@ Paul - as always - your comments are spot-on - thank you!

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BTW - could you direct me to the HELP page where I can find instructions on how to set-up that the (future) buyer could see her/his purchase history (purchased products, orders etc).

Is this even possible with X5 Pro?

Thank you!

At the moment only the website administrator has access to order information of that nature, through the online control panel and/or the WebSite X5 Manager app:

https://help.websitex5.com/en/v2019.2/pro/index.html?cart_order_ht.htm

It is possible, however, to send all order information to a MySQL database (in the Pro edition):

https://help.websitex5.com/en/v2019.2/pro/index.html?carrello_prodotti_tab4.htm

If this were done then the Database Viewer Object could be used to retrieve order information from the database:

https://market.websitex5.com/en/objects/live-preview/371262fa-27c5-421a-9127-852da219d4

However, custom code would likely be preferred in most cases as the Database Viewer Object doesn't currently allow sufficient control over precisely what data is displayed and what remains hidden.

@ Paul -thank you!

So, at least the web shop ADMIN could see the orders online via PC or smartphone...

Paul, what is the difference between the online control panel and the Database Viewer Object (DVO)?

Database Viewer Object data could be seen by the web-shop customers or the web-shop admin (or both)?

If the DVO could be seen by the customers - can it be "set-up" in a way so that the customer A could only see customer's A data and no other?

Thank you in advance for the clarification!

Hi Sinisa

I'll try to address your question in the best way possible:

1_ What is the difference between the online control panel and the Database Viewer Object (DVO)?

The Online control panel is only accessible through the Admin credentials given inside the software and features a series of additional control for orders and such available to the admins only.

The DVO allows you to specify a table in the database and shows the data contained inside the table in the page you choose to insert the Object into.

As you can see, they have very different purposes

2_ Database Viewer Object data could be seen by the web-shop customers or the web-shop admin (or both)?

That is correct. It is a but a table displaying all the data from one of the database's tables in a specific page.

3_ If the DVO could be seen by the customers - can it be "set-up" in a way so that the customer A could only see customer's A data and no other?

Unfortunately, no. That is not what the Object was designed to do. Additionally, no information apart from the cart orders is saved inside the Database, which would make this functionality useless. No data is strictly connected to a user except for its cart data and order history. However, you can already display User A's orders to User A only through the User Order Object

I hope I've been helpful

Stefano

Sinisa,

I completely apologise...  the Object Stefano refers to was the one that I should have pointed you directly to in the first place, and should do all that you originally requested:

https://market.websitex5.com/en/objects/data_visualization

@ Stefano, thank you very much for pointing this out: I was not aware of this new Object. 

Once again, my apologies.

@ Stefano

Thank you very much for the clarification.

This USER ORDER OJECT is what I meant - it's great that the program is capable of showing that.

BTW - if I put it on a protected page - will the buyer (using her/his user name and password) see only her/his orders? Meaning, the USER ORDER OBJECT will only show the order details of that particular buyer? 


@ Paul

No problem, man - thank you again for your time!

Hi Sinisa

Yes, that is correct. The Object only displays the data for the currently logged-in user. For this reason, it is best placed behind a Reserved Access page

I hope I've been helpful

Stefano

@Stefano

Thank you!