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How to Pull the Circana Actuals Report

Step-by-step instructions for building and exporting a Circana actuals report with the measures Confido needs for forecasting and trade planning.

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Written by Dom Kang

Build the Report

Follow these steps to build a Circana (formerly IRI) actuals report. Export the final report as a CSV and send it to your Confido contact.

  1. Log in to Circana and navigate to Report Builder β†’ Create.

  2. Under Product, select All UPCs for your product.

  3. Under Geography, select all relevant RMAs at the level you are planning in Confido.

  4. For Time, select all relevant week ending dates. We generally recommend the last 2 years of weekly data.

Select Measures

Pull in the following measures, grouped by category.

Volume

  • Unit Sales

  • Dollar Sales

Distribution

  • Total Points of Distribution

Pricing

  • Price per Unit

Promo / Non-Promo Distribution

  • Total Points of Distribution Any Merch

Base & Incremental Volume

  • Base Dollar Sales

  • Base Unit Sales

  • Incremental Dollars

  • Incremental Units

Store Performance

  • of Stores Selling

Promotion Effectiveness

  • Dollars % Lift

  • Units % Lift

Configure and Export

  1. Open Configure and place Geography, Product, and Time under Rows.

  2. In the same view, place Measures under Columns.

  3. Save the report.

  4. Export as CSV and send the file to your Confido contact.

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