The Sales Window - Overview

This section of the Stison system is where you will import your sales data. Prior to doing this, it is assumed that you will have set up the Royalties module so that sales can be imported to the correct places (for more information review the Getting Started with Royalties resources).

You will also need to have set up a default distributor and assigned a default sales type to them. It is not necessary to have set the individual royalty schedules up already, however in order to run your statements, you will need to do this at some point. 

When you are ready, you can upload your sales figures to the system. How often you upload this information is entirely up to you. It will probably depend on how regularly you receive your sales figures, or perhaps how often you pay royalties to your contributors.

From the Royalties Menu choose Sales, and you will be taken to  the following screen:

There are a number of options that are available on this screen as detailed below. Selecting the links below will take you to further information. 

Item	Title	Description
1	Create Sale	This will allow you to upload an individual sales record to a tile that is in your database.
2	Create Rights Sale	This menu option allows you to record details of any rights you've sold for your title(s).
3	Upload Sales File	This will take you through the process of uploading a sales file for bulk upload of sales data.
4	Search	The Search and Advanced Filters area allows you to search through the sales that have been imported. You can add an ISBN 13, title or Author into the search box.
5	Remove Selected	This allows you to remove selected Sales rows that have been imported. Please note that this will not work if you've already closed a pay period and generated statements.
6	Accept Selected Warnings	Here you can acknowledge and accept any warnings that have been generated whilst Sales data is being uploaded.
7	Filter by Sold Date	Here you can filter sales entered between two specific dates.
8	Review Uploaded Files	There is always a record of all files that you have uploaded. If you wish to remove a file from the system, this can be done here. Please note that if you cancel an upload, a trace of the spreadsheet will still exist up in this drop-down menu. You should delete it to avoid future confusion.