Dashboard overview

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What it does. The dashboard answers what you’d otherwise open four screens for: how busy this week is, what’s confirmed, who hasn’t booked, and who still owes you money. It’s the first page you see when you sign in.

When you’d use it. First thing in the morning, before you start returning calls. Or on a Friday, to see what next week’s load looks like before you order.

The dashboard

The four numbers across the top

Card What it counts
Events this week Every event on the books this week, whatever its status.
Confirmed next 30d Confirmed events in the next 30 days, with the total guest count underneath. This is your real workload.
Open leads Inquiries you haven’t converted or closed yet. Click it to go straight to your leads.
Overdue bookings Invoices past their due date with money still owing. The amount due shows in red underneath. Click it to open those invoices.

What’s below

Upcoming events. Your next events in date order, each with the client, guest count, date, and a status badge. Click any one to open it, or “View all” for the full events list.

Recent payments. The last payments you recorded, showing the amount, which event it was for, the client, and how they paid. Each one links to that event’s billing. Use it to confirm a check you entered this morning actually landed on the right event.

Tasks. Your open tasks, with anything overdue called out. If the list is empty you’ll see “No open tasks”. Both “Add a task” and “View all” take you to the tasks page, where you add and tick things off.

How to start a new event from here

  1. Click New event in the top right of the dashboard.
  2. Fill in the event details.
  3. Save.

What you’ll see. The new event appears under Upcoming events, and the counts at the top adjust to include it.

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