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title: Project Dashboard
category: Projects
tags: project, dashboard, series, navigation, planning
contextKey: projectDashboard.overview
micro: Open the main planning areas for a project from one place.
quickTitle: What is the Project Dashboard?
quickSummary: The Project Dashboard gathers the main routes into a project, including books, timeline, story bible, warnings, backups and planning tools.
screenshot:
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# Overview

The Project Dashboard is the main launch point for a single project. It shows the project name, description, books, and the tools connected to that project.

This page is not meant to replace the Timeline. The Timeline is where scene-level planning happens. The Project Dashboard is more like the project table of contents: it helps you move to the right workspace quickly and keeps high-level project actions in one place.

From here you can open books, create a new book, reach the Story Bible, manage scene metrics, download a backup, create restore points, review warnings, or move into the Writer Workspace.

# When Should I Use This?

Use the dashboard when you are orienting yourself at project level. It is useful at the start of a writing session, when you need to decide whether to work on structure, continuity, characters, assets, warnings or backups.

It is also the best place to confirm whether the project has the right books in the right order before going deeper.

# How To Use It

Use the buttons at the top to move to the project area you need. Use the Books section to open book details or add the next book in the sequence.

Download Project Backup when you want a local copy of the project. Use Restore Points when you want a database-saved safety snapshot before major changes.

# Example

Before revising book two, you might open the dashboard, check that both books are present, create a restore point, then move to Warnings or the Timeline depending on the work planned for the day.

# Writer Tip

If you feel lost, come back to the dashboard. It gives you a calmer project-level view before you dive back into scenes and details.

# Common Mistakes

- Treating the dashboard as the place to do detailed scene work.
- Forgetting to create backups before major restructuring.
- Ignoring the book list when the project has grown into a series.
- Jumping into warnings or analytics before the basic hierarchy is in order.

# Related Guides

- [Projects](/Help/Article/projects.overview)
- [Books](/Help/Article/books.overview)
- [Story Bible](/Help/Article/storyBible.overview)
- [Restore Points](/Help/Article/restorePoints.overview)
