Filters

The filter sidebar on the left side of every report applies its values to chart, KPIs and table simultaneously. The same filter set is available across every sales, customer, product and stock report (some reports add their own on top).

Standard filters

Filter	Type	What it does
Sales channel	Multi-select	Restrict to orders / customers tied to chosen channels
Order state	Multi-select	E.g. only paid + completed, exclude cancelled
Payment method	Multi-select	E.g. only credit-card + PayPal
Shipping method	Multi-select	E.g. only courier shipments
Customer group	Multi-select	E.g. B2B vs B2C
Country	Multi-select	Billing or shipping (toggle below)
Region	Multi-select	Billing or shipping
Address source	Toggle	Whether geo filters / reports use billing or shipping address
Manufacturer	Multi-select	Across catalogue
Category	Tree-pick	Roll-up across category tree path
Product	Multi-select	Restrict by specific products (or variants)
Coupon	Multi-select	Restrict to orders with these coupon codes
Search	Free text	See below

Free-text search

The single search field matches across four columns at once:

• Customer name (first + last)
• Customer e-mail
• Order number
• Product number (SKU)

Search is case-insensitive substring. Use it to look up a specific customer or order quickly without setting individual filters.

Combining filters

All filters AND together. There’s no UI for OR / NOT logic — if you need to compare two segments, save them as separate profiles and switch.

The filter sidebar updates the chart / KPI / table as you change values (no manual “apply” button). For high-cardinality multi-selects (e.g. picking 50 manufacturers individually) the update is debounced.

Report-specific filters

Some reports add filters that only make sense in their context:

• Margins — margin % threshold, “include products without purchase price”
• Cross-sell pairs — minimum support / confidence / lift
• Dead stock — minimum stock to flag, exclude products created in range
• Customer overview — guest orders toggle

These appear in the same sidebar, below the standard set.

Filter persistence

Filter state is part of profiles. Saving a profile saves the current filter values; loading a profile applies them. Filter state is also persisted in the URL when you share a link.

The order of precedence on page load:

1. URL parameters (highest)
2. Loaded profile
3. Configuration defaults
4. Empty (lowest)

Tips & gotchas

Tip

For multi-market stores, start every analysis by picking the sales channel first — most other filters (country, customer group, currency) are tightly coupled to channels, so narrowing channel up front avoids surfacing irrelevant choices in the other filter dropdowns.

Note

Order state defaults are configured per report group under Settings → Plugins → P2Lab Stats → Reports → Sales / Customers / Products / Stock. Set them once to match how your shop uses order states — e.g. always exclude cancelled from sales reports.

Caution

Free-text search runs on raw substring, not full-text index. On stores with millions of customers / orders, type at least 3–4 characters before expecting useful results, or pre-narrow with the structural filters first.

Related

• Profiles — save filter combinations
• Reports overview — where the sidebar sits
• Configuration — set defaults