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-=====Squirrel Dashboard Overview=====
+===== 📊 Squirrel Dashboard Overview =====
+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.
-The [[https://www.smikar.com/squirrel/|Squirrel]] Dashboard offers administrators a real-time, detailed overview of the platform’s performance and key metrics. It presents vital statistics such as the total archived data, transactions, and cost savings. Each widget is designed to give quick insights into how much data has been archived today, this month, and this year, as well as the number of transactions for both archiving and restoring data.
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-The dashboard also displays the percentage of SharePoint storage that has been archived, which helps administrators track the efficiency of the system. With a user-friendly interface, the Squirrel Dashboard allows administrators to monitor system activity at a glance, ensuring that the archiving process is running smoothly and cost-effectively.
+| Once you have logged in with your Admin account, you’ll be presented with the main dashboard screen. | {{:software:squirrel:squirrel_dashboard.png?400 }} |
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-| Once you have logged in to Squirrel with your Admin account, you will be presented with the Squirrel Dashboard.  | {{:software:squirrel:squirrel_dashboard.png?400 }}|
+==== 🔍 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 amount of data archived by the system, shown in terabytes (TB). This helps administrators monitor the overall volume of archived data.
+- **📦 Total Archived Data:**
-  * **Archived Data - Today:** Shows the amount of data that was archived on the current day. This figure is updated in real-time.
+  Displays the total volume of archived data (in terabytes). Useful for tracking the cumulative impact of your archiving policies.
-  * **Archived Data - This Month:** Provides a summary of the data archived in the current month, giving admins insight into monthly archiving trends.
-  * **Archived Data - This Year:** Displays the cumulative total of data archived this year, which helps track long-term archiving performance.
+- **📅 Archived Data – Today / This Month / This Year:**
-  * **Total Archive Transactions:** The total number of archive transactions that have occurred across all sites, helping admins understand how many files have been archived.
+  Shows how much data has been archived over different time frames, helping you measure short- and long-term activity.
-  * **Archive Transactions - Today:** Shows the number of archive transactions that have taken place today, offering a real-time snapshot of system activity.
-  * **Archive Transactions - This Month:** Summarizes the number of archive transactions for the current month.
+- **📁 Total Archive Transactions:**
-  * **Archive Transactions - This Year:** Displays the total archive transactions for the current year.
+  The number of files or items that have been successfully archived across all sites.
-  * **Total Restore Transactions:** Tracks the total number of restore transactions, helping admins monitor how many files have been restored.
-  * **Restore Transactions - Today:** Shows the number of restore transactions for the current day.
+- **📈 Archive Transactions – Today / This Month / This Year:**
-  * **Restore Transactions - This Month:** Provides an overview of restore transactions that occurred this month.
+  Breakdowns of archiving activity by day, month, and year.
-  * **Restore Transactions - This Year:** The total number of restore transactions conducted throughout the year.
-  * **Total Savings:** Displays the total amount of money saved by using Squirrel for archiving, giving administrators insight into the cost-saving benefits of the system.
+- **🔄 Total Restore Transactions:**
-  * **Percent Archived:**Shows the percentage of SharePoint storage that has been archived, providing admins with an understanding of how much of the available storage has been optimized.
+  Displays the number of items restored from archive back into SharePoint.
-  * **Latest News:**This section displays the most recent updates regarding Squirrel, including software updates, new features, and announcements.
+- **📥 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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-**Dashboard Widgets:**
+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.
-Each metric is presented in a widget format, making it easy for administrators to glance at important statistics at any time. The data is typically refreshed daily or in real-time, depending on the specific metric.