Retail Link   Working instructions   The best time to run the online reports is in the morning, before North America wakes up and starts using the system.   In example images product names have been fuzzed out. You will see your own products in these locations.   Return to Online Manuals   Instructions   1.     Log onto retail link using the following address https://retaillink.wal-mart.com/ You will then get the following page…. Enter the User ID and Password If you are asked about the cookies, you must allow all 14 cookies or else you just keep on returning to the logon page.   2.     You will get the following screen. On the Do My Work menu choose Decision Support. If you are asked about the cookies, you must allow 4 more cookies.   3.     You will get the following screen. Click on My Reports. which will take you to   4.     Then place the cursor over any report and right click the mouse. Then click Modify as above from the menu shown   5.     You will then see a new browser (Internet Explorer) window open, showing you this screen. Click on Columns. You will see your own products in the areas fuzzed out.   6.     This is what needs to be produced. To add an item just click on it and the item will appear under Selected Columns. The order of the columns is not important. Desired Column Can be Found Under Store Nbr Business Unit Information/Store Information/ Store Name Business Unit Information/Store Information/ Post Code Business Unit Information/Store Information/ ANA Item Information/Item Information/ Prime Item Nbr Item Information/Item Information/ Prime Item Desc Item Information/Item Information/ Prime Size Desc Item Information/Item Information/ Variety Item Information/Item Information/ EPOS Sales EPOS EPOS Qty EPOS WM Week Time Selection     7.     Next you need to define the items you want to gather the information for. Click Items and then click Accounting Depts you will get this screen. You will see your own products in the areas fuzzed out.     EG Get information on Flavoured Waters.   Scroll down to SOFTDRINKS, and expand that, and its children until you get a list like the one on the right.   To add flavoured water to the list of Selected Items just click on it.     It will then appear in the list.     You will see your own products in the areas fuzzed out.   To remove it from the list just click on it.   To see its location, just click , and you will get something like this     8.     Once you have defined all the items you want included in the download, you need to specify stores. Click Locations and then click Stores. Expand Store Type Breakdown Click on All Stores, as below and you should see it appear under Selected Locations   9.     Now you need to define time periods Click Times and then click Time Range 1 You will then see For an ongoing report last week is advisable, and it can be found under By Fuzzy Dates To add Last Week just click on it under By Fuzzy Dates For an initial set up download selecting a set of weeks would be better, which can be found under By Wal-Mart Week. To add a particular WM Week click on it under By Wal-Mart Week as shown on the right. The time period(s) will then appear under Selected Times:   10.     No Options need to be set to the download so now it needs to be run. (Submitted) Click on Submit and you will get this screen You will see your own products in the areas fuzzed out. Make sure the final settings match these.   11.     You now need to save the changed report under a new name. Click And you will get this, or something like it if you are using a different browser. Enter the name and click OK. Here the name was Training Report. And you will see the name appear against Title: And you should get a message like this, and you must click OK.   12.     The new report/download has now been created, and it just needs to be run now. You do by clicking , and then click and you will get this These are the controls you will need to use to handle the report. You will need to click until the Status of the report changes from Active () to Done () Once the Status is done, put a tick on the report’s box on the left , so that it looks like this. Click Retrieve   13.     First you will get this, Unfortunately what happens next depends on the settings on your machine.     The excel spreadsheet may be treated as any other download, with you being asked whether you want to open or save it.   You want to save it.   Then you will be asked to select a location, and then it may show its progress until it is downloaded to the location you set.     The excel spreadsheet may be opened directly.   If this is true you need to select it all by clicking the grey box in the top left hand corner (above row numbers and left of column letters).     Then copy and paste it to a blank local spreadsheet which you can then save.   14.     Loose Ends This window needs to be closed by clicking the cross in the top right hand corner. It may look like this or like this The Report Wizard window now needs to be closed, again by click the cross in the top right hand corner. Finally you should Log Off If you get this message, click OK   Return to Online Manuals   ©Storecheck Marketing Ltd, 2007 No part of this document may be reproduced without express permission in writing from the Managing Director of Storecheck Marketing Ltd