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-**Dashboard Overview**
+===== 📊 Squirrel Dashboard Overview =====
-The Dashboard is the central hub in Squirrel where administrators can get a quick overview of the system’s performance and key metrics related to archiving and data management. The Dashboard provides vital data about archived files, transactions, and storage savings, all displayed in an easy-to-read format.
+The [[https://www.smikar.com/squirrel/|Squirrel]] Dashboard provides administrators with a real-time, high-level overview of the platform’s performance, system activity, and archiving impact. It’s designed to give actionable insights at a glance — helping you monitor data movement, track storage savings, and ensure Squirrel is running efficiently.
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+| Once you have logged in with your Admin account, you’ll be presented with the main dashboard screen. | {{:software:squirrel:squirrel_dashboard_light.png?400 }} |
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+==== 🔍 What the Dashboard Shows You ====
+Each widget is designed to display up-to-date metrics for archiving and restoring data across your SharePoint environment.
+**Key Metrics Displayed on the Dashboard:**
+- **📦 Total Archived Data:**
+  Displays the total volume of archived data (in terabytes). Useful for tracking the cumulative impact of your archiving policies.
+- **📅 Archived Data – Today / This Month / This Year:**
+  Shows how much data has been archived over different time frames, helping you measure short- and long-term activity.
+- **📁 Total Archive Transactions:**
+  The number of files or items that have been successfully archived across all sites.
+- **📈 Archive Transactions – Today / This Month / This Year:**
+  Breakdowns of archiving activity by day, month, and year.
+- **🔄 Total Restore Transactions:**
+  Displays the number of items restored from archive back into SharePoint.
+- **📥 Restore Transactions – Today / This Month / This Year:**
+  Tracks how often users or admins restore files across your environment.
+- **💰 Total Savings:**
+  A real-time estimate of the storage cost savings achieved by archiving files to Azure Blob Storage instead of retaining them in SharePoint.
+- **📊 Percent Archived:**
+  Indicates what percentage of your SharePoint storage has been archived so far. This is a key metric to help you measure storage optimization.
+- **📰 Latest News:**
+  Displays the most recent Squirrel announcements, updates, and new feature releases — keeping admins informed about what's new in the platform.
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+==== 🧱 Dashboard Widgets Explained ====
+Each metric appears in a **widget-style tile** designed for clarity and speed. These widgets are updated daily or in real-time (depending on the data type) and provide a live snapshot of the health and performance of your Squirrel environment.
+You can use the dashboard to:
+- Confirm if scheduled archiving is occurring as expected
+- Quickly identify spikes in restore activity
+- Measure storage reclaimed over time
+- Track cost savings for reporting to stakeholders
+- Stay updated on the latest platform improvements
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+If you're unsure about a specific widget or need help interpreting your dashboard data, reach out to [support@smikar.com](mailto:support@smikar.com) for assistance.
-| The Squirrel Dashboard | {{:software:squirrel:squirrel_dashboard.png?200 |}}|