Dashboard Overview w/ Metrics Breakdown

The Dashboard gives you a quick snapshot of your event activity, including setup warnings, fundraising progress, ticketing, donations, auction totals, item sales, and bidding activity. It is a helpful place to check the overall health of your event before, during, and after your auction.

Dashboard Warnings

  • Warnings appear at the top of the Dashboard when something may need attention
  • These may include:
    • Auction items with $0 starting bids
    • Auction items with $0 bid increments
    • Auction items with $0 buy now prices
    • Donor overpayments in ticketing/sponsorship sales
    • Donor overpayments in event contributions
  • Click the blue link in the warning message to go directly to the area where the issue can be fixed

💡 Good to Know: Dashboard warnings help you find setup or payment issues before they impact your event

Event Analytics

The Event Analytics section provides a quick snapshot of your event's performance, including fundraising, bidding, ticketing, sponsorships, and payments collected.


  • Current Fundraising Total: Displays the total amount raised for the event to this date and time.
    • When clicking the icon the popup will show the Fundraising Total breakdown.

  • Reservation Revenue:  Displays revenue generated from reservations or ticket sales.

    • When clicking the icon the popup will show the Reservation sales breakdown

  • Registered Bidders: Displays the number of guests who have completed the registration form on the event site. **This only shows if you are using mobile bidding
    • When clicking the icon the popup will show the  Registered Bidder Breakdown.

  • Sponsorship Revenue: Displays revenue generated from sponsorship sales.
    • When clicking the icon the popup will show the sponsorship sales breakdown.

  • Total Bids: Displays the total number of bids placed across all auction items.
    • Helps track bidding activity throughout the event.
    • When clicking the icon the popup will show the bidder and bidding breakdown.

  • Ticketed Guests: Displays the number of guests with reservations or tickets.
    • If using event check-in, this metric will also display the number of guests who have checked in.
    • When clicking the icon the popup will show the Guest count breakdown.

  • Funds Collected: Displays the amount of money that has already been collected.
    • The breakdown separates Event and Pre-Event collections.
    • When clicking the icon the popup will show payment type breakdown.

💡 Good to Know:

    • Guests do not need a credit card on file to be counted as a registered bidder.
    • These can be helpful when providing quick financial updates during your event.
    • If bidding activity is low or not increasing, consider promoting auction items to encourage participation.
    • In any of the popup analytics boxes you can click on copy to your clipboard to be used in other reporting purposes.

Donation Total

  • Shows the total dollar amount donated for the whole event
  • breaks it down by:
    • Pre-event donations
    • Donation levels
    • Number of donors at each level

💡 Good to Know: If two donors give at the $250 level, the count will display under the $250 donation level

Auction Total

  • Shows the total auction amount so far, this is up to the minute
  • Includes:
    • Leading bids
    • Winning bids
    • Buy Now purchases
  • Also breaks totals down by auction type

💡 Good to Know: Auction totals update in real time as bidding activity changes

Item Sales Total

  • Shows the total dollar amount for Items for Sale
  • Also breaks down totals by individual item
  • Raffle levels are included under the main raffle ticket total

Auction Items Circle Graph

  • Shows overall auction item activity
  • The number in the center shows total auction items available
  • The graph rim shows activity in real time:
    • Main color = items with active bids
    • Secondary color = sold items
    • Gray = items with no bids
  • Hover over the colored sections to see how many items are in each section

💡 Good to Know: This graph helps identify items that may need extra attention or promotion before closing

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