{"id":1235,"date":"2012-03-26T16:09:37","date_gmt":"2012-03-26T16:09:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/2012\/03\/26\/changing-the-year-to-date-report-dashboard-in-magento\/"},"modified":"2023-10-24T14:05:16","modified_gmt":"2023-10-24T18:05:16","slug":"changing-the-year-to-date-report-dashboard-in-magento","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/magento\/changing-the-year-to-date-report-dashboard-in-magento\/","title":{"rendered":"Changing the Year-To-Date Report Dashboard in Magento 1.6"},"content":{"rendered":"

When you first log into the Magento 1.6 Admin backend you are presented with the Dashboard. This dashboard gives you statistics or reports. If you are running the store on a fiscal year instead or a calendar year, you may want to change how the reports display. You can change the date in which your year to date starts as well as setting which day the current month starts as well. All of these changes are made in the Magento 1.6 Admin panel.<\/p>\n

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  1. Log into your Magento Admin Panel<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. Go to System ->> Configuration<\/strong>.\"magento_dashboard_1\"<\/li>\n
  3. Click on \u201cReports<\/strong>\u201d in the left side menu pane.<\/li>\n
  4. Open the \u201cDashboard<\/strong>\u201d section.<\/li>\n
  5. Change the \u201cYear-To-Date Starts<\/strong>\u201d and the \u201cCurrent Month Starts<\/strong>\u201c.\"magento_report_1\"<\/li>\n
  6. Click \u201cSave Config<\/strong>\u201c.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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