Administration

A menu entry instead of an inbox

Every return sits in one place, searchable and filterable. This is the point where separate mails turn into a workload you can plan.

What this is about

Without an extension, returns sit wherever they arrive: in the inbox. Here they get a list of their own, with columns you can sort and filter by.

Six columns and a search

The list shows "Return-No.", "Order-No.", "Customer-No.", "Customer", "Status", "Shipment number" and "Date". Above it a search field: "Search all return shipments...". Where an assignment is missing, it says so - "Unknown customer..." for a guest order without an account, for instance.

Administration · Return shipments
Search all return shipments...
Return-No.Order-No.CustomerStatusShipment numberDate
5000210024Mustermann, MaxReturn shipment open00340434161094…12.05.2027
5000110019Schmitz, AnnaReturn shipment in progress00340434161087…02.04.2027
5000010011Unknown customer...Return shipment completed-18.03.2027

Six filters in the sidebar

Filtering runs over "Status", "Sales channel", "Payment method", "Shipping method", "Country of invoice" and "Delivery country". That lets you split the work: everything open in the German channel, every return from Austria, everything that came through one particular carrier.

Administration · Return shipments
FilterStatusReturn shipment openSales channelStorefrontPayment methodShipping methodCountry of invoiceDelivery countryAustria
Worth knowing The shipment number only shows in the list when a label was created through the interface. Whoever works without labels has that column empty.

What hangs on one return shipment

Field Technical name What it holds
Number number The running number of the return, independent of the order number.
Status status_id A reference to a status record of its own. Four ship with the plugin, you can add and sort your own.
Order order_id The order the return comes from. The list pulls order number and date from it.
Customer customer_id The customer, where there is one. For a guest order without an account the field stays empty - the list then says "Unknown customer...".
Sales channel sales_channel_id The channel the return came from. One of the six filters in the sidebar.
Shipment number shipment_number Comes from the interface as soon as a label was created. Without a label the column stays empty.