Admin dashboard
The dashboard is usually the first page that appears when you log in to the Admin and can provide a real-time overview of sales and customer activity. Dashboard data provides a snapshot of lifetime sales, average order amount, recent orders, and search terms. The chart shows completed orders and amounts for the selected date range, and can be generated from either dynamic, real-time data, or historical aggregated data. The tabs at the bottom provide quick reports of your best-selling products, most viewed products, new customers, and customers who have purchased the most.
If you have a significant amount of data to process, the chart can be turned off to improve performance. The dashboard in the following example is configured to use real-time data and shows completed orders by the hour for the last 24 hours. The chart is updated for each completed order.
Advanced Reporting displays a personalized dashboard based on your product, order, and customer data.
Configure the dashboard
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On the Admin sidebar, go to Stores > Settings > Configuration and complete any of the following settings.
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When the configuration is complete, click Save Config.
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After saving the changes, click Cache Management and refresh every invalid cache.
Enable charts
If you have a large amount of data to process, you can turn off the display of the chart to improve performance. When not enabled, the message “No Data Found” appears in place of the chart, although the summary totals below are still generated.
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In the left navigation panel under Advanced, choose Admin.
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If necessary, expand the Dashboard section.
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To change the default value, clear the Use system value checkbox.
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Set Enable Charts to
Yes.
For more information about the Admin configuration options, see the Configuration Reference Guide.
Change the startup page
The dashboard is the default startup page for the Admin, although you can configure a different startup page.
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If you do not already have the Admin configuration options open, choose Admin under Advanced in the left navigation panel.
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Click to expand the Startup Page section.
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Clear the Use system value checkbox and choose the Startup Page that you want to appear when you log in to the Admin.
Choose the starting dates
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In the left navigation panel under General, choose Reports.
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On the page, expand the Dashboard section.
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Clear the Use system value checkboxes for the date settings and do the following:
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Set Year-To-Date Starts to the Month and Day.
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Set Current Month Starts to the Day.
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For more information about the Reports configuration options, see the Configuration Reference Guide.
Configure the data source
The dashboard chart can be generated in real time or by using historical, aggregated data. If performance is an issue, you can speed up things by using aggregated data.
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In the left navigation panel, click to expand Sales and choose Sales underneath.
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On the page, expand the Dashboard section.
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Clear the Use system value checkbox and set Use Aggregated Data to one of the following:
- For historical, aggregated data, choose
Yes. - For real-time data, choose
No.
- For historical, aggregated data, choose
Chart sections
Last 7 Days / Current Month / YTD / 2YTD