Daily/weekly/monthly sales reports generation and emailing

Purpose

 1.1 Automate end-to-end generation, aggregation, formatting, and secure emailing of daily/weekly/monthly sales reports for adult DVD store operations.
 1.2 Consolidate sales data from POS, eCommerce, in-store, and accounting systems for consistent analytics.
 1.3 Minimize manual reporting errors, save staff hours, and ensure timely stakeholder updates.
 1.4 Enable historical data tracking, trend prediction, and compliance archiving.
 1.5 Support data-driven decision making for inventory adjustment, marketing, and financial forecasting.

Trigger Conditions

 2.1 Scheduled: Execute based on preset cron rules (e.g., daily at 9 AM, first of month, every Monday).
 2.2 Event-based: Trigger when daily sales batch closes, reports updated, or new data available in source system.
 2.3 Manual initiation: Enable report generation from dashboard button or secure web form.

Platform Variants

 3.1 Microsoft Power Automate
  • Function: Scheduled flow using Recurrence trigger; use Excel Online, Outlook (Send an Email V2).
 3.2 Google Apps Script
  • Function: ClockTrigger (time-driven); GmailApp.sendEmail, SpreadsheetApp to aggregate data.
 3.3 Zapier
  • Feature: Schedule by Zapier, Google Sheets/Excel integration, Gmail/SMTP Mail.
 3.4 Make (formerly Integromat)
  • Feature: Scheduler module; connect Sheets, Outlook/SMTP Email modules.
 3.5 AWS Lambda
  • Function: CloudWatch Events schedule; Lambda for data aggregation, SES SendEmail for delivery.
 3.6 Google Cloud Functions
  • Trigger: Cloud Scheduler; Functions aggregate from BigQuery/Sheets, use Gmail API.
 3.7 Salesforce
  • Function: Scheduled Flow; Reports API, Email Alert action.
 3.8 HubSpot
  • Feature: Scheduled Workflow; Reporting API, Email tool for sending results.
 3.9 Smartsheet
  • Function: Scheduled workflows; Reports API export, Outlook/SMTP integration to email.
 3.10 Workato
  • Feature: Scheduler trigger; Google Sheets/Database connector, Mail connector.
 3.11 SendGrid
  • API: /mail/send; schedule via external cron; attach CSV/XLSX, use dynamic templates.
 3.12 Twilio SendGrid
  • Function: Transactional Email API, dynamic content insert for report attachment.
 3.13 Slack
  • API: Schedule webhook, files.upload endpoint to deliver reports to channel/DM.
 3.14 Dropbox
  • Feature: Reports saved to Dropbox periodically, Dropbox notifications/links via email via API.
 3.15 Pabbly Connect
  • Feature: Scheduler, Sheets/DB app, Email app for scheduled output.
 3.16 Mailgun
  • API: /messages (send email); attach files, control send time via batch job.
 3.17 Notion
  • API: Scheduled page creation/update for report embedding; notify via comments API.
 3.18 Airtable
  • Feature: Automations (scheduled); Generate and email records or summary exports.
 3.19 Asana
  • API: Scheduled task creation or comment (report summary); send detailed report via Asana notifications.
 3.20 Monday.com
  • Feature: Scheduled automation, email summary or detailed report to team members.
 3.21 SAP
  • Function: Background job (SM36), SAP Mail or direct export with ABAP/SmartForms.
 3.22 Oracle Cloud
  • Feature: BI Publisher; schedule report job, deliver via email with attachment.
 3.23 QuickBooks Online
  • API: Scheduled Reports; email settings for output to finance/stakeholders.

Benefits

 4.1 Reduces staff time spent on manual report generation and emailing.
 4.2 Ensures accuracy with direct data sourcing and automated aggregation.
 4.3 Delivers reports reliably and punctually to all relevant personnel or departments.
 4.4 Provides historical consistency for regulatory or business analysis.
 4.5 Enhances visibility for inventory, sales trends, and performance metrics.