Beginner's Guide: How to Setup The New Reports in OpenCart 3.0

As you may have noticed, OpenCart 3.0 was officially released! The platform’s new version brings a completely new interface and a lot of new features and improvements.

One of the changes in OpenCart 3.0 is the new layout of the Reports menu in the Admin panel.

In this post, we will compare the previous and new versions of the platform and show what’s different in the Reports section. 

This is a Before and After view of how the Reports are organized in the previous and new versions of OpenCart:

OpenCart 3.0 Reports

In OpenCart 2.3, the Reports were organized in 4 main sub-menus - Sales, Products, Customers, and Marketing.

Each of the sub-menus held the different types of reports. For instance, Orders, Tax, Shipping, Returns and Coupons were all organized in the Sales Report section:

In OpenCart 3.0, things are a bit different. 

The new Reports configuration lets you determine the type of data you want to track. Instead of having all of the reports in different sub-menus, now you can add the exact reports you want in a single menu.

How does this happen?

You go to Extensions > Extensions first. You select the Reports from the dropdown menu and you’ll notice all of the available options you have:

  • Customer Activity Report

  • Customer Orders Report

  • Customer Reward Points Report

  • Customer Searches Report

  • Customer Transaction Report

  • Marketing Report

  • Products Purchased Report

  • Products Viewed Report

  • Coupons Report

  • Sales Report

  • Returns Report

  • Shipping Report

  • Tax Report

Setup

The first thing to do is to install the Reports you want active.

After that, click the Edit button to configure the report of your choice.

After entering the given report, Enable its status and give it a sort order number (optional).

When you’re ready, don’t forget to hit the Save button at the top right corner.

Using the Reports

When you install and enable all of the Reports you want to track in your OpenCart store, it’s time to go to the Reports > Reports section in your Admin panel.

Once you’re there, you’ll see the dropdown that contains all of the reports you’ve enabled for tracking.

Select the report you want to review and the data will be shown below as you see in the example above.

Another improvement is the new filter that you can see all around the new OpenCart 3.0 Admin panel.

It’s more user friendly and located on the right instead of on top, so you have a better focus on the Report data.

Who’s Online

In OpenCart 2.3, this field was called Customers Online and was located in the Customers sub-menu in the older Reports layout.

Now it’s separated and has its own section in the Reports menu.

You can still track the users who are currently online in your site by IP and Customer Name.

The data shows the last visited page, referrer and the last click of the customer.

Statistics

This is one of the newest additions to OpenCart in the 3.0 release.

The Statistics menu shows the total value of your:

  • Order Sales

  • Orders Processing

  • Orders Complete

  • Orders Other

  • Returns

It also shows the total number of the Out of Stock Products in your store, as well as all Pending Reviews submitted by customers. 

What Do You Think?

How do you find the new changes in the OpenCart 3.0 Report system? Do you think it will work better for you, or is there something you would have done differently? Share your thoughts in the comments below!

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