How POS Data Appears in Your Daily Brief
Your AskBiz Daily Brief automatically includes POS insights — yesterday's revenue, top products, stock alerts, and anomalies from your physical store.
Key Takeaways
- The Daily Brief automatically includes POS data when the module is active — no setup required.
- It highlights yesterday's revenue, top sellers, stock alerts, and any unusual patterns.
- Comparing your Daily Brief across days reveals trends that individual transaction logs cannot show.
What the Daily Brief includes from your POS
When you have AskBiz POS enabled, your morning Daily Brief automatically adds a retail section. This includes yesterday's total POS revenue and how it compares to the same day last week, the top three products by units sold, any products that triggered low-stock or out-of-stock alerts overnight, and a staff leaderboard showing transactions and revenue per cashier. If you also have online channels connected, the Brief shows a channel split so you can see how in-store performance stacked up against digital sales. All of this arrives in your inbox or AskBiz home screen before you open the shop — giving you a complete picture of yesterday and a head start on today.
Anomaly detection for retail
The Daily Brief does not just report numbers — it flags anything unusual. If yesterday's revenue was significantly above or below the recent average, the Brief calls it out and suggests possible reasons (a local event, a price change, a staff absence). If a product that normally sells ten units a day suddenly sold zero, that gets flagged too — it might indicate a display issue, a stock problem, or a scanning error. These anomalies are surfaced automatically using the same detection engine that monitors your online channels. For a busy shop owner, this means you do not need to manually compare spreadsheets to spot problems — the Brief does it for you every morning.
Customising your POS Brief
The Daily Brief is designed to work out of the box, but you can tailor it. Go to **Settings → Daily Brief → POS Section** to choose which metrics appear, set comparison periods (day-over-day, week-over-week, or month-over-month), and add or remove the staff leaderboard. If you run multiple locations, you can receive a separate Brief per location or a consolidated view. You can also set the delivery time — most shop owners prefer receiving it 30 minutes before opening, so they have time to review over coffee before the first customer arrives.
Acting on your Brief
The best Daily Brief is one that leads to action. If revenue was down yesterday, ask the AI why: 'Why was POS revenue lower than usual yesterday?' If a product is running low, restock it before the shop opens. If one cashier consistently outperforms others on basket value, understand what they are doing differently and share it with the team. The Brief is not a report to file — it is a decision prompt. Over weeks and months, reviewing your Brief daily builds an intuitive understanding of your business rhythms that no amount of ad-hoc reporting can replace.