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# Editing The Dashboard

**The Dashboard is the first page users see, when logging in to BoardSpot. This is a wonderful place to highlight your Board's goals and progress, share timely news, etc.. This article explains how to update the Dashboard. **

|| Organization Admins can customize the Dashboard. Contact your organization's administrator(s) for assistance with this.

## Updating the Dashboard: 
1. Log in as admin user and navigate to Dashboard page.
2. Select `Edit Dashboard` at top right. 
3. Click `+ Add section` and choose the number of columns, as well as the layout width.
4. Click `+Add block` and select whether you want the block to be a text field, an image, a chart or a thermometer. 
* Layout options include number of columns, width of each column, adding charts or thermometers, uploading images, and typing in written text. 
* You can use the up/down arrows symbol to move sections within the dashboard. 
* The pencil symbol allows you to edit existing sections and blocks. 
5. After updates are made, select `Save`, at top. 

### Adding Sections to the dashboard: 
![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/c21f0be400f90000/scr-20240731-kwrr-2_8ba6dd.png)

### Adding Blocks to the dashboard: 
![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/c21f0be400f90000/screen-shot-2024-07-31-at-1204_fx6lv2.png)

### Customizing widgets, goals, and charts on your Dashboard: 
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### A dashboard example:
In this example the Section is four columns of equal width, and Text was added to each block, sharing the organization's four Goals. Under that a pie chart and a goal thermometer were added to visualize the goals. 
![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/c21f0be400f90000/dashboard_10slq9k.png)

| The Dashboard page shows each member's next meeting, followed by an information section, and finally a list of additional future meetings. Members will see a list of their next and upcoming meetings based on the board and committees they are members of. These lists of meetings is updated automatically.