Override Sales Projections

Both our Labor Budget Tool and Optimal Labor Tool rely on sales forecasts generated by 7shifts to help restaurants make more efficient scheduling decisions. 7shifts uses historical sales data to generate sales projections which are used by both tools, and these sales projections can be edited manually though the 7shifts webapp or through our Forecast Overrides API endpoint.

Budget tool

The budget tool allows for sales projections by day. Use our forecast override endpoints to override sales. In 7shifts, users can similarly input department-specific overrides. These will be returned in the [daily sales & labor] response when requesting this report for a specified department. Please note that department-level overrides will not be returned in this report if no department is specified.

Optimal labor tool

The Optimal Labor Tool allows for projections by 15-minute increment.

Customers can choose to run their sales forecasting in-house, or use a partner for sales projections.

If you are creating your own projections, you can use our Forecast Overrides endpoint to override 7shifts' projections. Both budget tools will use those new values to provide the most accurate scheduling recommendations.