In this article, we'll show how to connect to, and use, our Shopify data source to track Sales and Order related metrics from your Shopify store on your Geckoboard dashboard.
Connect your Shopify store to Geckoboard
When adding your first Shopify beta widget, you'll be prompted to create a connection and authenticate your Shopify store account.
For this you'll need your Shopify API key, API password and Shared Secret. To obtain these follow the steps in the video or walkthrough below to create a private app within Shopify and grant it access to the read_customers and read_orders scopes.
- After selecting Shopify from the list of a data sources and choosing a widget you'll see the Shopify connection panel.
First enter your Shopify store address into the field. For example, for company.myshopify.com, you'd enter . - To find your Shopify API key, API password and Shared Secret log into your Shopify admin account and click on Apps in the navigation list.
- From the Apps screen click the Manage private apps link below the Shopify App store content.
- Now click on the Create new private app button to begin creating your private app. If you haven't created a private app before, you'll have to Enable private app development first. If you already have a private app, click the name of the app and skip to step 6.
If you're using a Shopify trial account make sure you have no more than 4 private apps connected, as the limit is 5. - Give your private app a name and enter an Emergency developer email address.
- Next scroll down to the Admin API section. As the
read_customersandread_ordersscopes aren't included by default, click the Show inactive Admin API permissions link to expand the list.
- From the alphabetical list of API permissions, scroll down to Customers and switch on Read access from the option menu to grant access for the
read_customersscope.
- Next, scroll down further to Orders and again switch on Read access from the option menu to grant access for the
read_ordersscope.
- Click Save to return to the Private apps screen. You'll now see your new private app listed.
- To access and copy your API key, API password and Shared Secret, click on your private app from the Private apps screen.
Scroll down to the Admin API section and click the copy icons beside the API key and password fields. 
Now switch back to Geckoboard to paste them in their corresponding fields in the connection panel. 
- Finally, click on the button. You're now ready to configure your first Shopify widget! Any Shopify widgets you create will pull in and display data from this Shopify account.
Note
If you manage more than one Shopify account, you can also connect multiple Shopify accounts to your Geckoboard. However, you can't combine data across Shopify accounts on your dashboard. To do this you'd need to use our spreadsheets data source, or an external service like Integromat or Zapier.
Preset widgets for Shopify
Today's orders
Number of orders processed today compared to yesterday
Today compared to previous period
Today's sales
Value of orders processed today compared to yesterday
Today compared to previous period
Average order value
Average total sales value of selected orders
Past 7 days
Order volume
Number of orders over time
Past 7 days
Total sales volume
Total sales over time
Past 7 days
Sales by discount
Net sales grouped by discount code
Past 7 days
Sales by billing location
Total sales grouped by billing country
Past 7 days
Sales by checkout currency
Total sales grouped by customer currency
Past 7 days
Sales by traffic referrer
Total sales by referring site
Past 7 days
Orders by channel
Number of orders by channel name
Past 7 days
Orders by cancel reason
Number of canceled orders grouped by cancel reason
Past 7 days
Discrepancies between Shopify and Geckoboard
If you've noticed discrepancies between the numbers displaying on your Shopify widgets and within Shopify it's because Geckoboard accounts for refunds on the order processed date, not refund processed date. Read more about this discrepancy between Geckoboard and Shopify.