I recently developed a system within HS to track three separate pipelines with three sets of deal stages. I added product line items. I worked with the sales team to help them track this information within their deals so that we could see the MRR, ARR and TCV within each deal. Each line item allows you to establish how many months are within the billing cycle. All of that data should allow for a report to be created WITHOUT having to even FURTHER complicate the MRR with the recurring revenue system that HS created (Here: https://knowledge.hubspot.com/deals/track-recurring-revenue-with-revenue-analytics). If HS already calculates the MRR of each deal, asks for the billing start date and the number of months billed...why is it not possible to pull that data into a simple report?? Why do I have to create redundant properties to create this report when you already have the data?? Recurring revenue amount: the total amount of recurring revenue associated with a deal. This is a monthly value. (AUTOMATICALLY CALCULATES IN HS - WHY MANUAL??) Recurring revenue deal type: the deal type. The available values for this property are New business, Renewal, Upgrade, and Downgrade. (WE ALREADY HAVE DEAL TYPES IN DEALS) Recurring revenue inactive date: the date when this specific amount of recurring revenue for the deal is no longer collected. (YOU ASK ME HOW MANY BILLING MONTHS AND YOU KNOW THE START DATE....) Recurring revenue inactive reason: the reason why this specific recurring revenue amount is no longer collected. The available values are Churned, Renewal, Upgrade, and Downgrade. (NOT ALL BUSINESSES NEED THIS PROPERTY FOR TRACKING) Why is this so hard? This seems like SUCH a useful tool for many HS users who would like to understand how their MRRs are tracking. HS, please don't make us completely overcomplicate this process.
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