Modern Events Calendar (MEC) handles registration end to end: events as a CPT, bookings as related records, payments through configurable gateways. The default admin is good at editing one event but the bookings list runs on fixed columns, which leaves the operational picture spread across the events screen, the bookings screen, and the gateway reports.

Charts reads the MEC bookings dataset and aggregates it into number, pie, bar, and area cards. Total revenue, booking-status mix, bookings per event, and bookings over time become a single dashboard the team opens every morning. Date math runs on the booking timestamp; revenue math runs on the booking total field MEC writes on save.

The cards give event teams what the default reporting add-ons surface only in part: a live operational dashboard that does not require an export to a spreadsheet. Saved dashboards split the screen between organizers, finance, and front desk so each role gets the cards relevant to their work.

MEC ships solid reporting add-ons for trend summaries and revenue snapshots, but the day-to-day operational layer beneath those reports lives on the bookings screen, which renders a paginated list. Organizers re-derive the headcount per event each morning, finance reconciles in a spreadsheet, and the front desk asks the booking team for today's count because the default admin does not surface it. Charts treats the bookings record as a dataset and aggregates it into four cards on one screen.

Total revenue from booking_total, status mix from booking_status, per-event counts joined to the event title, and a weekly trend on booking_date become a dashboard the team can open in the admin. The reporting add-ons remain useful for monthly summaries; Charts covers the daily operational view that sits beneath them.