Circana · Schema

POSRecord

Individual point-of-sale data record

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Properties

Name Type Description
period string Time period identifier
category string Product category name
brand string Brand name
upc string Universal Product Code
dollar_sales number Total dollar sales for the period
unit_sales integer Total unit sales for the period
volume_sales number Total volume sales (equivalent units)
avg_price number Average selling price
distribution_pct number Percentage of stores carrying the product
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JSON Schema

liquid-data-pos-record-schema.json Raw ↑
{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/circana/refs/heads/main/json-schema/liquid-data-pos-record-schema.json",
  "title": "POSRecord",
  "description": "Individual point-of-sale data record",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "period": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Time period identifier",
      "example": "2026-W01"
    },
    "category": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Product category name",
      "example": "Beverages"
    },
    "brand": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Brand name",
      "example": "Example Brand"
    },
    "upc": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Universal Product Code",
      "example": "012345678901"
    },
    "dollar_sales": {
      "type": "number",
      "format": "double",
      "description": "Total dollar sales for the period",
      "example": 125340.50
    },
    "unit_sales": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "Total unit sales for the period",
      "example": 45230
    },
    "volume_sales": {
      "type": "number",
      "format": "double",
      "description": "Total volume sales (equivalent units)",
      "example": 67845.0
    },
    "avg_price": {
      "type": "number",
      "format": "double",
      "description": "Average selling price",
      "example": 2.77
    },
    "distribution_pct": {
      "type": "number",
      "format": "double",
      "description": "Percentage of stores carrying the product",
      "example": 85.3
    }
  }
}

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