Using the Dash

Dash is a dashboard that is your daily home base in Chatter. These articles explain what each section shows and how to use it.

In this guide

1. Reading your dashboard
2. Tracking team activity
3. Monitoring token usage

Reading your dashboard

The dashboard is built to give you a daily snapshot of everything happening in your Chatter instance. Here’s what each section shows.

Getting Started

If you’re new to Chatter, you’ll see a Getting Started section near the top. It surfaces the core actions you should take first to get familiar with the tool. Once you’ve completed it, this section disappears and is replaced by additional dashboard widgets.

Competitor updates

This section pulls in the latest content your tracked competitors have produced. It’s a quick way to see what they’re publishing without leaving Chatter. Click any item to read the full article.

Latest stories

A peek at the most recent stories that have hit your feed. For the full feed, head to the Stories tab.

Activity stats

• Stories saved across your instance
• Topics created
• Topics exported
• Active users in the current period

Token usage

The total tokens consumed across your entire instance this month. Below this is an individual breakdown showing each user’s usage.

Recently created topics

A short list of topics created across your team. Click any topic to jump into editing.

Tracking team activity

The dashboard makes it easy to see what your team is working on and who’s most active in Chatter.

Where to look

• Active users — shown in the top-level activity stats. Tells you how many people on your team have used Chatter recently.
• Individual user activity — a per-user breakdown of token usage and actions taken. Useful for understanding who’s leaning into the tool and who might need a nudge.
• Recently created topics — see which topics your team has just produced, with the creator listed.

Why this matters

If you’re an admin rolling Chatter out to your team, the dashboard’s activity stats are your easiest read on adoption. Low active-user counts often mean your team needs onboarding help, not that the tool isn’t useful.

Monitoring token usage

Token usage is one of the most important things to keep an eye on, especially on the Free plan where the monthly cap is lower.

Where token usage appears

• Dashboard — total tokens used this month across your entire instance
• Dashboard — breakdown by individual user
• Topic editor — token cost shown for each AI action you take
• Wizard — token cost shown for each AI action you take 
• Notification settings — set alerts at thresholds like 25%, 50%, 75%

If you’re approaching your limit

When you’re close to your monthly cap, prioritize manual edits over regenerations. You can edit topic copy directly without spending any tokens — only AI-driven changes count.

If you’re regularly hitting the cap, upgrading your plan or adding seats will expand your monthly allowance.

Tips

• Tokens reset on your billing cycle, not the first of the month.