What you’re looking at
Across the top sits your practice name — shortened with an ellipsis past 17 characters — then a plan badge reading Free Plan, Starter Plan, Essential Plan or Team Plan. A subscription that is ending carries Ending Soon, one already stopped carries Cancelled. Next to those, Upgrade to Starter (or whichever plan is next up) and Manage both open your subscription. On the right: a date range button reading Pick a date range, and New Client. Below that are four tabs.The four figures
The charts and the recent lists
Weekly Activity — “Overview of clinic activities for the past week” — plots consultations, prescriptions and tests as three bars per day, one group per day for the last seven days. Staff Distribution — “Current staff distribution by role” — is a ring with your total staff count in the middle and a slice per role. Three lists sit along the bottom, each showing the five most recent entries with the time and a coloured status pill:- Recent Consultations — “Latest patient consultations”: the client’s name, who consulted, and completed in green or anything else in amber.
- Recent Prescriptions — “Latest medications prescribed”: the medication, who prescribed it, and dispensed in green.
- Recent Lab Tests — “Latest laboratory results”: the test, who ordered it, and completed, pending or another status.
What a brand-new practice sees
Every figure is 0, both charts are empty, all three recent lists are blank, and Staff Distribution shows 1 Staff — you. The plan badge says Free Plan. Nothing is broken; there is simply nothing recorded yet. Add somebody in Clients and the total moves on your next reload.Act on what you see
Read the four figures first
Open the module, not the tile
Add a client without leaving
Go deeper on a number
Who can do this
Role decides whether Dashboard opens at all. Permission decides what you may then do from it.- Enforcement is opt-in, per person. Somebody never saved in the permissions sheet is unrestricted. The sheet warns “Saving starts enforcing” — saving their permissions for the first time is what begins limiting them.
- A denied action is recorded; an allowed one is not. Hiding a module from somebody’s sidebar is a convenience, not a security boundary.
Check it worked
- Your practice name and plan badge are in the header, and all four figures show a number rather than a placeholder block.
- Staff Distribution totals the people actually in your practice, including you.
- Record something — a note, a prescription — then reload. The matching figure and its recent list have moved.
Common issues
You don't have permission to access the dashboard.
You don't have permission to access the dashboard.
Consultations and Lab Tests are always 0
Consultations and Lab Tests are always 0
Changing the date range does not change the figures
Changing the date range does not change the figures
New Client is greyed out
New Client is greyed out
I added a client but the figure has not moved
I added a client but the figure has not moved
FAQ
How is this different from Executive?
How is this different from Executive?
Can I choose which figures appear?
Can I choose which figures appear?
Do the recent lists show every client or only mine?
Do the recent lists show every client or only mine?
Is a client's name on this screen a privacy problem?
Is a client's name on this screen a privacy problem?