Question 1

What is a project dashboard and why do teams use one?

Accepted Answer

A project dashboard is a visual summary screen that pulls together key metrics, such as task completion, workload, and progress trends, so a team can check project health without opening individual tasks or reports. Teams use dashboards during status meetings and daily check-ins to spot bottlenecks quickly, communicate progress to stakeholders, and avoid manually compiling the same numbers every week. Most project management tools offer some form of dashboard, usually built from configurable widgets that each display a different slice of data, such as a progress bar, a workload chart, or a count of overdue tasks. In Quire, Dashboard view lets you build this kind of overview inside a project by adding, resizing, and rearranging widgets from a Widget Library, turning task data into an at-a-glance summary without switching between the List, Board, or Table views to piece it together.

Question 2

What is Dashboard view in Quire?

Accepted Answer

Dashboard view is a tab you can add to any Quire project, alongside the List, Document, Chat, and Insight tabs already available there. It turns your task data into a visual overview built from widgets, so you can check progress at a glance instead of opening individual tasks one by one. When you create a new dashboard, Quire suggests a starter set of widgets, and you can add more from the Widget Library, resize each widget to Small or Large, duplicate a widget to reuse its configuration, and drag widgets into a new position to build the layout that works best for your team. Dashboard view is available on the Professional, Premium, and Enterprise plans. Because it lives inside a project alongside your other tabs, it works as one more way to organize and present the same task data your team already tracks day to day.

Question 3

What plan do I need to use Dashboard view in Quire?

Accepted Answer

Dashboard view is only available on the Professional, Premium, and Enterprise plans, and is not included on lower-tier plans such as Free. If your organization is on a plan that does not include it, the Add dashboard option will not appear from the plus icon at the top of your project, and you will need to upgrade before creating one. Once your plan supports Dashboard view, every feature covered in this guide works the same way regardless of tier, including creating a dashboard, adding suggested or library widgets, resizing widgets to Small or Large, duplicating or removing widgets, and archiving or deleting the dashboard tab itself. You can compare what each plan includes, along with current pricing, on Quire's pricing page before deciding whether to upgrade your organization.

Question 4

How do I create a Dashboard in Quire?

Accepted Answer

Click the plus icon at the top of your project, organization, folder, Smart Folder, My Tasks, or a member's profile page, then select Add dashboard from the menu that appears. Enter a name for the new Dashboard tab, then choose a permission that determines who can see it, using the same sharing options available elsewhere in Quire, such as any members, admins only, selected members, a specific external team, or private. Once the tab is created, it opens with a set of suggested starter widgets already in place, so you can begin building your dashboard right away instead of starting from a blank screen. You can rename the dashboard, change its permission, or update its description and URL later by right-clicking the Dashboard tab and selecting Edit details.

Question 5

How do I add a widget to a Quire Dashboard?

Accepted Answer

When you create a new dashboard, Quire displays a starter set of suggested widgets on screen so you do not have to build a layout from scratch. Hover over any suggested widget block and click the plus icon in its upper-right corner to add that widget to your dashboard immediately. If none of the suggested widgets fit what you need, click Browse all widgets below them to open the full Widget Library, where you can pick from every available widget type. Once your dashboard is already set up and you want to add more widgets later, click the plus icon at the bottom of the dashboard at any time, which opens the same Widget Library so you can keep expanding your dashboard as your reporting needs change over time.

Question 6

How do I resize a widget in a Quire Dashboard?

Accepted Answer

Every widget added to a Quire dashboard can be resized to fit how much detail you want it to show. To resize one, hover over the widget so the More Options icon appears in its corner, then click that icon to open its menu. From the menu, select Size, then choose either Small or Large depending on how much space you want the widget to take up on the dashboard layout. Resizing a widget only changes its size and position on the dashboard, it does not affect the widget's underlying data source or configuration, so you can freely adjust a widget's size at any time as you rearrange your dashboard, without needing to recreate it or lose any settings you already configured for that widget.

Question 7

How do I duplicate a widget in a Quire Dashboard?

Accepted Answer

To duplicate a widget on a Quire dashboard, hover over the widget you want to copy so the More Options icon appears, then click that icon to open its menu. Select Duplicate from the options that appear, and a copy of the widget is added to your dashboard alongside the original. This is useful when you want to reuse a widget's existing configuration, such as its data source or filters, as a starting point for a slightly different view, since you can duplicate first and then edit the copy through the same More Options menu instead of building a new widget from scratch. The original widget is not affected by duplicating it, so both versions can be adjusted independently afterward.

Question 8

Where do archived Quire Dashboards go?

Accepted Answer

When you archive a dashboard in Quire, right-click the Dashboard tab and select Archive from the menu. The dashboard does not disappear or get deleted, it moves to the Archived category instead, which you can reach from the More Options icon in the top bar of your project. This keeps the dashboard, along with all of its widgets and their configurations, available for later reference without cluttering your active tabs alongside List, Document, Chat, and Insight. Archiving is a good option when a dashboard was built for a specific reporting period or a project phase that has ended, since you can bring it back into active use at any time from the Archived category instead of losing the work that went into setting it up.

Question 9

Can I restore a deleted Quire Dashboard?

Accepted Answer

Yes. To delete a dashboard, right-click the Dashboard tab and select Delete. Deleted dashboards are not removed immediately, they can be restored for a limited time through the More Options menu, giving you a safety window if you delete the wrong tab by mistake or change your mind shortly after deleting it. Because that recovery window does not last indefinitely, review a dashboard's contents carefully before confirming deletion, especially if it contains widgets built around filters or data sources that took time to configure. If you need to keep a dashboard's data without keeping it active, archiving it instead of deleting it is usually the safer choice, since archived dashboards stay accessible under the Archived category indefinitely rather than for only a limited restore window.

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Create a Dashboard

Add Widgets

Edit a Widget

Resize a Widget

Duplicate a Widget

Remove a Widget

Filter Dashboard Data

Filter All Widgets

Filter a Single Widget

Edit Dashboard Details

Organize Dashboards

Duplicate Dashboard

Archive Dashboard

Delete Dashboard

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