How can I easily find the total weight of an order?

[birdietam]

Hello - is there an easy way to see the total weight of the products in an order? I know I could add them up by hand if I click on each item and note down the weight manually, but surely there is somewhere that it shows the total weight? I would prefer to not use an app, or if an app is recommended I'd like a free option to help me since I only need this only a few orders.

Does anyone know?

[Moira]

Hey @birdietam,

In order to show the total cart weight, you may need to edit your theme code. Would you mind sharing your website URL so I can provide the coding solution? Otherwise, an app would be the alternative option.

For future reference, if you would like to change the cart back to what you had before any coding changes, you can always roll back to an older version of your theme. If you are not comfortable with making this change, I highly suggest reaching out to our Shopify Experts.

Look forward to hearing from you!

[birdietam]

Hey @Moira , thanks for reply. However, I don't need to show customers the total weight of an order, I need it for my own information and reports and I need it for orders I have already fulfilled and closed. Is this possible?

[Shay]

Hi @birdietam 

The best way I can suggest to see the total order weight is to use the .JSON view, which shows all the order data in a more technical format. To do this, you open the order you want to the total weight for and add ".JSON" to the end of the URL. Like so:

https://yourstore.myshopify.com/admin/orders/12345678910.json

This will reload the page with a bunch of order information laid out in a basic programming style language. On that page use your browser's search feature (ctrl+f or cmd+f) to search for "total_weight". 

There should be only one result and it will look like this:

The default weight measurement is GRAMS, so the number value next to that line will be measured in grams. In my case, the order was 30 grams total weight.

If you would like yours to come up in fun or more easily readable colors, I suggest this great chrome extension: JSON Viewer - Chrome Web Store.