Profit Data Methodology Update

To better reflect actual business activity, we shifted to an accrual-based Profit reporting methodology. It gives you a more accurate and timely view of your business.

What to expect:

Profit events are now based on their incurred date (like purchase date), not payout date
Historical data was reprocessed to reflect this change
Insights will better align with your marketing and sales activity

This change affects:

*FINANCE_PROFIT_LEDGER, FINANCE_PROFIT* and *FINANCE_PROFIT_METRICS* tables
Your Seller Power BI Dashboard Template
Your Analytics Essentials Looker Studio Dashboard
Any dashboards or custom reports using these sources

Profit Recognition Methods Available

To accommodate varying customer needs, alongside the new default accrual method, we now provide alternative profit recognition methodologies:

Method	Profit Recognized On	Use Case	Status
Accrual Profit	Order Date	Best for forecasting and tracking business activity (default)	Supported (new default)
Recorded Profit	Amazon’s Posted Date	Reflects Amazon’s official ledger posting date and internal accounting timeline	Supported (alternative tables released)
Cash Profit	Disbursement Date	Tracks actual cash flow when funds hit your bank account	Not supported yet

This translates into the following changes:

Changes to existing models

FINANCE_PROFIT_LEDGER : addition of accrual_date & recorded_date (each reflecting events date depending on the method type).
- Obsolete field: posted_date remains as an alias of accrual_date
FINANCE_PROFIT addition of date_day (alias of posted_date)
FINANCE_PROFIT_METRICS addition of date_day (alias of posted_date)

New models

FINANCE_PROFIT_RECORDED_BASIS (daily profit aggregated on recorded date)
FINANCE_PROFIT_METRICS_RECORDED_BASIS (daily profit aggregated on recorded date)

What to expect:

This change affects:

Profit Recognition Methods Available

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