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A Guide to Magento 2 Admin Dashboard

Admin Dashboard in Magento 2

The Admin Dashboard in Magento 2 provide a picture into overall sales and customer activity of your store. On the left, the dashboard show data of lifetime sales, average order amount, the last five search terms, and top five search terms. The Last Orders section lists the most recent orders by customer.

Left blocks - magento 2 admin dashboard

The graph shows the orders and amounts for the selected date range. You can use the tabs above the graph to toggle between the two views.

The Orders tab at the top displays a chart of all orders during the specified time period. Below the chart is the total revenue, tax, shipping, and quantity ordered. The lifetime sales amount and the last five orders are on the left.

Graph in magento 2 dashboard

The Amounts tab at the top displays a chart of all order amounts during the specified time period. The average order amount and the last five orders are on the left.

Graph in magento 2 dashboard

The tabs at the bottom provide quick reports about your best-selling and most viewed products, new customers and those who have purchased the most.

Bottom tabs in magento 2 dashboard

The Bestsellers tab shows the price and quantity ordered of your best-selling products. The products that have been viewed the most during the specified time period are listed on the Most Viewed Products tab

The Customers tab at the bottom lists the customers who have ordered the most during the specified range of time. The New Customers tab lists all new customers who have registered for an account during the time period.

Configure the Admin Dashboard in Magento 2

By default, Admin Dashboard is the startup page when you log into the Magento Admin Panel. However, you can choose any other page to appear as the startup page in the configuration. You can also set the starting dates used in dashboard reports, choose the data source and disable the display of the charts section.
On the Admin sidebar, tap Stores. Under Settings, choose Configuration. Then, do any of the following:

Enable Charts

1. In the panel on the left, under Advanced, choose Admin.
2. In the Dashboard section, set Enable Charts to “Yes.”
3. When complete, tap Save Config
Enable Charts Magento 2 Admin Dashboard

Set the Beginning Dates

1. In the panel on the left under General, choose Reports
2. In the Dashboard section do the following:
a. Set Year-To-Date Starts to the Month and Day
b. Set Current Month Starts to the Day
3. When complete, tap Save ConfigSetting beginning dates Magento 2 Admin Dashboard

Choose the Data Source

If you have a lot of data to process, the performance of the Dashboard can be improved by turning off the display of real time data.
1. In the panel on the left, tap to expand Sales. Then, choose Sales
2. Tap to expand the Dashboard section, and do the following:
  • For real-time data, set Use Aggregated Data (beta) to “Yes.”
  • For historical data, set Use Aggregated Data (beta) to “No.”

3. When complete, tap Save Config

Choose Data Source Magento 2 Admin Dashboard

Change the Admin startup page

1. On the Admin sidebar, choose Stores. Then under Settings, choose Configuration.

2. In the panel on the left under Advanced, choose Admin.

3. Expand the Startup Page section.

4. Set Startup Page to the page that you want to appear first after you log in to the Admin.

5. When complete, tap Save Config

Startup page Magento 2 Admin Dashboard