The new test release (v 0.2.0) of WooCommerce Dashboard as we know is changing to wc-admin 0.2.0, available on GitHub. If you are unaware of upcoming wc-admin, it is a new JavaScript-driven interface for managing your WooCommerce stores which mainly focus on creating new and enhanced reports. There is a new notification system that helps you to run the store smoothly Similarly, you will get the highly intuitive dashboard to monitor all the important key metrics of your site. Want to know the more about the background of the project, kindly either go through Alpha announcement post or watch the keynote from WooSesh.
The whole thing is not ready yet to be used in the production site. Currently, the team is working on an interface which will be available publicly for the developer community, so that, one can contribute, comment and start using it as a main feature plugin.
Release Highlights of Changing WooCommerce Dashboard i.e wc-admin
New and improved date range picker
- Select from a variety of preset and custom date ranges
- Compare selected date range to the previous period or previous year
- Selected date ranges persist between reports
Known Issues
- Year to date and previous year presets are out of commission
- Custom date ranges of 100 days or greater are out of commission
- Hourly intervals not yet available in the chart when viewing single day date ranges
Revenue Report
- The revenue report provides a broad overview of the financial status of a store. For a selected date range It reports gross revenue, refunds, the value coupons used, taxes collected, shipping costs, and net revenue.
Known Issues
- Refunded orders are not properly updating revenue numbers.
Orders Report
- For a selected date range, it reports the total number of orders, net revenue, the average order value, and average number of items per order.
Known Issues
- Advanced filters aren’t hooked up to the API, so applying filters doesn’t have an effect on the report.
Product Report
- View sales information for a given time period by product
- Ability to compare product sales using advanced filters.
Known Issues
- Single product view (Product detail report) does not allow for comparison of variations in chart or tabular data
- When comparing products, the chart displays aggregate totals for all selected products rather than individual series per product
- Product category comparison not functional
- Top products by items sold / gross revenue filters not functional
- Product SKU not populating in tabular data
- Product stock not reflected accurately in tabular data
Category Report
- The Category Report is currently still in active development
- The current chart and tables do display what data will be available when the REST API endpoints are completed
Known Issues
- Report is incomplete and features dummy data (not connected via API)
Coupons Report
- The Coupons Report is still being developed
- The current chart and tables do display what data will be available when the REST API endpoints are completed
Known Issues
- Report is incomplete and features dummy data (not connected via API)
Tax Report
- The Taxes report is still being developed
- The current chart and tables do display what data will be available when the REST API endpoints are completed, even then, a software like the one at https://www.fourlane.com/quickbooks-consulting/ is still recommended for tax purposes.
Known Issues
- Report is incomplete and features dummy data (not connected via API)
Tech Highlights
Since the initial alpha announcement last month, the team has spent some time making the JavaScript components more easily usable for developers. The following components and utilities are available for developers to access via the `wc.` global namespace within `wp-admin`:
- wc.components
- wc.csv-export
- wc.currency
- wc.date
- wc.navigation
All of these modules have also been published on npm and the components are documented here.
What is Coming Next?
During the next two weeks, the team will be focusing on the following items:
- REST API
- Implement endpoints for Coupons and Taxes Report
- Add functionality to products endpoint to support filtering by low inventory products.
- Advanced Filters Support
- Analytics
- Configure Coupons and Taxes reports to use live data
- Stock Report
- Dashboard
- Create new Chart Block
- Activity Panels
- Add live data to Orders Panel
How Do Test it Out?
In case you want to test it out, here is the pre-built zip file from their page on GitHub. Then upload it as a plugin and try it on your test site.
Want to get involved?
If you are confused about the new wc-admin and got some problems while using the latest test build, then feel to open an issue of the GitHub repository – or message of their #developers channel in WooCommerce Slack.
