2.3 Navigating the Dashboard

When you log in, you’ll land on your project dashboard — the central hub for managing resources, monitoring costs, and accessing templates.

Key Areas

  1. Project Selector — Switch between projects (if you have multiple)
  2. Budget Summary — Current spending and remaining budget
  3. Resource List — Your active and stopped resources
  4. Quick Actions — Create new resources, view reports
Menu Item Description
Dashboard Project overview and summary
Resources List and manage your resources
Templates Browse available resource templates
Costs Detailed cost breakdown and reports
Settings Project and account settings

Quick Actions

Action How To
Create a resource Click Templates → Choose a template → Create
Start/stop a resource Click Resources → Find resource → Start or Stop
Check spending View Budget Summary on the Dashboard, or go to Costs
View resource details Click Resources → Click resource name

Notification Preferences

Configure how you receive alerts:

  1. Go to Settings > Notifications
  2. Set budget threshold alerts (e.g., 50%, 75%, 90%)
  3. Choose notification method (email)

Now that you know your way around, let’s create your first resource: Creating Your First Resource