Catching up after
a busy week.

A backlog of missed days happens to everyone — a busy week, a family event, a vacation. The good news: nouz makes catch-up genuinely fast as long as you have the Z-reports or POS exports.

01 What do I need to gather before catching up?

Get three things in front of you before you start: the Z-reports for the week (one per day from your POS or till, showing gross revenue and the cash/card split), your acquirer's app for per-day card volume in case a Z-report split doesn't match, and your receipt pile for any one-off expenses that need logging. With those to hand, the backfill is just typing. The list below has the detail.

• Z-reports for the week — one per day from your POS or till. Shows gross revenue + cash/card split.
• Your acquirer's app — for the card volume per day, in case the Z-report split doesn't match.
• Receipt pile — any one-off expenses (supplies, repairs, packaging) that need logging.

02 What order should I backfill missed days in?

1. 1
   Open Revenue

   Pick the oldest missed day in the calendar.

2. 2
   Type cash + card

   From the Z-report. Save.

3. 3
   Move to the next day

   Click forward in the calendar. Repeat.

4. 4
   Switch to Expenses

   Walk through the receipt pile, logging each by its date.

5. 5
   Back to today

   Click today in the calendar. You're caught up.

Backfilling oldest-first keeps your mental model linear — same direction as time. Some owners prefer newest-first (today's yesterday, then back) — both work, just pick one and stay consistent within the session.

03 What if I can't reconstruct a day?

If a day is genuinely lost — no Z-report, no acquirer record — don't guess. Leave the day blank. A blank day is honest ("no data") and Statistics handles it correctly. A guessed day is a lie buried in your numbers that you'll discover six months later when nothing reconciles.

04 How do I prevent the next backlog?

If you find yourself catching up frequently, the close-out pattern isn't sticking. A few interventions reliably fix it: put the close-out on a repeating daily calendar slot, make it the last thing before you lock up rather than the first thing in the morning, do it on your phone at the counter instead of waiting for a laptop, and set a phone reminder 30 minutes before close. The full set is below.

• Put the close-out on a calendar. Same time, every day, repeating.
• Make it the last thing before locking up. Not the first thing in the morning — that's when it gets skipped.
• Use your phone, not desktop. Mobile close-out at the counter is faster than waiting until you're home at a laptop.
• Set a phone reminder. 30 minutes before close every day. Annoying for the first week, then automatic.