Concept · article 06 of 09

Day, week, month, year:
the four P&L views.

Same numbers, four time buckets. When to use each — and why the monthly view is the one to send your accountant.

Ibrahim Ölmez Ibrahim ÖlmezFounder · nouz · 5 min read · Updated this week
One ledger, four lenses. The same entries — revenue, expenses, fixed cost slices — bucketed into the time period you pick. Day, week, month, year.

The four P&L views are the same data sliced four ways. Each is useful for a different kind of question — and switching between them is one click.

01 The four views

On the P&L tab, the toggle at the top switches between four views:

  • Day — one date's P&L. Useful for understanding a specific day's number.
  • Week — seven days, Monday–Sunday by default. Useful for catching weekly patterns.
  • Month — calendar month. The view you send your accountant.
  • Year — calendar year. Useful for year-end and tax season.

02 When to use each

  • Day for diagnosing "why was Tuesday weird?".
  • Week for spotting trends — is the week shaping up better or worse than last week?
  • Month for the monthly hand-off to your accountant, and for understanding your run-rate.
  • Year for tax season and big-picture context.

03 Why the totals all match

Each view reads from the same underlying data — revenue entries, expense entries, fixed cost rows. The math is consistent across all four: gross revenue summed at the day level equals gross summed at the month level. No double-counting between views; no view is "more accurate" than another.

04 Switching between views

The view toggle is sticky — pick week view today, come back tomorrow, you're still in week view. Each view has its own date navigation (week-back, month-back, etc.) for stepping through history.

Each view's "current period" is its own thing. "This week" in week view means Mon-Sun of the current week. "This month" in month view means the 1st to today. The two won't reconcile until you're at the end of the month — that's expected.

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