Lane<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" id=\"fl-accordion--icon-0\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"fl-accordion--panel-0\"><i>Expand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t<p>Click into the orange segment of the Most Popular Titles chart to see what titles your selected store doesn&#8217;t currently have in stock but the data shows are selling well elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/help.edelweiss.plus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2025-06-04_10-57-06.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/help.edelweiss.plus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2025-06-04_10-57-06.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"324\" height=\"347\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/help.edelweiss.plus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2025-06-04_10-59-36.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/help.edelweiss.plus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2025-06-04_10-59-36.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1822\" height=\"519\" \/><\/a>Expand the title grid and select the titles the store doesn&#8217;t have by clicking the checkmarks.<a href=\"http:\/\/help.edelweiss.plus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2025-05-29_8-49-51.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/help.edelweiss.plus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2025-05-29_8-49-51.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1779\" height=\"1029\" \/><\/a>Then, head over to other actions to add these books to a collection for easy sharing, and get that over to the store to review and think about ordering.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" id=\"fl-accordion--label-1\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"fl-accordion--panel-1\">2. Identifying Candidates for Returns via the Stock Analysis Lane<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" id=\"fl-accordion--icon-1\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"fl-accordion--panel-1\"><i>Expand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t<p>Click into the Cool slice of the Stock Analysis lane.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/help.edelweiss.plus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2025-06-04_11-41-18.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/help.edelweiss.plus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2025-06-04_11-41-18.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" height=\"415\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Expand the title grid and select some titles that are sitting on the shelf for a long time by clicking on the check marks. Then, export a list of suggestions for the store to return.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/help.edelweiss.plus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/dummy-stock-analysis-for-website.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/help.edelweiss.plus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/dummy-stock-analysis-for-website.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1797\" height=\"771\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" id=\"fl-accordion--label-2\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"fl-accordion--panel-2\">3. Exploring Accounts Ready for a Reorder via Analytics Title View<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" id=\"fl-accordion--icon-2\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"fl-accordion--panel-2\"><i>Expand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t<p>Open a popular title in Presentation View and click into the Cross Store Data tab.<a href=\"http:\/\/help.edelweiss.plus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2025-06-04_12-12-58.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/help.edelweiss.plus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2025-06-04_12-12-58.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1687\" height=\"1081\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Check the box to view just the out of stock stores for the title and sort the list to see who had sold the title well before running out of stock.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/help.edelweiss.plus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/3C97624C-D006-440B-A901-0960BA2E0AE1.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/help.edelweiss.plus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/3C97624C-D006-440B-A901-0960BA2E0AE1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"892\" height=\"942\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n\t<h6>tool tip<\/h6>\n\t<p><b>In addition to the Analytics tab, you can quickly access Analytics data (On-Hand, On-Order, and Sales quantities for accounts) for any of your titles while browsing Edelweiss. Simply open the book in Presentation View and click into the<a href=\"https:\/\/analytics-publisher-help.edelweiss.plus\/?st_kb=cross-store-data\"> Cross-Store Data<\/a> tab.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/help.edelweiss.plus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2025-06-23_8-09-16-1-1024x600.png\" alt=\"2025-06-23_8-09-16\" itemprop=\"image\" title=\"2025-06-23_8-09-16\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n<h5>\n\t\tCalculating Shelf Days\n\t<\/h5>\n\t<p>The charts and graphs in Edelweiss Analytics evaluate the performance of titles using <strong>Shelf Days<\/strong><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Shelf Days are based on a simple calculation: <strong><em>Copies On Hand<\/em> <\/strong>X <strong><em>Days Since Last Activity<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Titles are then sorted into &#8220;fresh,&#8221; &#8220;stable,&#8221; and &#8220;stale&#8221; designations based on their number of Shelf Days.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/help.edelweiss.plus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/6A3751D2-04A6-43B4-A920-311B4A16DBB6.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/help.edelweiss.plus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/6A3751D2-04A6-43B4-A920-311B4A16DBB6.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"207\" height=\"210\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Give it a try! If a store has 2 copies of a title on hand and sold a copy 5 days ago, what would the Shelf Day number be?<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2 copies x 5 days =\n\t\t\t10\n<h5>\n\t\tEdelweiss Analytics Documentation\n\t<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" id=\"fl-tabs--label-0\" data-index=\"0\" aria-selected=\"true\" aria-controls=\"fl-tabs--panel-0\" aria-expanded=\"true\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\">\t\t\t\tEssential Knowledge\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" id=\"fl-tabs--label-1\" data-index=\"1\" aria-selected=\"false\" aria-controls=\"fl-tabs--panel-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\">\t\t\t\tMost Popular Title Lane\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" id=\"fl-tabs--label-2\" data-index=\"2\" aria-selected=\"false\" aria-controls=\"fl-tabs--panel-2\" aria-expanded=\"false\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\">\t\t\t\tNot Yet Released Titles Lane\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" id=\"fl-tabs--label-3\" data-index=\"3\" aria-selected=\"false\" aria-controls=\"fl-tabs--panel-3\" aria-expanded=\"false\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\">\t\t\t\tStock Analysis Lane\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" id=\"fl-tabs--label-4\" data-index=\"4\" aria-selected=\"false\" aria-controls=\"fl-tabs--panel-4\" aria-expanded=\"false\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\">\t\t\t\tCatalog Analysis Lane\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" id=\"fl-tabs--label-5\" data-index=\"5\" aria-selected=\"false\" aria-controls=\"fl-tabs--panel-5\" aria-expanded=\"false\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\">\t\t\t\tHistorical Overview Lane\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\tEssential Knowledge\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/analytics-publisher-help.edelweiss.plus\/?st_kb=finding-your-analytics-tools\">Finding Your Analytics Tools<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/analytics-publisher-help.edelweiss.plus\/?st_kb=for-admins-managing-user-access\">For Admins: Managing User Access<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/analytics-publisher-help.edelweiss.plus\/?st_kb=getting-started\">Analytics Views Throughout Edelweiss<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/analytics-publisher-help.edelweiss.plus\/?st_kb=cross-store-data\">Cross-Store Data<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/analytics-publisher-help.edelweiss.plus\/?st_kb=daily-analytics-emails\">Daily Analytics Emails<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/analytics-publisher-help.edelweiss.plus\/?st_kb=the-activity-index-and-how-to-use-it\">Shelf Days<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/analytics-publisher-help.edelweiss.plus\/?st_kb=reading-the-title-detail-list\">Reading the Title Detail List<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/analytics-publisher-help.edelweiss.plus\/?st_kb=using-saved-filters\">Using Saved Filters and Refinements<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/analytics-publisher-help.edelweiss.plus\/?st_kb=family-display\">Family Display<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/analytics-publisher-help.edelweiss.plus\/?st_kb=email-subscriptions\">Email Notifications<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\tMost Popular Title Lane\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/analytics-publisher-help.edelweiss.plus\/?st_kb=about-the-most-popular-titles-lane\">About the Most Popular Titles Lane<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/analytics-publisher-help.edelweiss.plus\/?st_kb=most-popular-titles-setting-your-parameters\">Setting Your Parameters<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/analytics-publisher-help.edelweiss.plus\/?st_kb=most-popular-titles-reading-the-graph\">Reading the Graph<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\tNot Yet Released Titles Lane\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/analytics-publisher-help.edelweiss.plus\/?st_kb=about-the-not-yet-released-lane\">About the Not Yet Released Lane<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/analytics-publisher-help.edelweiss.plus\/?st_kb=not-yet-released-titles-setting-your-parameters\">Setting Your Parameters<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/analytics-publisher-help.edelweiss.plus\/?st_kb=not-yet-released-titles-reading-the-graph-2\">Reading the Graph<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\tStock Analysis Lane\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/analytics-publisher-help.edelweiss.plus\/?st_kb=about-the-stock-analysis-lane\">About the Stock Analysis Lane<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/analytics-publisher-help.edelweiss.plus\/?st_kb=stock-analysis-lane-setting-your-parameters\">Setting Your Parameters<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/analytics-publisher-help.edelweiss.plus\/?st_kb=stock-analysis-reading-the-graph\">Reading the Graph<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\tCatalog Analysis Lane\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/analytics-publisher-help.edelweiss.plus\/?st_kb=about-the-catalog-analysis-tool\">About the Catalog Analysis Tool<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/analytics-publisher-help.edelweiss.plus\/?st_kb=catalog-analysis-setting-your-parameters\">Setting Your Parameters<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\tHistorical Overview Lane\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/analytics-publisher-help.edelweiss.plus\/?st_kb=historical-overview-reading-the-graphs\">Reading the Historical Overview 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