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ANSWER ID:6326

If you have salespeople employed on a commission basis, you may need to calculate commission based on their sales for a particular period.

A template is provided at the bottom of this support note to allow for automatic Salesperson Commission calculations in conjunction with Microsoft Excel. This template, named ZSALSP.xlt, is an excel spreadsheet which links to the Analyse Sales (Salesperson) report in your MYOB software.

Its use relies on the following:

  • You must be using the Salesperson field on Invoices.
  • The report that you send from your MYOB software to Excel must be filtered for a period CONSISTENT with the TARGET Lookup table contained on the template. For example, if your target lookup table has Sales targets for a MONTH, then you must filter the MYOB report for a month also.
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title1. Setup for commission
  1. Click the ZSALSP.xlt file at the bottom of this support note.
  2. At the prompt, click Save and save the file in the Spredsht/Spreadsheet folder in your MYOB program folder. For example: In AccountRight Premier v19 this will be C:/Premier19/Spredsht In the new AccountRight the location depends on your AccountRight and Windows version: 

    AccountRight version

    Spreadsheet folder location

    (where 20XX.X refers to your AccountRight version, such as 2014.1, and <user.name> refers to the user currently logged into Windows)

    2011 to 2013.5

    Windows 8/7/Vista:

    C:\Users\Public\Documents\MYOB\AccountRight\20XX.X\Reports\Spreadsheet

    Windows XP:

    C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Shared Documents\MYOB\AccountRight\20XX.X\Reports\Spreadsheet

    2014.1 and later (PC Edition) 

    Note: For computers with multiple users (each with their own Windows profile), any modified spreadsheet templates will need to be copied to each user's profile in the following location:

    Windows 8 & 7:

    C:\Users\<user.name>\Documents\MYOB\AccountRight\20XX.X\Reports\Spreadsheet

    2014.1 and later (Server Edition) 

    Windows 8/7/Vista:

    C:\Users\Public\Documents\MYOB\AccountRight\20XX.X\Reports\Spreadsheet

    Windows XP:

    C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Shared Documents\MYOB\AccountRight\20XX.X\Reports\Spreadsheet

  3. When asked if you want to overwrite the existing file, click Yes. This will replace the existing template.
  4. Double-click the template to open it in Excel.
  5. Select the cell range F16:G23. This range is NAMED "commtable", and is the range that the coding behind the buttons looks to when calculating the commission payable.
  6. Change the Sales ranges in the commtable to suit your own needs however the format must stay the same, for example Sales and then Commission %.
  7. Insert more cells from WITHIN the initial range should you need more rows for more ranges.
  8. Select the range F31:G42. This range is NAMED "target" and represents each salesperson and the Sales target for the period.
  9. Insert more cells from WITHIN the "target range" should you need more room, otherwise, edit the table to reflect your own employees and their respective targets.
  10. Save the changes to the template and close Excel.
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title2. Using the commission template
  1. In your MYOB software, go to the Reports menu and choose Index to Reports.
  2. Click the Sales tab.
  3. Under the Salesperson heading, click the Analyse Sales report.
  4. Filter the report for the period you wish to calculate commission for.
  5. Click Display.
  6. Click Send To and choose Excel.
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  7. When the information has filtered into the Excel worksheet, click the Calculate Commission button.
  8. Click the Target Analysis button.
    Note: For the automation to work, you must click Calculate Commission before Target Analysis.
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