6.3.5 

List orders by date 

Enter a date in the box in the format requested and a list of orders from that 

day is brought up. 

6.4 Stock 

Tracking 

6.4.1 Basic 

operation 

Stock tracking stores levels of particular items in the database and flags them 

as `out of stock' on the front end if the supply is exhausted. For more 

information about the front end aspects of stock tracking, see 5.6. 

6.4.2 Warnings 

page 

This is the easiest way to see at a glance which items are out of stock and 

which are below their warning levels. Items in red are out of stock, those in 

grey are below their preset warning levels. 

6.4.3 

Setting up stock tracking for an item 

When creating or editing a version, two boxes refer to stock tracking. The first 

is the current level of that version in stock. This can be adjusted by changing 

the value and submitting the form. It is also adjusted as customers purchase 

stock through the site. The second box is the warning level. If this is set to 

zero, stock tracking is disabled for that item. But if an integer value higher 

than zero is set, stock tracking is enabled and the whole stock tracking system 

kicks into action for that product. 

6.4.4 

Why disable stock tracking for some items? 

Stock tracking requires commitment on your part. As stock is depleted, you 

must adjust the quantities of stock upwards when new stock arrives to ensure 

that products do not show as out of stock on the front end. For products that 

are never out of stock (core products, warranties, service agreements, etc.) 

stock tracking may be an inconvenience. Therefore, setting the stock tracking 

warning level to zero for such items is recommended. If you don't wish to use 

stock tracking for any items, just leave the stock warning level as zero for all 

items. 

6.5 Statistics 

CactuShop provides graphical statistics for page views on products as well as 

sales. The back end stats pages dynamically count these records and display 

data by month, category and product, allowing you to view trends and 

compare what you are selling with where people are looking. Statistics for the 

various products and categories are now displayed in descending order of 

popularity. 

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