Spot your top 5 revenue items in under 2 minutes and cut menu review time by 3 hours/week.
~3 hrs
Saved / wk
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Setup
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Pull your Toast sales data into Metabase (a business reporting tool) so you can see real-time charts of your top menu items, busiest hours, and daily revenue. You stop guessing and start making decisions based on actual numbers. No spreadsheet skills required.
~3 hrs
Saved / Week
Professional setup recommended
Setup Complexity
No AI involved
AI Status
Step 1: Use n8n (a workflow automation tool) to pull Toast sales data via the Toast API (a connection point between software tools) on a scheduled basis
Step 2: Store the data in a database that Metabase can read, such as a connected SQL database
Step 3: Connect Metabase to your database
Step 4: Build dashboards in Metabase showing daily revenue, item sales, and peak hours
Step 5: Set Metabase to email you a summary report every morning
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