---
title: Dashboard and navigation
section: User Guide
weight: 2
description: A tour of the IIoT Platform dashboard and the main navigation menu — summary cards, station statuses, and where each section lives.
related:
  - user-guide
  - user-guide/signing-in
  - basic-modules
---

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## The dashboard

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  caption="The dashboard: summary cards for metering units, customers, resource suppliers, and service companies"
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The dashboard is the first page you see after signing in. It gives you an at-a-glance summary of the system:

- **Summary cards** — totals for **metering units**, **customers**, **resource suppliers**, and **service companies**, each with its month-over-month change.
- **Station statuses** — how many stations are **working** versus newly added, so you can spot units that need attention.
- **Communication sessions statistics** — a chart of communication activity over time between the telemetry units and the server.
- **Equipment types** — a breakdown of how many devices of each model are connected.

<Alert type="note">
  The figures on the dashboard reflect only the objects and equipment your account is allowed to see.
</Alert>

## Navigating the interface

The left-hand menu is the main way to move around the platform. It is grouped into the sections below.

### Management

- **Objects** — the register of metering objects (metering units), and the core working area. It is a searchable, filterable list of every object, showing its device model, serial number, latest readings, last communication session, and connection status. The same data is also available on the **Metering Units Map**.
- **Customers** — the directory of consumers whose resources are metered.
- **Companies** — resource-supply and service organizations.
- **Equipment** — the equipment and device models registered in the system.

### Settings

- **Schedules** — communication-session schedules that determine when units exchange data with the server.
- **Resource Parameters** and **Reporting Periods** — configuration for resource properties and the periods used to build reports.

### Other

- **Monitoring** — tools for tracking the health and connectivity of metering units.
- **Reports** — operational and analytical reports, with export.
- **References** — reference data and directories used across the platform.

### Administration

- **Users** — user accounts and access levels (administrators only).
- **Event Log** — an audit trail of key actions and changes in the system.

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  Use the **search** box in the top bar to jump straight to an object or record without browsing the menu.
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