Learn to use the retail dashboard to see valuable information about your revenue, orders, and customers.
Overview
The retail dashboard is the heartbeat of your ecommerce business. It shows three reporting categories: revenue, orders, and customers.
We've split each reporting category into three separate insights demonstrated by the table below:
| Revenue | Total revenue | Average order value (AOV) | Customer lifetime value (CLV) |
| Orders | Total orders | Average items per order | Average delay (days) |
| Customers | Customers | Single purchase customers | Repeat customers |
The retail dashboard is the landing page of our Ecommerce channel. To get to the retail dashboard, select Ecommerce from the channel menu. The dashboard has nine tiles. Each tile is interactive and you can select it for further insights.
Retail dashboard
Set the date range
Select Date range on the top-right, and select the time frame for the data.
Vs. date range
When selecting the date range for the dashboard, a comparison period can also be selected. Comparisons show as a percentage figure on each tile of the retail dashboard.
The comparison must be the same length as the focus period or longer.
Some valid comparison examples:
- Focus: this week, comparison: last week
- Focus: this week, comparison: this month
- Focus: this year, comparison: last year
If you select All time as the focus period, a comparison is not possible.
Add address book and segment filters
Use filters to refine your results by address books or segments (including RFM personas).
To filter by address book:
1. Select Filter at the top right of the dashboard.
2. Select In the selected address book.
3. Select Select address book.
4. Select the address book or address books you want to filter by.
5. Select Apply.
To filter by existing segments:
1. Select Filter in the top right of the dashboard.
2. Select In the selected segment.
3. Select Select segment.
4. Select the segment or segments you want to filter by.
5. Select Apply.
To filter by a new segment:
1. Select Filter in the top right of the dashboard.
2. Select In the selected segment.
3. Select + New segment.
4. Enter a name for the segment, and assign rules. To learn more about creating segments, read Segmenting your contacts.
5. Select Apply to finish creating the segment.
6. Select Apply to filter your data.
Add order filters
Add order filters to create a sophisticated, customised retail dashboard. For example, you might use order filters to…
- Remove refunds and unwanted orders from your data
- See orders delivered to a particular country, where a coupon code or other discount was used, or where the order included free delivery
- and much more.
Order filtering combines AND and OR conditions to create any rules you want. Your filters can target any order attributes.
You can create order filters based on three points: Filter field, Filter operator, and Filter value.
| Filter field | Filter operator | Filter value | |
| Example | Order_total | is more than | 50 |
To set order filters on your retail dashboard:
- From the Retail dashboard, select the Orders filter.
- On the Edit order filters side panel, you can add both include and exclude rules to filter your orders based on various attributes. To add a filter, decide what type of filter you want to use, and under the heading Include or Exclude, select Click to select order data.
When you use an Include Filter, the order shows on the dashboard if it matches the filter. Exclude filters apply the reverse logic and don't show if they match the filter.
- Under Edit rule, expand the Filter field drop-down menu, and select the filter field you want to filter by.
Available filter fields are based on the order schema. To learn more about the order schema, check out our article on Insight data - Data schema.
- Expand the Filter operator drop-down menu, and select a filter operator.
- In the value box, enter the value you want to add to your filter.
- Select Apply.
Add AND / OR rules to your filters
You can AND / OR rules to your filters. To add AND / OR rules:
- Under Grouping, drag All are true (AND) or Any are true (OR) into your Include or Exclude rules.
- Select Click to select order data and follow the steps from Add order filters, to add a new filter.
Refresh your data
Your dashboard refreshes each morning automatically. Select the refresh button to re-generate the dashboard data on-demand.
Viewing in full screen
Select the full-screen icon to see a full-screen view of the dashboard that looks excellent on second monitors or TV walls.
Understand the metrics
All metrics are based on the time period you select for the dashboard.
| Metric | Category | Description |
| Revenue | Revenue | |
| AOV | Revenue | Average value of all single orders. |
| CLV | Revenue | Average customer lifetime value (spend) for a single customer. |
| Total orders | Orders | Total orders made. |
| Avg. items per order | Orders | Average number of items purchased in a single order. |
| Avg. delay (days) | Orders | The average time (in days) between purchases from repeat customers. The lower the better. |
| Customers | Customers | Total number of customers who made at least one order. |
| Single purchase customers | Customers | The number of customers that made a single order. |
| Repeat customers | Customers | The number of customers that made more than one order. |
Please note:
The metrics shown in our ecommerce reports all focus on conversion and the order value at the time of conversion. Because of this, we don't take refunds into account as they took place after the conversion.
Using the dashboard tiles
Each tile shows the title, a total, an interactive chart line; and if a comparison date is selected, a percentage.
The total revenue tile and interactive chart
For a more detailed view, select any tile to go to its ecommerce reports page.
Tile information
Learn about the information you see on the tiles.
- Title
The title to describe the data shown on the tile. - Total
The total figure of the metric at the final date of your selected date range. - Interactive chart line
The green chart line on each tile displays the trend line – the incremental comparative rise and falls across your chosen time frame. Drag your cursor onto the line to see the total at any point.
Chart line colours
There are three possible coloured lines:
- Green
The date line relating to the date range you set. - Blue
The date line relating to the vs date range you set. You’ll only see this on comparative charts. - Grey
The line of best fit; it is calculated from previous data and predicts future trends. You’ll only see this on incomplete date ranges.
Chart dots
Each chart displays two dots along the trend line.
- Green
The highest point of the chart line. - Red
The lowest point of the chart line.