In this section
Forecast Monthly Earnings Report
The Forecast Monthly Earnings Report
displays sales figures by location and vehicle category over a selected date
range. By default, the report will run over the current month.
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Generate a Forecast Monthly Earnings
Report
To generate a Forecast Monthly Earnings Report first open the Forecast Monthly Earnings page (Reports > Hireage and Sales Reports > Forecast Monthly Earnings Report), see Fig. 1.

Fig. 1. Opening the Forecast Monthly Earnings Report page
On the Forecast Monthly Earnings Report page (see Fig. 2):
- A. Select either a location or region. By
default, location is set to your default location. When generating a report, if
you have selected a region, Rental Car Manager will disregard the
location.
- B. Select a brand to view the report for, by default all brands are selected.
- C. By default, the report will display
rentals in all vehicle categories. You may select a specific vehicle category,
if needed.
- D. Pickup date range is set to the current
month by default. You may change the date range, if needed.
- E. To generate forecast monthly earnings
for agents only, click the Agent Booking Only box.

Fig. 2. The Forecast Monthly Earnings
Report page
Click "View" to generate a Forecast Monthly Earnings Report. The order of the report is controlled by the 'Ordering' field in the
Vehicle Categories page under the Vehicle Maintenance menu (see Fig. 3).

Fig. 3. The Forecast Monthly Earnings
Report
NOTE: For more details on vehicle
categories, see the Vehicle Maintenance User Manual.
Once you generate the report, you can
print it, export it to Excel and export it as a PDF.
NOTE: Table 1 shows descriptions of each column found
on the Forecast Monthly Earnings Report.
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Print a Forecast Monthly Earnings
Report
To print a Forecast Monthly Earnings Report first generate a report (see Generate a Forecast Monthly Earnings Report).
After generating the report, click the printer icon to display a printer-friendly version of the report (see Fig. 4).

Fig. 4. A Printer-Friendly Forecast
Monthly Earnings Report
You may then print the report using your internet browser's built in printing functionality.
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Export a Forecast Monthly Earnings
Report to Excel
To export a Forecast Monthly Earnings Report to Excel first generate a report (see Generate a Forecast Monthly Earnings Report).
After generating the report, click the Excel icon.
You may then open the report in Excel by locating the downloaded file and opening it in Microsoft Excel (see Fig. 5).

Fig. 5. A Forecast Monthly Earnings
Report open in Excel
NOTE: Depending on the browser you are
using to access Rental Car Manager, you may be prevented from opening an Excel
file from the Internet on your computer. To resolve this problem, see the FAQ
section on the Rental Car Manager Help Center.
Table 1. The Forecast Monthly Earnings
Report columns
Column Name |
Description |
Location |
The location or branch name |
Category |
The vehicle category description |
Rental Revenue |
Total No. of Days x Daily Rate |
Forecast Rental Revenue |
The expected rental revenue for the month |
Extra Revenue |
Total of all extra fees charged excluding Recovered Expenses and Bond Fees |
Forecast Extra Revenue |
The expected extra revenue for the month |
Total Revenue |
Rental Revenue + Extra Revenue |
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