Title: Category Analytics Last modified: June 3, 2020 --- # Category Analytics * Resolved [yknivag](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yknivag/) * (@yknivag) * [6 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/category-analytics/) * I have a small shop set up just for testing before I commit fully and am having some real problems with the analytics. * Because this is a test site with only a few products, categories and test orders it is very easy to see that things really aren’t adding up. * I have read the official documentation ([https://docs.woocommerce.com/document/woocommerce-analytics/#section-17](https://docs.woocommerce.com/document/woocommerce-analytics/#section-17)) and I understand why the numbers may not always add up, but in this specific case those caveats don’t apply. Every product on the site is one (and only one) category. No product is in more than one category or in both the parent and child categories (except by automatic inheritance). * It is clearly obvious though from the screen shots that the numbers just don’t add up! * 1. ([https://ibb.co/QD0XLyK](https://ibb.co/QD0XLyK)) clearly shows 39 products sold and yet the sum of all products against their categories is just 21. What happened to the other 18? They are all in categories, but those categories don’t show on the report. * 2. ([https://ibb.co/p1xG2HN](https://ibb.co/p1xG2HN)) shows the comparison between categories and you can see that again the numbers don’t add up, and yet when a category with 0 sales is clicked… * 3. ([https://ibb.co/88p4fzs](https://ibb.co/88p4fzs)) you can see that the figures are there against that category. * Once again no products are in more than one category so nothing should be being counted twice. * This was the case before and after today’s 4.2 release and I have tried clearing stale transients from the database too. * Is there something I’m missing? Viewing 8 replies - 1 through 8 (of 8 total) * [Austin M – a11n](https://wordpress.org/support/users/apmwebdev/) * (@apmwebdev) * [6 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/category-analytics/#post-12939033) * Hi [@yknivag](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yknivag/)! Thanks for the detailed description of the problem. I’m going to ping our devs about this, as we’ve seen some other category issues with WC Admin recently. While I do that, can you get some more information for me? * 1. Can you post your system status report? You can find that by going to WooCommerce > Status in your dashboard, then clicking “Get system report,” then “Copy for support.” * 2. Are there any console (JS) errors or fatal errors in the fatal error logs? You can find the latter in WooCommerce > Status > Logs. * Thanks! * Thread Starter [yknivag](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yknivag/) * (@yknivag) * [6 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/category-analytics/#post-12940325) * Hi [@apmwebdev](https://wordpress.org/support/users/apmwebdev/) – thanks for getting back and investigating. * I’ve checked the console while generating the reports and there is nothing shown at all, no errors, no warnings, nothinh. * You can find the system report below: * ``` ### WordPress Environment ### WordPress address (URL): https://my.domain.tld Site address (URL): https://my.domain.tld WC Version: 4.2.0 REST API Version: ✔ 1.0.8 WC Blocks Version: ✔ 2.5.16 Action Scheduler Version: ✔ 3.1.6 WC Admin Version: ✔ 1.2.3 Log Directory Writable: ✔ WP Version: 5.4.1 WP Multisite: – WP Memory Limit: 256 MB WP Debug Mode: – WP Cron: ✔ Language: en_US External object cache: – ### Server Environment ### Server Info: LiteSpeed PHP Version: 7.4.6 PHP 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Elbers – 3.0.11 – Installed version not tested with active version of WooCommerce 4.2.0 ### Settings ### API Enabled: – Force SSL: – Currency: GBP (£) Currency Position: left Thousand Separator: , Decimal Separator: . Number of Decimals: 2 Taxonomies: Product Types: external (external) grouped (grouped) pw gift card (pw-gift-card) simple (simple) variable (variable) Taxonomies: Product Visibility: exclude-from-catalog (exclude-from-catalog) exclude-from-search (exclude-from-search) featured (featured) outofstock (outofstock) rated-1 (rated-1) rated-2 (rated-2) rated-3 (rated-3) rated-4 (rated-4) rated-5 (rated-5) Connected to WooCommerce.com: – ### WC Pages ### Shop base: #6 - /shop/ Cart: #7 - /cart/ Checkout: #8 - /checkout/ My account: #9 - /my-account/ Terms and conditions: #418 - /about/tcs/ ### Theme ### Name: Avant Version: 1.1.40 Author URL: https://kairaweb.com/ Child Theme: ❌ – If you are modifying WooCommerce on a parent theme that you did not build personally we recommend using a child theme. See: How to create a child theme WooCommerce Support: ✔ ### Templates ### Overrides: – ### Action Scheduler ### Canceled: 1 Oldest: 2020-05-26 10:43:55 +0000 Newest: 2020-05-26 10:43:55 +0000 Complete: 160 Oldest: 2020-05-26 10:43:55 +0000 Newest: 2020-06-04 19:29:37 +0000 Pending: 1 Oldest: 2020-06-05 19:29:37 +0000 Newest: 2020-06-05 19:29:37 +0000 ``` * Hopefully this will give you all you need. * [Austin M – a11n](https://wordpress.org/support/users/apmwebdev/) * (@apmwebdev) * [6 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/category-analytics/#post-12945108) * Hi [@yknivag](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yknivag/), thanks for the update. Can you create an admin user for us using [woologin@woocommerce.com](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/category-analytics/woologin@woocommerce.com?output_format=md) as the email address? Once the user has been created, we can use the lost password functionality to reset the password and log in. The devs would like to take a closer look at your dashboard. Thanks! * Thread Starter [yknivag](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yknivag/) * (@yknivag) * [6 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/category-analytics/#post-12960577) * Hi, sorry for the delay in getting back to you. I haven’t received a notification of your reply. * I’m really uncomfortable at the idea of providing admin level access to an e- commerce solution for an unknown dev. With little work this should be replicable on a test setup that your Devs should already have. * If you require specific information about my specific implementation then by all means ask for screenshots or ask for the results of database queries. I will happily provide any such information. * Providing an admin account is a huge amount of work at my end as every password, every API key with every payment provider, analytics company etc will need to be changed before and after your access. Not to mention the GDPR regulatory implications of your staff having access to customer data. This should only ever be the last possible resort. * To be honest the very fact that such access has been requested at all after so little investigation really calls into question for me the focus (or apparent lack of focus) that WooCommerce appear to place in security. Frightening for an e-commerce solution. * As I said I’m happy to provide any screenshots you may require and any data you may require. * [Austin M – a11n](https://wordpress.org/support/users/apmwebdev/) * (@apmwebdev) * [6 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/category-analytics/#post-12966878) * Hi [@yknivag](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yknivag/). Perhaps I should have clarified earlier: We are not able to replicate this behavior with the category reports. I was also under the impression that this was a test site, not a live site, which is why I asked for credentials. You said * > I have a small shop set up **just for testing** before I commit fully and am > having some real problems with the analytics. > **Because this is a test site** with only a few products, categories and test > orders it is very easy to see that things really aren’t adding up. * This made me think that there was no customer data or a live payment gateway that you were working with, but just test data. I apologize if I misunderstood. I will relay this to the devs. * Thread Starter [yknivag](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yknivag/) * (@yknivag) * [5 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/category-analytics/#post-12980617) * Hi [@apmwebdev](https://wordpress.org/support/users/apmwebdev/), * > I was also under the impression that this was a test site, not a live site, > which is why I asked for credentials. * It is a test site, but I have been testing payment gateways and ordering also and so there are keys and addresses in place. * I can remove these keys and create a user for you if that is truly the only way to resolve this, but as with anything like this that should always be the last option. * I have done some more testing and if I use the “Reports” screen under “WooCommerce” the values are correct. If I use “Categories” under “Analytics” the values are incorrect. They’re not directly comparable as the “Reports” option doesn’t allow categories to be compared. * This would suggest that the issue lays possibly with the API. However I have not been able to identify which file in the plugin contains the code that answers the API requests or generates the queries to the database so I can’t figure out if the cause is bad data or a bad query. * Again, if there are queries I can run or screenshots I can provide please let me know. * [Austin M – a11n](https://wordpress.org/support/users/apmwebdev/) * (@apmwebdev) * [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/category-analytics/#post-13000028) * Hi [@yknivag](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yknivag/). We identified an issue last week where some files created by the plugin were not loading properly due to the length of the file names and characters included in them. This caused varied issues, and might be the cause of the issue you’re seeing. If you haven’t already, can you install the newest version of the stand-alone WC Admin plugin, which you can find [here](https://wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce-admin/), and see if that fixes the issue? * Thread Starter [yknivag](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yknivag/) * (@yknivag) * [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/category-analytics/#post-13000593) * Hi [@apmwebdev](https://wordpress.org/support/users/apmwebdev/) I have upgraded the WC Admin Plugin to the version released on 11th June and I can confirm that this has resolved the issue. * Many thanks for your help. 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