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# What are Dashboards?

**Dashboards** give you a quick overview of the data that matters most.

Use them to follow activity, progress, and performance in one place.

### What dashboards help you do

* track key numbers at a glance
* focus on one process or team
* group related insight on separate dashboards

### Why use more than one dashboard

One default dashboard is available already.

You can create extra dashboards for different goals.

Examples include:

* quotes sent this year
* maintenance work in progress
* team or department-specific follow-up

### How dashboards work

Each dashboard is built from **widgets**.

Each widget shows a specific dataset or summary.

You can move, resize, rename, filter, and remove widgets.

{% hint style="info" %}
A focused dashboard is usually more useful than one large dashboard with everything on it.
{% endhint %}

### Frequently asked questions

<details>

<summary>Do I start with an empty setup?</summary>

No.

A general dashboard is available by default.

</details>

<details>

<summary>Can I create multiple dashboards?</summary>

Yes.

You can create separate dashboards for different topics.

</details>

<details>

<summary>Can each dashboard show different filters?</summary>

Yes.

That depends on the widgets you add and how you configure them.

</details>

### Related topics

* [**Create an additional dashboard**](/backoffice/backoffice/dashboards/create-an-additional-dashboard.md)
* [**Add and customize dashboard widgets**](/backoffice/backoffice/dashboards/add-and-customize-dashboard-widgets.md)
* [**OutSmart Packages**](/marketplace-packages-and-power-ups/marketplace/outsmart-packages.md)


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