The payment summary totals every payment by method and by day, and it's the figure a bookkeeper reconciles against the bank. Daily takings is for the register; this is for the ledger.

What it shows

Payment summary covers any date range: payments taken by method, refunds in the same period, and the net received, with a bar per day. It counts money as it was taken, so it includes credit top-ups and payments on invoices later voided; that's why it won't match Practice revenue exactly. With compare on, the previous period of the same length is shown beside it.

Filters: a date range with the presets Today, Week, Month, Quarter and Year or a custom range, a location, compare with the previous period. It needs the financial reports permission, which Administrators and Bookkeepers have.

The Payment summary report with Net received, Payments, Refunds and Avg payment figures with change against the previous period, a table by method, and a daily bar chart.
Payment summary for October with compare on, showing net received up on September, the per-method table and the daily chart.

Reading it

Headline figures: Net received, Payments, Refunds, Avg payment.

Columns: Method, Payments, Received, Refunds, Refunded, Net.

Acting on it

Use it for the weekly or monthly banking reconciliation by method, and to see whether card is replacing cash. For what the clinic earned rather than what it took, use Practice revenue.