Hourly Footfall
Hourly Footfall shows guest counts across all 24 hours of the day, broken down by day of week, over a date range (default last 30 days) — with Breakfast, Lunch, Afternoon and Dinner shift bands overlaid so you can see precisely when within a shift your traffic actually peaks.
Overview
The grid runs all 24 hours (12a–11p) across the seven days of the week (Mon–Sun), each cell showing guest count for that hour/day combination over the selected date range.
Shift bands are overlaid for reference: Breakfast (6am–11am), Lunch (11am–3pm), Afternoon (3pm–7pm), Dinner (7pm–12am) — each with its own background tint — so an hourly spike can be read in the context of which service it falls in.
A summary section totals guest counts, and the date range defaults to the last 30 days to smooth out single-day noise.
This is a finer-grained companion to Covers & Footfall Report, which groups by shift only — use Hourly Footfall when you need to know the exact hour within a shift where traffic peaks (e.g. is Dinner busiest at 7:30pm or 9pm?).
Before You Start
- You must have the Reports feature enabled on your plan.
- A wider date range gives more reliable hour-by-hour patterns than a single day or short range.
Step-by-Step Guide
1 Find your exact peak hour within a shift
- Open Hourly Footfall with the default (or a wider) date range.
- Locate the shift band you care about (e.g. Dinner) and scan across its hour columns for the highest guest counts.
- Use this to fine-tune staffing start times or reservation slot spacing within that shift.
2 Compare weekday vs weekend patterns
- Scan across the Mon–Sun rows for the same hour band.
- Identify whether weekend peaks shift earlier/later or run longer than weekday peaks.
Every Field & Button, Explained
| Field / Button | What it does |
|---|---|
24-hour × day-of-week grid | Guest counts for every hour of every day of the week, aggregated over the selected date range. |
Shift bands (Breakfast/Lunch/Afternoon/Dinner) | Reference overlays showing which named service each hour column falls into. |
Tips & Best Practices
- Use at least a 30-day range — a single day's hourly pattern is too noisy to base staffing decisions on.
- Read this alongside Covers & Footfall Report: that report tells you which shift is busiest overall, this one tells you exactly when within that shift.