--- title: How to read the Actorly Overview | Actorly description: Overview is Actorly's first page: what changed in the last 24 hours, 7 or 30 days, who is making changes, restores left and what needs your attention. canonical: https://actorly.app/docs/get-set-up/overview --- # How to read the Actorly Overview Overview is the first page you see when you open Actorly. One date range, Last 24 hours by default, drives the Activity counts, the With a named actor tile, Recent changes, Most changed and Who is making changes. Restores left, Types watched, History kept, Store and plan and Needs your attention are not tied to the range. Every count comes from Actorly's own record of your changes, and a count Actorly could not read is never shown as 0. Watch and Restore Updated Oct 15, 2026 ### On this page 1. What is on the Overview page? 2. How do I read the numbers? 1. Activity 2. Safety 3. Most changed and Who is making changes 3. What do the status badge and the banner say? 4. What does Needs your attention mean? 5. What are the Setup guide, Recent changes and Quick actions? 6. What is different on Actorly Watch and on Actorly Restore? 7. If something goes wrong 8. A worked example 9. Frequently asked questions ### In this topic: Get set up - [Install Actorly and see your first changes](https://actorly.app/docs/get-set-up/get-started) - [How to read the Actorly Overview](https://actorly.app/docs/get-set-up/overview) - [What Actorly records in your Shopify store](https://actorly.app/docs/get-set-up/what-actorly-watches) - [Check your store details and choose a language](https://actorly.app/docs/get-set-up/account-and-language) ## What is on the Overview page? The page is a stack of blocks. The date control, with **Last 24 hours**, **Last 7 days**, **Last 30 days** and **Custom**, sits in the page body. Activity and Safety on Overview. The figures are from a development store. BlockWhat it shows Setup guideThe first-run steps and how many are done. Choose **Show steps** or **Hide steps**. It disappears once every step is done. Activity**Changes recorded**, **Resources changed**, **Deletions** and **Restores done** for the period. Safety**Restores left**, **With a named actor**, **Types watched** and **History kept**. Store and planYour plan, restores used in the last 30 days, and **Manage plan**. CoverageHow many resource types are watched, and the **What Actorly watches** button. Quick actions**View changes**, **Restore a value** and **Export history**. Checked on a scheduleThe kinds Actorly re-reads on a schedule and when. Needs your attentionWhat Actorly could not finish or read, or **All clear**. Recent changesThe newest five changes in the period, with **View all changes**. Most changedThe items with the most changes in the period. Who is making changesThe people and apps Shopify's activity log matched, with how many changes have no named actor. Store and plan, Coverage and Quick actions sit side by side in one row. On Actorly Watch a dismissible callout follows the blocks. ## How do I read the numbers? ### Activity A change is one edit to one resource, so a bulk edit that touches 40 products counts as 40 changes. **Resources changed** counts each item once, however often it changed. **Restores done** counts restores Actorly ran and verified against Shopify in the period. Each count has a small information icon with its definition. Beside a count you may see a trend: an arrow with a percentage, **No change** or **new**. A trend appears only when a whole earlier period of the same length exists after you installed, so a new store shows none for a while. When the earlier count was small, from 1 to 19 changes, no trend is shown. A rise in Deletions is never presented as good news. ### Safety Three of these are not tied to the period: **Restores left**, **Types watched** and **History kept**. **With a named actor** follows the date range, and its caption names the period. TileWhat it saysWhat it means Restores leftOn Actorly Watch, a number "of 1 in 30 days"; on Actorly Restore, **Unlimited** Watch counts one restore in any rolling 30 days. It is not a calendar month. With a named actorA count, "Matched from Shopify's activity log" and the periodChanges where Shopify's activity log let Actorly match a person or app, at any confidence. The match is a correlation, never proof. The other changes have no named actor: Unknown, or Not attributed yet while Actorly is still checking. Types watched"N of N", with "N recorded as they happen, N checked on a schedule"Only kinds Actorly has finished importing and claims to record. Kinds Actorly does not track yet are in neither number. History kept"90 days" on Watch, **Unlimited** on RestoreYour plan's history window. The plan screens say "3 months"; 3 months and 90 days are the same window. ### Most changed and Who is making changes Both are worked out from the newest changes in the period, and each says how many it counted: "Counted from all N changes in this period." or "Counted from the latest N changes in this period." In Who is making changes every name sits beside its confidence word, and the unnamed count covers both **Unknown**, which never changes, and **Not attributed yet**, which may. ## What do the status badge and the banner say? Beside the store name is a badge: **Watching**, **Still importing**, **Import failed** or **Cannot read history**, with "Checked N seconds ago". One banner at the top lists the true conditions: a failed import, an unreadable ledger, kinds not started, kinds still importing, and a permission Actorly does not have. A gap is its own one-line banner only when nothing else applies, and otherwise shows as a marker beside the badge. Only a failed import is shown in red. See [Is Actorly recording my store?](https://actorly.app/docs/when-something-looks-wrong/is-actorly-recording) for every state. A gap says "N changes could not be added to your history" and that there is nothing for you to fix. After it settles it becomes a calm line you can dismiss, and a marker "N changes not recorded" stays beside the badge. See [Some changes could not be added to your history](https://actorly.app/docs/when-something-looks-wrong/changes-are-not-being-recorded). ## What does Needs your attention mean? Each row names a condition Actorly has proven, most urgent first. RowWhat it saysWhat you can do Restores that did not finish"These restores failed or hit a conflict in the last 30 days. Open Recovery to see which values were not put back."Open Recovery jobs. See [A restore did not finish](https://actorly.app/docs/put-a-value-back/a-restore-did-not-finish). Resource types Actorly could not read"Actorly could not finish importing these, so changes to them are not being recorded yet."Read [Is Actorly recording my store?](https://actorly.app/docs/when-something-looks-wrong/is-actorly-recording). Resource types not checked for deletions lately"...a list with no deletions is not a guarantee that none happened."See [find a deleted product](https://actorly.app/docs/find-what-changed/find-a-deleted-product). History still importing"Counts for these resource types are incomplete until their import finishes."Wait for the import. Resource types not watched yet"Actorly has not started recording changes to these resource types."Nothing to do. The block when nothing needs a look: All clear. **All clear** appears only when no check failed to read and no gap is open. If a check could not be read, Overview says "Some checks could not be read right now, so Actorly cannot say nothing needs attention." If a gap is open and no row applies, the card is hidden, because a gap is stated at the top and in the bell and "All clear" beside it would be false. ## What are the Setup guide, Recent changes and Quick actions? - **Setup guide.** On first run it lists the steps, each marked from what Actorly observes rather than what you tick: **Choose a plan**, **Let the first sync finish** and **Try a restore**, and any other step the guide shows. A restore step is done once any restore has succeeded. The guide counts the steps complete. - **Recent changes.** The newest five changes in the period, with a **Deletion check** column that reads **Checked lately**, **Not checked lately** or **Not checked for deletions**. - **Checked on a schedule.** A table with **Type**, **How often**, **Last checked** and **Next check**. How often is **Daily** on Actorly Restore and **Weekly** on Actorly Watch. A row may read **Not checked yet**, **Could not be read** or **Not scheduled**. - **Quick actions.** **View changes** opens Changes. **Restore a value** opens Recovery jobs. **Export history** takes you to the Data room, where exports are built. The Coverage block on Overview. The figure is from a development store. ## What is different on Actorly Watch and on Actorly Restore? On OverviewActorly WatchActorly Restore Restores left"N of 1 in 30 days"**Unlimited** History kept90 days**Unlimited** Store and plan"N of 1 restore used in the last 30 days""Unlimited history and restores" Export historySwitched off, with "Export is part of Actorly Restore."Takes you to Export CalloutA dismissible "Need to put changes back?" with **See plans** None ## If something goes wrong - **A tile says "Could not be read right now".** Actorly could not read that figure. It does not mean the answer is 0. Reload the page. - **A list says "This list may be out of date".** The last refresh did not complete, so the rows are from the last successful read. - **A count is lower than you expect.** Counts for a kind are incomplete until its import finishes, and kinds that start empty (orders, customers) only count what happened since install. See [Install Actorly and see your first changes](https://actorly.app/docs/get-set-up/get-started). - **Nothing is listed under Most changed.** The empty state says "No resource changed in this period." only when the ledger is complete. While it is importing, failed or unreadable, it says why instead. ## A worked example Sample: it is Monday and you choose **Last 7 days**. **Changes recorded** reads 12 with **Resources changed** 5, and **Restores done** reads 1. Most changed lists one product with 4 changes. Who is making changes lists "Staff member: Jordan O." with the word Likely beside it and notes that 3 of 12 changes have no named actor. Reading it: Actorly recorded twelve edits to five items, one restore was run and verified, and for three edits there is no named actor, which means Unknown or Not attributed yet. Nothing in the page says why anyone made a change, and nothing says the other nine are certain: each name is a match, with its confidence word. ## Frequently asked questions ### Why is a count lower than I expected? Counts for a kind are incomplete until its first import finishes. Overview lists what is still importing under **History still importing**. ### What is the What Actorly watches button? It opens the table of every kind of change Actorly records. See [What Actorly records in your Shopify store](https://actorly.app/docs/get-set-up/what-actorly-watches). ### Why does History kept say 90 days when the plan says 3 months? They are the same window. The plan screens say 3 months and Overview prints the same window as 90 days. ### Why does Overview say "Could not be read right now"? When Actorly could not read a figure, an empty block says so instead of claiming nothing changed. ### What does With a named actor count? Changes where Shopify's activity log let Actorly match a person or an app, at any confidence, in the period you chose. The rest have no named actor: some are Unknown, which is permanent, and some are Not attributed yet, which may still become a name. ### Why does Restores left say "of 1 in 30 days"? On Actorly Watch one restore is included in any rolling 30 days. On Actorly Restore it reads Unlimited. ### Why is there no Overview or Coverage entry in the menu? Overview is the app's home page, which you open from the app's name. Coverage is the **What Actorly watches** button on Overview, not a page. ## Related articles [What Actorly records in your Shopify store Open What Actorly watches to see every kind of change Actorly records, what it keeps for each kind, which are checked on a schedule and what it cannot track.](https://actorly.app/docs/get-set-up/what-actorly-watches)[Read a change: before, after, when and who Open any change in Actorly to see the value before and after, when it happened, who made it with how sure Actorly is, and how Actorly learned of it.](https://actorly.app/docs/find-what-changed/reading-a-change)[Is Actorly recording my store? Every state Actorly shows about recording your store, from Watching to Cannot read history: what it means and what to do.](https://actorly.app/docs/when-something-looks-wrong/is-actorly-recording) **Still stuck?** Chat with us, or write to [team@actorly.app](mailto:team@actorly.app). 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