Analytics Dashboard

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Track Your Store's Performance

The OrderRules analytics dashboard gives you visibility into order volume, capacity usage, and customer behavior. Use these insights to optimize your limits and grow your business.

Accessing Analytics

Go to Analytics from the dashboard or click the Analytics link in Quick Actions.

Key Metrics

Order Volume

  • Total orders for any time period (daily, weekly, monthly)
  • Trend graphs showing 7-day, 30-day, and 90-day views
  • Peak order times so you know your busiest hours

Capacity Usage

  • Percentage of your daily, weekly, and monthly limits used
  • Average utilization across the period
  • Number of days or weeks where you hit 100% capacity

Product Performance

  • Top products ranked by order count
  • Products that triggered the most limit blocks
  • Average units per order

Customer Behavior

  • Repeat order frequency
  • How often customer limits are hit
  • Guest versus logged-in order patterns

Visual Reports

The dashboard includes several chart types:

  • Line graphs -- order trends over time
  • Bar charts -- daily order volume, compare weeks or months
  • Pie charts -- product mix as a percentage of total orders
  • Heatmaps -- order volume by hour and day of week, helping you spot your busiest periods

Exporting Data

For deeper analysis in Excel or Google Sheets:

  1. Go to the Analytics page
  2. Select your date range
  3. Click Export to CSV

The export includes daily order breakdowns, capacity percentages, product details, and customer metrics.

Using Analytics to Improve

Consistently hitting 100% on certain days? Increase your limit for those days using the Calendar's custom capacity feature.

Slow days with low utilization? Consider running promotions or adjusting your marketing.

One product getting blocked constantly? Increase its production capacity or raise the product limit.

Orders clustering at a specific hour? Staff accordingly or adjust your schedule.

Data Retention

  • Free plan: 7 days of history
  • Professional plan: 30 days
  • Premium plan: 90 days

Data updates in near real-time with less than a five-minute delay.