Getting to know your admin dashboard

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As an admin, you value simplicity. When you log into Showpad, you are immediately greeted by graphic insights and useful information on your team's activities. Read on to find out how to best utilize the two panels of your admin dashboard.

See how it looks

Key features

• See assets at a glance
• See and manage feedback in one hub
• Two panels of insights

You need this to succeed

• Admin or Promoted member/Library access to your Showpad instance

See it in a flash

• Toggle between the automated Dashboard and Recent Activities home screens
• Track app usage, storage space, the latest uploaded content, and received comments on My Dashboard
• View, filter, and visit assets, feedback, and comments in the Recent Activities tab

Do this step by step

• My Dashboard tab
• Recent Activities tab

My Dashboard tab

Your admin dashboard is a one-stop hub to keep an eye on your Showpad instance and the activity within. It’s the first screen you see when logging in as a Showpad administrator.

What can you find in My Dashboard:

• Two graphs indicating the usage of Showpad in the last 30 days and the storage space used.
• A section including the latest assets uploaded to your Library. You can preview an asset by clicking the eye icon next to it.
  
• A section displaying the public comments you received on your assets. You can answer or remove them by clicking the Comment link below the comment.
  

Recent Activities tab

1. You can toggle between My Dashboard and Recent Activities to get a full picture of your team within the platform. Promoted users within Divisions who can manage content will see activities that apply to their permissions here as well, within their division or list of content they have authored.
   
2. The Recent Activities tab allows admins to see Showpad action at a glance. Activities can be filtered by Types, File Authors, and Divisions. The Recent Activities page will always show activities within the last 30 days, with time stamps under the activity description. 
   Here are the Activity Types and what they mean:
   • Comments: Public comments left by users on assets.
   • Expired content: Assets that disappear for users after a certain date will appear here when they have expired within the past 30 days.
   • Feedback: Private feedback sent to authors is visible here as well.
   • Likes: See when a user has given an asset a thumbs-up.
   • New Content: Assets uploaded within the past 30 days.
   • Released Content: Assets pre-scheduled to release will appear here at the designated time.
   • Pending Localization: Placeholder assets linked to a primary localized asset. The assets need to be replaced with localized variants.
3. Filter by  File Authors or Division to find activities quickly.
4. Click Go to Library when hovering over the activity to go directly to the related asset based on the type of activity viewed.
   
5. You, as the admin, can see all feedback within the My Activities page. If the asset's author has access to the Library, such as an administrator or promoted member, they will receive an email notification when feedback has been submitted. The e-mail notification contains the same link that clicking Go to Library provides in your dashboard.
   
6. Authors with library access and admins can choose to resolve or dismiss feedback and add an optional note to the submitter.
   
7. Feedback is private to the author(s) and admin(s) only. In the asset detail pane, you can view the history of all resolved, dismissed, and outstanding feedback from users.