diff --git a/htdocs/core/class/stats.class.php b/htdocs/core/class/stats.class.php
index a31c9fc3349..49a2c6d4403 100644
--- a/htdocs/core/class/stats.class.php
+++ b/htdocs/core/class/stats.class.php
@@ -130,6 +130,13 @@ abstract class Stats
 		return $data;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @param	int		$year			year number
+	 * @param	int 	$format			0=Label of abscissa is a translated text, 1=Label of abscissa is month number, 2=Label of abscissa is first letter of month
+	 * @return 	int						value
+	 */
+	protected abstract function getAmountByMonth($year, $format = 0);
+
 	/**
 	 * Return amount of elements by month for several years.
 	 * Criterias used to build request are defined into the constructor of parent class into xxx/class/xxxstats.class.php
@@ -467,7 +474,6 @@ abstract class Stats
 		return $data;
 	}
 
-
 	// phpcs:disable PEAR.NamingConventions.ValidFunctionName.PublicUnderscore
 	/**
 	 *     Return the amount per month for a given year