# Find your way around the dashboard

Updated 2026-10-14 by the TicketPa team. Source: https://ticketpa.com/help/dashboard-overview

The dashboard is where you and your team run your business. It opens on **Today**, an overview of the day, with the sidebar on the left and a bar along the top of every page.

## The sidebar

- The business card at the top shows the business you're in and your role there. Select it to switch to another business or add one. See [Run several businesses from one account](https://ticketpa.com/help/manage-several-businesses).
- **New booking** adds a booking for a guest who phoned, emailed or came by. Owners and Managers see it.
- The pages: **Dashboard**, **Check-in**, **Bookings**, **Calendar** and **Reports**, then **Catalog** with **Activities**, **Locations**, **Staff**, **Equipment and spaces** and **Closed dates**, and **Business** with **Booking page**, **Share**, **On the day**, **Payments** and **Team and settings**.
- **Support** at the bottom opens an email to our support team.

Each person only sees the pages their role can open. A Host sees **Dashboard**, **Check-in** and **Team and settings**, and only the Owner sees **Payments**. See [Team roles and permissions](https://ticketpa.com/help/team-roles-and-permissions).

## The Today page

The heading shows today's date and how many time slots and guests you have. The page refreshes every minute.

- **Guests today** counts the guests booked for today, and **Checked in** shows how many have arrived.
- Owners and Managers also see **To collect today**, what today's guests still owe, and **Bookings in the last 7 days**, compared with the 7 days before. Hosts see **Time slots today** instead.
- **Today's time slots** lists each time slot with its activity, location, staff and places booked. A badge shows **On now**, **Finished**, **Full**, **Closed**, **Cancelled** or the places left. Select a time slot to open its guest list. Today's appointments are in the same list, with the guest and the person they are with; select one to open its booking.
- A time slot short of staff shows **Needs staff**. Owners and Managers also see a list of booked time slots in the next two weeks that need staff, each linking to its guest list. See [Set up your staff](https://ticketpa.com/help/set-up-staff).
- If you run activities and have time slots or appointments today, switch between **Mine** and **All** to see only your own.
- Owners and Managers also see **Bookings per day** for the last 14 days and **Latest bookings**, with **See all** to open the bookings list.

> **Note:** If a business has invited you, the dashboard opens a **Pending business invitations** window. Select **Accept** to join it or **Decline** to turn it down.

## The top bar

- **Search**, or ⌘K on a Mac and Ctrl K elsewhere, finds a page, a booking by its reference or the guest's name, email or phone, a guest, or an activity. Type at least 2 characters, then select a result, or use the arrow keys and Enter. A guest opens **Bookings** filtered to them, on **Upcoming** when they have a booking still to come, otherwise on **Past**. Hosts find pages only.
- The **?** button opens this help center in a new tab.
- The bell lists what happened without your team, like new bookings, cancellations by guests and online payments. A red dot means something new came in. Owners and Managers see it. See [Notifications for your team](https://ticketpa.com/help/team-notifications).
- Your initials open a menu with **Settings**, for your profile, password and businesses, and **Log out**.