> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.saletides.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Categories

> What each product category sold, its trend and its sub-categories, and a page for every category.

![The Categories report: product sales, categories with sales, top category, uncategorised sales and the top categories over time](https://mintcdn.com/saletides/3XTFrAAYfSpBbQ4q/images/categories-report.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=3XTFrAAYfSpBbQ4q\&q=85\&s=ca2cdbbfd158c8017150692b048af0df)

**Products → Categories** shows what each of your WooCommerce product categories sold in orders placed in your dates (in your sales statuses).

## The cards

| Card | What it is |
| - | - |
| Product Sales | All product sales in your dates, every category |
| Categories with Sales | Categories that sold anything, out of all your categories |
| Top Category | The top-level category with the most sales, and its share |
| Uncategorised Sales | Sales of products in no category |

The chart below follows your six biggest top-level categories over time.

## The categories table

![The categories table with Clothing expanded into Hoodies and T-Shirts, and Home into Decor and Drinkware](https://mintcdn.com/saletides/3XTFrAAYfSpBbQ4q/images/categories-table.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=3XTFrAAYfSpBbQ4q\&q=85\&s=1896177b2e87ce627654870b57bc9882)

For each category: **net sales** (line totals after discounts), its **share** of all product sales, **items sold**, **orders** and **customers**, **sales per order**, and the change against your comparison period ("New" when it sold nothing before).

* **Parent categories include their sub-categories.** Clothing's row covers Hoodies and T-Shirts; click the arrow to see them, or **Expand all**. A product in both a parent and its sub-category counts once in the parent.
* **A product in two categories counts in both.** A hoodie in "Hoodies" and "Sale" adds to both rows, so the rows can add up to more than your product sales. Metorik and WooCommerce Analytics count the same way.
* **Variations count toward their product**, and so toward its categories.

Search, sort by any column, and **Export CSV**. The box icon next to a name opens the Products list filtered to that category.

## A category's page

![The Clothing category page: net sales, items, orders and customers, its sales over time, categories bought with it, sub-categories, products and top customers](https://mintcdn.com/saletides/3XTFrAAYfSpBbQ4q/images/category-page.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=3XTFrAAYfSpBbQ4q\&q=85\&s=4cdd6eef1af6082933bb824a89515d1b)

Click a category to see:

* **Net sales, items, orders and customers**, each against your comparison period, with sales per order and how many customers were new.
* **Sales over time.**
* **Bought with**: the other categories most often in the same orders, as a share of this category's orders.
* **Sub-categories**, **products** ranked by sales (with their share of the category) and **top customers** by spend.

## Categories elsewhere

| Where | How |
| - | - |
| Orders list | A **Categories** column, and the **Product Category** Smart Filter |
| Customers list | The **Bought from Category** Smart Filter |
| Products list | A **Categories** column and the Category filter |
| Revenue → Revenue Grouping | Group by **Product Category** |
| Dashboard | The **Sales by Category** widget |


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