Sales report 2.0

[rmogstad]

Is there a reason you chose to seemingly randomly populate the EXCLUDE_PRODUCTS variable? Really screws up one's report when you exclude a bunch of products.


Other than that, great report. Any chance you can optionally show paypal fees? Most all my sales are through paypal. I modified the last version, and I can mod this one as well, but if its something more people can use, maybe it would be good to have an option.

[BlindSide]

Whoops! That was an oversight on my part, and I apologize. Remember that the code I develop is for my full-time company, so it has company-specific settings in it. Normally I default or clear out the options, I just missed it this time.

Open /admin/includes/languages/english/stats_sales_report.php and look for the line that begins with...

define('EXCLUDE_PRODUCTS', serialize(array(

Delete the product ID's inside the parentheses, so that what you have left looks like this...

define('EXCLUDE_PRODUCTS', serialize(array( )) );

Again, sorry for the confusion. The next release will have those values cleared.

[rmogstad]

Yeah, I already did that. I just wanted to make sure there wasnt any particular reason (and also to point it out in case other people were having the same issues).

Thanks for the quick response though :)

[digidiva-kathy]

I don't seem to be able to get the manufacturers to show up on my report. The column is there, but the manufacturer doesn't show up...any idea why?

I'm also getting this error in the middle of my report:

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<b>Warning</b>: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in <b>/home/digiscr/public_html/shopping/admin/includes/classes/sales_report.php</b> on line <b>892</b><br />
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<b>Warning</b>: array_multisort() [<a href='function.array-multisort'>function.array-multisort</a>]: Argument #1 is expected to be an array or a sort flag in <b>/home/digiscr/public_html/shopping/admin/includes/classes/sales_report.php</b> on line <b>899</b><br />
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<b>Warning</b>: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in <b>/home/digiscr/public_html/shopping/admin/includes/classes/sales_report.php</b> on line <b>914</b><br />
Help?

[BlindSide]

Are you using the "+ Product Line Items" display option? Can you confirm that you have manufacturers on the products being displayed?

Regarding the PHP errors you are seeing, please run the report that generates this error, but choose "Print Format" for the output format. Then, copy the text that appears below the header and before the report and paste it into a post here. That will tell me exactly what report criteria you are searching and allow me to attempt to reproduce it.

[digidiva-kathy]

Yes to both of the first questions...what's weird is that the only ones that have an actual entry in the manufacturers column are those that DON'T have a manufacturer set on them and they show --none-- .

Here's the text you asked for:

Date of order creation
Daily timeframes sorted asc
Displaying + Product Line Items

Thanks for the help!

[digidiva-kathy]

It would seem that the ugly error occurred because there were no orders on a particular date. It shows up between September 27 & 29 and there are no orders on the 28th.

I'd still love to discuss further modifications to this report, even if it costs money. I would, however, like to share both the cost and the report with others who do what I do. Is this a possibility?

[BlindSide]

It would seem that the ugly error occurred because there were no orders on a particular date. It shows up between September 27 & 29 and there are no orders on the 28th.

That's right I almost forgot! A freelance customer found this error and pointed it out to me. I have fixed it for the upcoming release.

I'd still love to discuss further modifications to this report, even if it costs money. I would, however, like to share both the cost and the report with others who do what I do. Is this a possibility?

Yes, I do freelance work on the side, usually along the lines of what you're saying. That work si then released back to the public with an acknowledgement that you or your company were responsible for "sponsoring" the modifications. There's some very cool new features headed to my Super Orders contribution by this very practice.

However I've never dealt with a group of people going in on a module together, and would be wary about doing so. Each person may want different things, so how do you calculate shared costs when each person wants slightly different features? It's the same reason I avoid committees wherever possible in my life in general.

[drc2100]

I am intersted in working with you in that capacity and would be willing to discuss a split of some type depending on the costs involved. I do agree that it is probably better to keep them separate but share the results with the community.

Look forward to discussing further.

Doug

[digidiva-kathy]

Well, here's the thing...I KNOW what we need and I know alot of people need it and since it will be released to the public after it's done, I don't really think it's fair for me to pay the entire fee, KWIM? But, I guess I can go to a select group, we can figure out exactly what we want, you can price it and then we (being the group) can sort out how to divide up the cost between us. Even if they know it will be public, I'll also tell them that I won't pay for it alone since so many of us will benefit. Does that sound like the way to go?

Oh, and about that manufacturers issue I originally posted about...they are still not showing up.