Admin Dashboard: Your Platform Command Center

The Admin Dashboard at /admin is where Malet Owners gain full operational visibility across their Malets, Products, Services, and Murchases. It consolidates your key metrics, content management tools, and audit capabilities into a single, unified view.

Accessing the Admin Dashboard

Navigate to /admin from the sidebar navigation (look for The Tower under the Platform section with its distinctive amber/gold icon), the User Menu dropdown ("The Tower" button), or the footer. The dashboard is accessible to all authenticated users.

If you own at least one Malet, you'll see the full operational dashboard. If you haven't created a Malet yet, the dashboard will display an Enroll Your Organization prompt guiding you through Malet creation.

Overview Tab

The Overview tab is your at-a-glance operational snapshot.

Stat Cards

Four key metrics are computed in real-time from your owned Malets:

• Malets — Total number of active (non-deleted) Malets you own
• Products — Total Products across all your Malets
• Murchases — Total Murchases processed through your Malets
• Revenue — Cumulative revenue from completed Murchases

Quick Actions

Two primary shortcuts are pinned at the top:

• + Add Product — Opens the inline product creation form (auto-selects your Malet if you only have one)
• + Add Malet — Redirects to the Malet creation flow

Recent Murchases Table

Displays your most recent Murchases with Murchase ID, Status badge, Amount, and Date columns. Murchases are scoped to your owned Malets — you'll only see transactions from Visitors who purchased from your Products.

Products and Malets Tables

Below the Murchases, two summary tables display your Products (with price, status, and inventory) and your Malets (with handle, organization, and creation date).

Trash

The Trash tab functions as a safety net for accidentally deleted content. When you soft-delete a Product, Service, or Malet, it doesn't disappear permanently — it moves to the Trash where it can be restored.

How Soft-Delete Works

When you delete an item from The Deck or Malet management:

1. The item is flagged with isDeleted = true and a deletedAt timestamp
2. It immediately disappears from your live Malet storefront and search results
3. It appears in the Trash tab of the Admin Dashboard
4. It can be restored at any time, returning it to its original state

Trash Bins

The Trash tab displays three collapsible bins:

• 🛍️ Products — Deleted Products with name, price, and deletion date
• 🔧 Services — Deleted Services with name, price, and deletion date
• 🏪 Malets — Deleted Malets with handle, name, and deletion date

Each bin shows a count badge and can be expanded or collapsed independently.

Restoring Items

To restore a deleted item:

1. Open the Trash tab
2. Expand the relevant bin (Products, Services, or Malets)
3. Click the Restore button on the item you want to recover
4. The item is immediately restored — it reappears in your live Malet, search results, and management views

A confirmation toast will appear at the top of the dashboard confirming the restore.

Cascade Behavior

When a Malet is soft-deleted, its Products and Services also become invisible in the storefront, though they remain individually restorable. Restoring a deleted Malet re-exposes its non-deleted Products and Services.

Edit History

The Edit History tab provides a complete field-level audit trail of every change made to your Malets, Products, Services, and Blog Posts. This is invaluable for tracking who changed what, and when.

Selecting a Malet

Use the Malet selector dropdown at the top of the Edit History tab to choose which Malet's history to view. If you own a single Malet, it's auto-selected.

Timeline View

Edit history entries are displayed in a reverse-chronological timeline, grouped by date. Each entry shows:

• Entity type — What was changed (Product, Service, Blog Post, Malet, Organization)
• Action — The type of change (CREATE, UPDATE, DELETE, RESTORE)
• Timestamp — When the change occurred
• Field-level diffs — Expandable before/after comparisons for each modified field

Click any entry to expand it and see the detailed field diffs.

Field Diffs

When you expand an edit history entry, the FieldDiff component renders a side-by-side comparison:

• Before (red background) — The previous value of the field
• After (green background) — The new value of the field

This works for all tracked fields including names, descriptions, prices, status changes, inventory adjustments, and configuration updates.

Activity Feed

Below the individual entity history, the Activity Feed provides a cross-entity timeline of all changes across your selected Malet. Filter by entity type using the chip buttons:

• All — Every change across all entity types
• Products — Product creation, updates, and deletions
• Services — Service lifecycle changes
• Blog Posts — Blog content edits and publishing events
• Malets — Malet configuration changes
• Organizations — Team and settings changes

Users Tab

The Users tab is your window into the platform's registered user base. It displays a searchable, sortable, paginated table of all platform users with detailed activity statistics.

Searching Users

Use the search bar at the top of the Users tab to find specific users. Search works across:

• Display name — The user's chosen profile name
• Email address — Registered email
• Username — Platform handle

Search is debounced — results update automatically as you type, with a brief delay to avoid excessive queries.

Sorting

Click any sortable column header to sort the table:

• Email — Alphabetical by email address (A→Z or Z→A)
• Joined — By registration date (newest first by default)

Click the same column header again to toggle between ascending and descending order. The active sort column is highlighted with a directional arrow.

User Table

Each row in the table displays:

User Detail Drawer

Click any user row to open a slide-in detail panel from the right side. The drawer shows:

• Profile header — Avatar, display name, email, and company
• Bio — User's profile biography (if set)
• Info grid — User ID, content visibility setting, privacy status, location, website, join date, and last update
• Activity Stats — Six metric tiles showing Followers, Following, Collections, Murchases, Bookings, and Blog Posts

Close the drawer by clicking the ✕ button or clicking the overlay behind it.

Loading More Users

The table loads 20 users at a time. If more users are available, a Load More button appears below the table. Click it to append the next batch without losing your current scroll position.

Analytics Tab

The Analytics tab houses five dedicated dashboards accessible via Revenue, Blog, Media, Search, and Alerts sub-tabs at the top.

Revenue Analytics

The Revenue dashboard provides real-time visibility into your platform's financial performance.

KPI Cards

Four headline metrics are displayed as color-accented cards:

• Total Revenue (green) — Cumulative revenue across all Murchases in the selected period
• Total Murchases (purple) — Number of completed Murchases
• Avg Murchase Value (amber) — Average transaction size
• Platform Entities (pink) — Combined count of Products, Services, and Malets

Date Range

Use the date range picker to switch between:

• 7d — Last 7 days
• 30d — Last 30 days (default)
• 90d — Last 90 days
• 1y — Last 365 days

Currency Filter

Optionally type a currency code (e.g., ZAR, USD) in the currency input to filter analytics to a specific currency.

Charts

Two charts visualize trends over the selected period:

• Revenue chart (bar) — Daily revenue totals
• Murchase Volume chart (line) — Daily Murchase counts

Entity Breakdown

Below the charts, pill-shaped badges show the breakdown of platform entities: Malets, Products, Services, Users, and Murchases by status (e.g., COMPLETED, PENDING, CANCELLED).

Top Malets by Revenue

A leaderboard table ranks your top-performing Malets by total revenue, complete with medal emojis (🥇🥈🥉) for the top three.

Blog Analytics

The Blog dashboard provides insight into your content performance and author engagement.

Engagement KPI Cards

Four color-accented cards show headline engagement metrics:

• Total Views (blue) — Cumulative views across all blog posts
• Total Likes (pink) — Cumulative likes
• Avg Views/Post (purple) — Average views per blog post
• Avg Likes/Post (amber) — Average likes per blog post

Post Summary

Three inline pills summarize your content inventory:

• Total Posts — All posts regardless of status
• Published (green) — Live, publicly visible posts
• Drafts (gray) — Unpublished drafts

Charts

• Post Volume chart (bar) — Daily post creation activity
• Status Breakdown (donut) — Visual distribution of posts by status (Published, Draft, Archived, Deleted) with color-coded segments and a legend

Malet Filter

If you own multiple Malets, use the dropdown to filter blog analytics to a specific Malet, or select "All Malets" for a combined view.

Top Authors

A leaderboard table ranks content creators by post count, with total views and total likes columns. Top three positions are marked with medal emojis.

Top Posts by Views

A second leaderboard highlights the 10 most-viewed blog posts with their title, view count, and like count.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Why don't I see my Malet in the Admin Dashboard? Make sure your Organization context is active. The dashboard uses the x-org-id header to scope data to your Organization's Malets. Try switching to your Organization using the Org Switcher in the sidebar, then refresh the page.

Q: I deleted a Product by accident. Can I get it back? Yes! Navigate to the Trash tab and click Restore on the deleted Product. It will immediately reappear in your Malet's catalog and search results.

Q: How far back does the Edit History go? The Edit History retains all changes since the feature was enabled. There is no automatic pruning — your complete audit trail is preserved indefinitely.

Q: Can other team members see the Edit History? The Edit History is scoped to your Malet. Any team member with access to the Admin Dashboard can view the edit history for Malets they have ownership or management access to.

Q: What data does the Revenue Analytics dashboard show? The Revenue dashboard shows your total revenue, Murchase count, average Murchase value, and platform entity counts for the selected date range. You can filter by time period (7d/30d/90d/1y) and optionally by currency. It also includes a Top Malets by Revenue leaderboard.

Q: Can I filter blog analytics to a specific Malet? Yes! Use the Malet dropdown in the Blog Analytics sub-tab to scope all engagement metrics, charts, and leaderboards to a single Malet. Select "All Malets" to see combined data.

Q: Why do some analytics panels show an error banner? Analytics queries require the PLATFORM_ADMIN role. If your account's platform role hasn't synced correctly, some panels may display errors. The dashboard handles this gracefully — panels that do load will still display their data. Click Retry once the sync is resolved.

Q: Where can I learn about the blog editor features? The blog editor includes auto-save, version history, and a publish approval pipeline. See Writing and Publishing Blog Posts for a full walkthrough.

Q: What is the Templates tab for? The Templates tab lets you design and preview the email and SMS notifications your Malet sends to Visitors. See Creating Alert Templates for step-by-step instructions.

Q: How do I manage search synonyms? The Search tab lets you configure per-vertical synonym groups so Visitors find products using different terms. See Managing Search Synonyms for a full guide.

Q: Where can I see my Murchase history? The Payments tab shows a paginated, filterable view of all Murchases across your Malets. See Viewing Murchase History for details on filtering, sorting, and inspecting individual Murchases.

Q: How do I check which products are running low on stock? The Inventory tab shows a health dashboard with low-stock and out-of-stock alerts. You can configure the threshold to match your restocking needs. See Monitoring Inventory Health for the full guide.

Q: What does the 🟡 indicator mean in the notification dropdown? It shows your notification delivery mode. 🟡 means notifications are checked every 30 seconds via polling. See Understanding Notification Delivery for more details.

Q: How do I navigate to The Tower? The Tower is accessible from three places: the "Platform" section in the sidebar, the "The Tower" button in the User Menu dropdown, and the footer's "For Business" column. See Navigating The Tower for a full walkthrough.

Related

• Platform Health Monitoring — How to read the real-time health dashboard with D/F status badges
• Navigating The Tower — How to find and access The Tower in the UI
• Monitoring Platform Errors — How to investigate crashes and error trends
• Understanding Analytics Dashboards — Full guide to the five analytics sub-tabs