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title: Basket Overview Dashboard
description: An overview of basket metrics by state and category
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# Basket Overview Dashboard

## An overview of basket metrics by state and category

### Table Of Contents

[Key Questions Answered](https://hubspot-sandbox.bdsa.com/knowledge/basket-overview-dashboard#KQA)

[State and Category Overview](https://hubspot-sandbox.bdsa.com/knowledge/basket-overview-dashboard#state-and-cat)

[Trended Overview](https://hubspot-sandbox.bdsa.com/knowledge/basket-overview-dashboard#Trended-overview)

### Key Questions Answered

- For the average store in a market, what are the daily number of transactions taking place and how large are those transactions?
- Which categories produce the largest basket size?
- Which categories are bought most frequently?
- What is the relationship between ARP and basket size? Are prices driving a higher or lower average basket size?

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### State and Category Overview

![](https://hubspot-sandbox.bdsa.com/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base%20Import/image-png-Sep-13-2023-02-50-30-2081-PM.png)

![](https://hubspot-sandbox.bdsa.com/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base%20Import/image-png-Sep-13-2023-02-50-40-4629-PM.png)

![](https://hubspot-sandbox.bdsa.com/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base%20Import/image-png-Sep-13-2023-02-57-44-4350-PM.png)

Use these widgets to track the [total basket size](https://help.bdsa.com/basket-metric-glossary),  [number of daily baskets](https://help.bdsa.com/basket-metric-glossary), [total and category items per basket](https://help.bdsa.com/basket-metric-glossary), and [basket penetration](https://help.bdsa.com/basket-metric-glossary) across available markets and the selected category level. This gives a baseline overview of basket performance.

![](https://hubspot-sandbox.bdsa.com/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base%20Import/image-png-Sep-13-2023-03-00-02-5264-PM.png)

Start answering more in depth category performance by using the category changer to control the Category Overview and Basket Size & Penetration by Category visuals.

- Compare which categories bring in the largest [basket size](https://help.bdsa.com/basket-metric-glossary) vs [number of baskets](https://help.bdsa.com/basket-metric-glossary) using Category Overview. 
    - Note that each dot is sized by that category's [items per basket.](https://help.bdsa.com/basket-metric-glossary)
- Basket Size & Penetration by Category gives a glimpse at how some categories can drive large purchases even if they aren't seen in a lot of baskets and vise versa.

### Trended Overview

![](https://hubspot-sandbox.bdsa.com/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base%20Import/image-png-Sep-13-2023-03-04-08-3735-PM.png)

Use this visual to track [basket size ](https://help.bdsa.com/basket-metric-glossary)and [number of baskets](https://help.bdsa.com/basket-metric-glossary) across available time periods. ​

- Track the relationship to [basket size](https://help.bdsa.com/basket-metric-glossary) and [the daily number of baskets per store](https://help.bdsa.com/basket-metric-glossary) to see if there's a relationship between purchasing a higher sales volume and the number of baskets sold.