Detailed audit export versus summary export
A detailed export is useful for review and reconciliation because it retains order-level rows. A summary export is useful when another process only needs aggregated material totals.
Filter by reporting dimensions
Country and year are common dimensions for packaging analysis. Filtering before export reduces manual spreadsheet work and makes repeatable reporting workflows easier to build.
Preserve source and quality context
A weight without a source can be difficult to evaluate later. Where available, keep evidence references and data-quality context alongside packaging master data.
Avoid rebuilding history in Excel
Excel remains useful for downstream analysis, but it should not have to reconstruct which packaging version or shipping profile applied to every historical WooCommerce order.
Use CSV as an output, not the source of truth
PackVerity keeps the ledger in WooCommerce and uses CSV as a portable output. That keeps the historical record close to the transactions that generated it.