The Reseller's Dashboard has been introduced in Storefront (V4) as a tool for providing a fast, accurate, effortless, and user-friendly overview of a reseller's business performance with meaningful statistics such as metrics, KPIs, and other relative data. The tool's purpose is to reduce the resellers' business operational costs, eliminate the wrong assumptions of their revenue projections, minimize the risk of missing critical information, and assist in important business decisions/activities. Overall, this tool provides the resellers with a complete business productivity-improving dashboard while they retain their focus on managing more efficiently their business.

Accessing the Dashboard

When the reseller logs into the Storefront with their credentials, the system will make available the tool only to them. In order to access it, the reseller can click on the icon from the main menu of the Storefront, located on the left-hand side of the screen.

Dashboard Widgets

Dashboard widgets are essentially the tools for graphically depicting the most vital information of all the statistics, metrics, and KPIs from the BSS platform, in such a way that a reseller can obtain fast all the information required for assisting him in his business management and activities.

Contact Details WIDGET

This Contact Details widget contains the contact details of the logged-in Storefront user.

The following info will be displayed:

Name: Is the first and Last Name of Storefront user as they are defined on the My Account page in Storefront. The name is now a clickable link that redirects the Storefront user to the My Account page.
Contact Information:

Company Name: as defined on the My Account page in Storefront.
Phone: as defined on the My Account page in Storefront.
Address: Address, City, Postal Code, and Country (in one line) as defined on the My Account page in Storefront.

In case any of the above information is missing from the My Account page, then the relevant information will be empty on the widget. The contact details in this widget are not editable but can be updated from the My Account Storefront page.

General Statistics (of Account) WIDGET

The General Statistics widget provides the reseller with several statistics of their account by dividing the info into three columns having the respective color code, blue for the monthly costs and account balance columns, and red for the overdue payments column. Let us further analyze the following image:

Monthly Costs

The first metric displayed on the first column of the widget is the Monthly Costs, i.e. the costs that resulted from the reseller's purchases during the current month, up to the current date. The displayed costs can be either positive or negative. The tool does NOT consider canceled invoices for its calculations. For the calculation of monthly total costs, the "total before tax" amounts found on the debit invoices are summed altogether and the "total before tax" amounts found on the credit invoices are also summed altogether. Therefore, "Monthly Costs" is equal to the "Debit Invoices" minus the "Credit Invoices".

Account Balance

The first metric displayed on the second column of the widget is the Account Balance. It is the amount(positive or negative) that stems from taking into account all the invoices, refunds, and payments billed to the reseller since the creation of his BSS account. For more information concerning the Account Balance please proceed to the "Account Balance analysis" page.

Overdue Payments

The first metric displayed on the third column of the widget is the Overdue payments. It is the total amount of money that stems from the overdue invoices issued to the reseller that have not been paid yet. This amount is calculated the same way as in the Account's BSS billing information.

Other Statistics

Several more statistics are contained within the three main columns which according to their column position are the:

Subscriptions sold: Is the number of subscriptions sold by the reseller during the current month, up to the current date, no matter their current status. The subscriptions and not the trial ones. Please note that subscription renewals, in any form, are NOT considered during our calculations.
Licenses sold: Is the number of Assets i.e. software subscription, RIs, ESD, sold by the reseller in the current month, up to the current date, no matter their current status.

Active Subscriptions: Is the number of active subscriptions of the reseller at the current date. All subscriptions with status "Active" & "Pending for cancellation" at the current date will be taken into consideration for this metric except for active Trial subscriptions, which are NOT considered for this metric. This metric is a link that redirects the reseller to the page containing all the "currently active" and "pending for cancellation" subscriptions on the "Billing" section of the Storefront under the "Subscriptions list" page shown with the filter "Active Subscriptions".
Suspended Subscriptions: Is the number of suspended subscriptions of the reseller at the current date. All subscriptions with status "Suspended" at the current date are taken into consideration for this metric. This metric is a link that redirects the user to the page containing all the currently suspended subscriptions on the billing section of Storefront under the Subscriptions list page shown with the filter "Suspended Subscriptions".

Credit limit: Is the limit set on the credit of the BSS account of the reseller, on the respective field on the "Ordering" information of the account. For more information on Credit Limit please continue in this "Setting Customer's Credit Limit" page. The "Credit Limit" is NOT visible for users whose BSS organization has Credit Check Hook enabled.
Available credit: Is the total amount of money present at a specific time in the reseller's BSS account, on the respective field on the "Ordering" information of the account. For more information on Available Credit please continue in this "Understanding how Customer's Available Credit is Calculated" page. The "Available Credit" is NOT visible for users whose BSS organization has Credit Check Hook enabled.

Product Mix WIDGET

The Product Mix widget displays by default all the Products that the reseller has purchased in the time range set as slices of a pie-chart, filtered by Product Types and Charge Type, and the percentage of each slice is compared to the total purchases' percentage. Each slice of the pie chart has a distinct color, which correlates to the legend that is located below the chart, and it is where the mapping of the sliced data occurs. Moreover, a refresh button is placed on the top right corner of the widget for the Storefront users to be able to update the widget with the latest data.

The information for this chart is retrieved from all the debit invoices billed to the reseller, with invoice dates in the specified time range and status "paid"/"unpaid". The tool does NOT consider canceled invoices for its calculations. It sums the amounts it retrieves for these invoice items on the respective debit invoices, for a given period, and then sums them with the total amount calculated for each product.

The reseller has the option to filter the data' visual representation of the Product Mix pie-chart by utilizing the three drop-down menus located on the upper left and right corners of the widget:

Product Type: From the first filtering drop-down menu on the upper left corner of the Product Mix widget, the reseller is able to set the Product Type of the chart and thus change the view of the pie-chart. Other than the "All" filtering option which is the default one, as it depicts everything, more options exist for filtering the Product Mix chart concerning specified Products belonging to certain Product Types:
- Product Type: Once selected, the product mix chart gets redrawn with the corresponding contribution data which consists of Products belonging to the chosen Product Type, during the time range set. As a result, different choices of product types will result in a pie-chart with different products along with their corresponding chart percentage.
Charge Type: From the second filtering drop-down menu on the upper left corner of the Product Mix widget, the reseller is able to set the Charge Type of the chart and thus change the view of the pie-chart. Other than the "All" filtering option which is the default one, as it depicts everything, there exist two more options of filtering the Product Mix chart concerning the charge type:
- Subscriptions: Once selected, the product mix chart gets redrawn with only the percentages of subscription-based product types/products, regardless of their billing cycle. Such products can be recurring products or products with usage charges.
- One time charges: Once selected, the product mix chart gets redrawn with only the percentages of Non-subscription-based product types/products. Such products can be assets and one-off products, created as such on our BSS platform.
Time range: From the filtering drop-down menu on the upper right corner of the Product Mix widget, the reseller is able to set the Time Range of the chart and thus change the view of the pie-chart. The filtering options for the Product Mix chart concerning the Time Range are:
- This Month (default): The product mix chart by default depicts data from the current month.
- Last Month: Once selected, the product mix chart gets redrawn with data from the past month.
- Last 3 Months: Once selected, the product mix chart gets redrawn with data from the past three consecutive months, meaning the current month plus the past two months.

When the "All" is selected from the product type drop-down menu, upon hovering over a slice of the pie chart, the reseller is able to view the respective Product type, along with its percentage contribution for the specific time range in comparison to the total.

Historical Costs WIDGET

The Historical Costs widget displays a stacked bar chart of the monthly costs for all Products that the reseller has purchased in the time range set and can be filtered by Product Types. The bar chart consists of two axes, the horizontal being the time range(months) and the vertical being the costs. For each month shown, a bar is displayed representing the costs over this month and each bar shall be divided into parts(stacks). Each stack of the bar-chart has a distinct color, which correlates to the legend that is located below the chart, and it is where the mapping of the sliced data occurs. The parts into which the bars shall be divided into results from the filtering that the reseller selects. Moreover, a refresh button is placed on the top right corner of the widget for the Storefront users to be able to update the widget with the latest data.

For a specific month (bar) in the time range set, the costs of a reseller for a specific product will result from all the debit and credit invoices, with invoice dates in that month with status paid/unpaid. The tool does NOT consider canceled invoices for its calculations. It sums the amounts it retrieves for these invoice items on the respective debit and credit invoices, for a given period, and then sums them with the total amount calculated for each product.

The reseller has the option to filter the data' visual representation of the Historical Costs bar-chart by utilizing the two drop-down menus located on the upper left and right corners of the widget:

Product Type: From the first filtering drop-down menu on the upper left corner of the Historical Costs widget, the reseller is able to set the Product Type of the chart and thus change the view of the bar chart. Other than the "All" filtering option which is the default one, as it depicts everything, more options exist for filtering the Historical Costs chart concerning specified Products belonging to certain Product Types:
- Product Type: Once selected, the historical costs chart gets redrawn with the corresponding contribution data which consists of Products belonging to the chosen Product Type, during the time range set. As a result, different choices of product types will result in a bar-chart with different products along with their corresponding chart percentage.
Time Range: From the filtering drop-down menu on the upper right corner of the Historical Costs widget, the reseller is able to set the Time Range of the chart and thus change the view of the bar chart. The filtering options for the Historical Costs chart concerning the Time Range are:
- This Month (default): The historical costs chart by default depicts data from the current month.
- Last 3 Months: Once selected, the historical costs chart gets redrawn with data from the past three consecutive months, meaning the current month plus the past two months.
- Last 6 Months: Once selected, the historical costs chart gets redrawn with data from the past six consecutive months, meaning the current month plus the past five months.
- Last 12 Months: Once selected, the historical costs chart gets redrawn with data from the past twelve consecutive months, meaning the current month plus the past eleven months.

More specifically, when the reseller has selected to view the chart for either "This Month" or "Last 3 Months" or "Last 6 Months" or "Last 12 Months", the horizontal axis of the chart will always display months, depending on the time range selected.

When "All" is selected from the Product Type drop-down menu, upon hovering over a stack of the bar-chart, the reseller is able to view the respective Product type, along with its cost for the specific month.

Subscriptions Churn WIDGET

The Subscriptions Churn widget displays a double bar chart of the new and canceled subscriptions(not Assets) for all or specific Vendors that the reseller has sold in the time range set. The bar-chart consists of two axes, the horizontal being the time range(daily or monthly depending on the choice of options) and the vertical being the absolute number of subscriptions. For each unit of time depicted, two bars are displayed next to each other, representing the new subscriptions in blue color and the canceled subscriptions in orange color. The numbers displayed on the vertical axis shall be adjusted based on the min/max values of the minimum and maximum values of the new and canceled subscriptions for the time range shown. Moreover, a refresh button is placed on the top right corner of the widget for the Storefront users to be able to update the widget with the latest data.

The subscriptions that resulted from renewals of older ones will NOT be counted in this metric. As canceled subscriptions, we consider the absolute number of those whose status was set to "Canceled" in that specific unit of time (either day or month, depending on the time range set). These calculations happen on the spot so that the reseller can view the current state. We do NOT consider the subscription quantity for these metrics, only the absolute number of new and canceled subscriptions.

The reseller has the option to filter the data' visual representation of the Subscriptions Churn bar-chart by utilizing the two drop-down menus located on the upper left and right corners of the widget, regardless of whether they belong to a specific Vendor or not:

Vendors: From the first filtering drop-down menu on the upper left corner of the Subscription Churn widget, the reseller is able to set the Vendors that stem from the new/canceled subscriptions with created/cancellation date in this time range, titled after the respective Vendor names, as they appear on our BSS.
1. This drop-down menu will have a value for each auto-provisioned service, such as: "Panda", "GSuite", "Acronis" and "Kaspersky".
2. For the non-provisioned services, the drop-down menu has a general value named "Other subscriptions" which contains all the subscriptions from product types that are manually created inside the BSS.
Time Range: From the filtering drop-down menu on the upper right corner of the Historical Costs widget, the reseller is able to set the Time Range of the chart and thus change the view of the pie-chart. The filtering options for the Subscriptions Churn chart concerning the Time Range are:
- This Month (default): The subscriptions churn chart by default depicts data from the current month.
- Last 3 Months: Once selected, the subscriptions churn chart gets redrawn with data from the past three consecutive months, meaning the current month plus the past two months.
- Last 6 Months: Once selected, the subscriptions churn chart gets redrawn with data from the past six consecutive months, meaning the current month plus the past five months.
- Last 12 Months: Once selected, the subscriptions churn chart gets redrawn with data from the past twelve consecutive months, meaning the current month plus the past eleven months.

More specifically, when the reseller has selected to view the chart for "This Month", the chart will become daily, therefore the horizontal axis will display all the days, whereas if the reseller has selected either "Last 3 Months" or "Last 6 Months" or "Last 12 Months", the chart will become monthly, therefore the horizontal axis will display all the months included in the time range selected.

Once the reseller selects a Vendor, he is able to view the new and canceled subscriptions only of the specific Vendor across the time range set.

Latest Orders WIDGET

The Latest Orders widget displays a list table of the fifteen most recent orders placed by the reseller according to the order date. This widget allows the reseller to have a quick view of his latest orders without the need to change the page in Storefront in order to have that information available. Also, a single button named View all orders redirects the reseller to the Orders History page of the Storefront for viewing all the orders. The functionality of this widget is very similar to the Orders' list found inside the Billing page. Moreover, a refresh button is placed on the top right corner of the widget for the Storefront users to be able to update the widget with the latest data.

The columns shown in this widget's list are the following:

Order ID: Is the retrieved identification number from the respective order. This is a link that redirects the reseller to the page of the order with this ID.
Status: Is the indicator of the status of an order
End Customer: Is the BSS account name of the end-customer. When it is blank, it means that the order was made by the reseller for the reseller.
Order Date: Is the date of the order's execution.
Total: Is the amount of money this order is worth, found on the respective order.

Expiring Assets WIDGET

The Expiring Assets widget displays a list table of the ten (10) most close-to-expiring assets with an expiring date of thirty (30) days or less. This widget allows the reseller to have a quick view of the expiring assets and one-off products along with their respective data. Examples of such assets are the RIs and Software Subscriptions. However, assets such as the ones deriving from Microsoft ESD, do not have an expiration date currently and therefore are not displayed on this table at all. The main purpose of this widget is to prompt the reseller into taking proactive actions towards those expiring assets. Moreover, a refresh button is placed on the top right corner of the widget for the Storefront users to be able to update the widget with the latest data.

The columns shown in this widget's list are sorted based on the "Progress" column by the closest to being expired and are the following:

Asset: Is the name of the asset; this is a link that redirects the reseller to the page of the asset with this name & characteristics.
Account Name: Is either the reseller's BSS account name or the reseller's end-customer BSS account name.
Progress: Is the asset's expiration date against the current date, over the total duration of the asset, in the form of a percentage. Meaning that the closer the percentage reaches 100, the less are the remaining days of that asset, before it expires. For example, two assets expire in 2 to 3 days, but one has a duration of one year and the other three years, so they will have different progress depicted. The progress changes colors from green to yellow and then to red, depending on how close the expiration date is.
Expiring in: Is the number of days an asset is expiring.
Quantity: Is the quantity of the specific asset.
Total Amount: Is the total amount of money this asset was sold for.

Expiring Trial Subscriptions WIDGET

The Expiring Trial Subscriptions widget displays a list table of the five (5) most close-to-expiring trial subscriptions with an expiring period of five (5) days or less. This widget allows the reseller to have a quick view of the expiring trial subscriptions along with their respective data. The main purpose of this widget is to prompt the reseller into taking proactive actions towards those expiring trial subscriptions and upgrade them to paid subscriptions. Moreover, a refresh button is placed on the top right corner of the widget for the Storefront users to be able to update the widget with the latest data.

The columns shown in this widget's list are sorted based on the "Progress" column by the closest to being expired and are the following:

Trial Subscription: Is the default name of the trial subscription; this is a link that redirects the reseller to the page of the trial subscription with this name(either friendly name or default name).
Account Name: Is either the reseller's BSS account name or the reseller's end-customer BSS account name.
Progress: Is the trial subscription's expiration date against the current date, over the total duration of the trial subscription, in the form of a percentage. Meaning that the closer the percentage reaches 100, the less are the remaining days of that trial subscription, before it expires. For example, two trial subscriptions expire in 2 to 3 days, but one has a duration of twenty days and the other ten days, so they will have different progress depicted. The progress changes colors from green to yellow and then to red, depending on how close the expiration date is.
Expiring in: Is the number of days a trial subscription is expiring.

Upgrade to Paid

Next to each active trial subscription visible on the expiring trial subscriptions table there is a button, titled "Upgrade to paid". Its functionality is for the reseller to upgrade a trial subscription to a paid one. Upon clicking on that button, the reseller is redirected to an Upgrade <Subscription Name> to Paid page, where he is able to define the unit and the quantity of the subscription, as well as purchase any add-ons and finally checkout with a paid subscription.

Once a trial subscription is upgraded to "paid", an order is placed for this product and an invoice is generated with the cost of the product. The start date of the Upgraded subscription is considered to be the day that the user converted the subscription to "paid".

Expiring Subscriptions WIDGET

The Expiring Subscriptions widget displays a list table of the ten (10) most close-to-expiring annual subscriptions(or bigger billing frequency) with an expiring period of thirty (30) days or less. This widget allows the reseller to have a quick view of the expiring subscriptions along with their respective data. The main purpose of this widget is to prompt the reseller into taking proactive actions towards those expiring subscriptions. Moreover, a refresh button is placed on the top right corner of the widget for the Storefront users to be able to update the widget with the latest data.

The columns shown in this widget's list are sorted based on the "Progress" column by the closest to being expired and are the following:

Subscription: Is the subscriptions friendly name if given, otherwise it is the default name of the subscription; this is a link that redirects the reseller to the page of the subscription with this name.
Account Name: Is either the reseller's BSS account name or the reseller's end-customer BSS account name.
Progress: Is the subscription's expiration date against the current date, in the form of a percentage within a circle. Meaning that the closer the percentage reaches 100, the less are the remaining days of that subscription, before it expires. The progress changes colors from green to yellow and then to red, depending on how close the expiration date is.
Expiring in: Is the number of days a subscription is expiring.
Quantity: Is the quantity of the specific subscription.
Subscription Amount: Is the subscription amount displayed on the Subscription's view page in Storefront.

Configuring the Reseller's Dashboard and Widgets in BSS

You can configure the reseller's dashboard very fast in a few easy steps. Learn how by proceeding to the Configuring Reseller's Dashboard page.

Accessing the Dashboard

Dashboard Widgets

Contact Details WIDGET

General Statistics (of Account) WIDGET

Monthly Costs

Account Balance

Overdue Payments

Other Statistics

Product Mix WIDGET

Historical Costs WIDGET

Subscriptions Churn WIDGET

Latest Orders WIDGET

Expiring Assets WIDGET

Expiring Trial Subscriptions WIDGET

Upgrade to Paid

Expiring Subscriptions WIDGET

Recently Updated Documents WIDGET

Configuring the Reseller's Dashboard and Widgets in BSS

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