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Generating a date range report

A date range report, which you can generate from the Payments page in Seller Central, is a custom report that allows you either to select a month to include in the report, or to choose specific start and end dates for the data included in the report.

Please be aware that the data included in the report contains information about all transactions that have cleared for transfer to your bank, and may include transactions that have not yet settled (in other words, transactions that are still open and have not cleared for disbursement during the time period covered by the report).

Whereas the daily report (found on the All Statements tab) includes activity that pertains to a single settlement that occurred on a given date, date range reports include activity that pertains to any settlement—closed or open—that has a date window included as a calendar date in the user-specified date range. For example, the image below shows the difference in data that would be appear in a daily report for Jan 1 – Jan 2, compared to a date range report for Jan 1 – Jan 2. The date range report row represents 3 separate groups of data:

  1. The activity that pertains to the Dec 31 – Jan 1 closed settlement with a date stamp of Jan 1
  2. All activity that pertains to the Jan 1 – Jan 2 closed settlement
  3. The activity that pertains to the Jan 2 – Jan 3 open settlement with a date stamp of Jan 2

Generate a date range report

  1. Sign in to your Merchant Account on Seller Central.
  2. From the Reports menu, click Payments.
  3. Click the Date Range Reports tab, and then click Generate Report.
  4. In the Generate date range report dialog box, enter the following settings, as applicable:
    1. In the Please select a report type field, Transaction is pre-selected.
    2. To generate a monthly report, in the Select reporting range field, choose Month, and then choose a month from the drop-down list.
    3. To generate a custom report, in the Select reporting range field, choose Custom, and then use the calendar popups to choose start (From) and end (To) dates.
    4. Click Generate.
  5. A message confirms that the report is being compiled. When the report is complete, a Download button appears. Click Download.

Generate a date range report that contains only transactions that have closed

  1. Sign in to your Merchant Account on Seller Central.
  2. From the Reports menu, click Payments.
  3. To determine whether any of your current transaction activity is still Open (so that you can omit that data from your date range report), click the All Statements tab.
  4. In the Actions column, look to see if any row is marked Not Available (Open). If you find a Not Available (Open) row, make note of the dates associated with that settlement period.
  5. Click the Date Range Reports tab, and then click Generate Report.
  6. In the Generate date range report dialog box, enter the following settings:
    1. In the Please select a report type field, Transaction is pre-selected.
    2. Choose Custom, and then use the calendar popups to choose start (From) and end (To) dates. When setting the end date, be sure not to specify a date that still has Open activity associated with it.
    3. Click Generate.
  7. A message confirms that the report is being compiled. When the report is complete, a Download button appears. Click Download.