WooCommerce Deposits stores its state across two surfaces. The parent order keeps _wc_deposits_deposit_amount, _wc_deposits_second_payment, and _wc_deposits_payment_plan in postmeta (or wc_orders_meta on HPOS). Each scheduled instalment becomes a separate child order linked by post_parent. The default Orders list shows neither, so the outstanding balance figure that finance actually wants stays invisible.

SleekView Charts reads the parent and child orders together and presents the deposit book as a finance dashboard. A Number card sums total outstanding balance, a Donut splits orders by payment plan, a horizontal Bar ranks upcoming instalment dates by amount due, and an Area chart tracks new deposit-enabled orders per week so a slow-pay campaign or a price-test push shows as a visible curve.

The dashboard sits on the same deposit meta and child-order links the plugin already writes. The plugin keeps owning scheduled charges, the dashboard just turns the meta into an aggregate read for finance and operations.

A deposit book is a balance sheet, not just a list of orders. Default WooCommerce reporting treats every order the same, so the balance, schedule, and plan mix that finance cares about stay scattered across order meta and child orders. A dashboard turns the book into one screen.

Outstanding balance hits the finance brief, schedule load drives the AR cadence, and plan mix informs which plans the store keeps offering. The plugin already writes every signal, the dashboard turns it into a read.