> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.vendexlabs.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# The dashboard

> Read your portfolio posture, approval progress, and assessment status at a glance.

The **Dashboard** is your program's home screen — a single view of how your whole vendor portfolio is doing. It's the fastest way to answer "are we in good shape, and where should I look first?"

<img src="https://mintcdn.com/vendex-labs/qbmiIJ0Lp2Wc8Dsw/images/dashboard.svg?fit=max&auto=format&n=qbmiIJ0Lp2Wc8Dsw&q=85&s=43f5b09265bc35d3a9e4e49509e27d3a" alt="VendexLabs dashboard with tier-weighted score, vendors approved, active tasks, assessment status, score trend, and vendor monitoring" width="1200" height="660" data-path="images/dashboard.svg" />

## What's on it

<ResponseField name="Tier-weighted score" type="0–100">
  Your portfolio posture — the tier-weighted average of your vendors' latest scores, with a breakdown by tier (Core, Standard, Minimal). This is the headline health number for your program. See [Dependency tiers](/concepts/dependency-tiers).
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="Vendors approved" type="count">
  How many vendors have reached an approved status, out of your total tracked vendors.
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="Active tasks" type="count">
  Open items that need action. See [Tasks](/guides/tasks).
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="Assessment status" type="breakdown">
  A count of vendors in each approval status — Approved, Conditional Approval, In Progress, Not Started, On Hold, and Rejected.
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="Score trend" type="chart">
  Your portfolio posture over time, from the monthly snapshots VendexLabs records.
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="Vendor monitoring" type="table">
  A sortable, filterable table of your vendors with score, category, status, approval date, and tier.
</ResponseField>

## Using it day to day

* **Start with the tier-weighted score.** If it dips, open the by-tier breakdown to see whether a Core vendor is dragging it down.
* **Clear your active tasks.** These are the concrete next actions in your program.
* **Scan the assessment status breakdown.** A pile of *Not Started* vendors is a backlog; a *Rejected* or *On Hold* vendor may need follow-up.
* **Sort the monitoring table by score or tier** to triage the vendors that matter most.

<Tip>
  Use **Customize** to arrange the dashboard around how your team works.
</Tip>

<Card title="Monitor incidents" icon="triangle-exclamation" href="/guides/recent-events">
  When a tracked vendor makes the news, it shows up in Recent Events.
</Card>