Commerce Overview Gadget

The Commerce Overview gadgetA small application, accessible from the Dashboard in EPiServer OnlineCenter. There are out-of-the-box gadgets available for both EPiServer CMS as well as other EPiServer products. shows sales data from the e-commerce system. The data is grouped by products, categoriesUsed for categorization of content. Categories are used for instance when creating filters for searching, listings and navigation., orders, customers and promotionsA way to apply various discounts to the products, order totals or shipping. A Promotion is a marketing tool used to increase sales of certain products or product lines. Various incentives such as lowered pricing and other discounts can be employed as part of a Promotion. Promotions are always tied to Campaigns. Promotions can be classified into two types: 1) either you can create a Promotion that is visible prior to checkout or 2) you can configure the Promotion to be displayed during the checkout process. The most powerful aspect of the Marketing system is the Expression Engine which allows variable conditions to be applied when creating a Promotion. These conditions vary from the number of items, the percentage discount, shipping rates and many others..

Do the following to add and configure the Commerce Overview gadget:

1. Log on to EPiServer Commerce and select DashboardThe part of OnlineCenter where you can manage gadgets for the website. The Dashboard offers possibilities for different user roles to manage and monitor website activities through the use of gadgets. in the right-click menu.
2. Select the Dashboard tab under which you want the gadget to appear.
3. Select Add Gadgets in top left corner of the dashboard, and then select the Commerce Overview gadget by clicking on it in the list. The gadget will be displayed on the dashboard. By default, it will be updated to display new data every 30 seconds.
4. To update the refresh interval, select Edit in the drop-down menu of the gadget, and enter a new time interval. Click OK to save you changes.

When the Commerce Overview gadget has been added to your dashboard, you will be able to easily monitor sales data from your EPiServer Commerce website.

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