Dashboard in a project shows important progress indicators, graphs, statistics, and other key performance indicators to quickly understand where the project stands. 

 Benefits: 
 
  - View summary of work items in the project 
 
  - Check progress of your project 
 
  - Edit project details 
 
  - View summary charts 
 
 
 
 The widgets showcase the status of the team in the best possible way. You can reposition widgets, change the chart type, and access data quickly in the dashboard. You need permission to view the respective module to view the widgets on the dashboard.    
   Project Progress 
 You can view progress of your project from the project dashboard. Progress is shown as a percentage in the top left corner. 
 
  -  Based on closed bugs count  - Progress is calculated as a percentage of closed bugs. ([no of closed bugs]*100/total no of bugs in the project) 
 
  -  Based on weightage of closed bugs  - A numeric field or weightage field can be added from the Bug Layout. The project progress is calculated as a percentage sum of weightage of closed. ((sum of closed bugs weightage field values * 100) / (sum of all the bugs weightage field values)). 
 
 
   Progress Of Work Items 
 The widgets - Bug Status and  Milestone Status  show how many work items are closed and how many are open. 

 
 The widgets -  Team Status and  Top 5 Bug Fixers   display data that measure the team's performance. 
 
  -  Team Status  - It displays the count of the overdue and open work items for every user in the team. It also displays the number of bugs to be addressed by the user on the current day. 
 
  -  Top 5 Bug fixers  - The users with the maximum number of closed bugs are listed in this widget. 
 
 
   Reports and Summary Charts 
 The widgets -  Weekly Digest,  Timesheet Summary,  display the work status in the form of reports and graphs. 
 
  -  Weekly Digest  - Get the status of milestones and bugs in the current week from this widget. Select a week from the drop-down to view its status. You can also select a different view from the lot in the upper right part of the widget. 
 
  -  Timesheet Summary  - Track the billable and non-billable hours that are logged by the team. 
 
 
   Pipeline Work Item Indicators 
 The widgets -  Today's Work Items,  Overdue Work Items, and  Upcoming Events  display the work that is yet to be completed. 
 
  -  Today's Work Items -  Get the list of the work items that are scheduled for the current day. 
 
  -  Overdue Work Items  - Get the list of the work items that are incomplete and have gone past the due date. 
 
  -  Upcoming Events  - View the events that are scheduled for the current week. 
 
 
 Manage Project Details 
 
   From the dashboard, you can also edit the project description, information and also add additional fields.       
  
 
  - Click Projects in the left navigation panel and navigate to your project. 
 
  - Click  Dashboard from the top panel. 
 
  - Navigate to Details tab and edit the project. 

 
 
 
   Email Project Management
 
  Zoho BugTracker now supports email based project management. Now, you can easily manage your 
projects with emails.
 
 
 
  
   - Click  Projects  in the left navigation panel and navigate to your project. 
 
   - Click  Dashboard  from the top panel. 
 
   -  Navigate to Details tab and  click 
 in the upper-right corner. 
 
   - Click  Email Alias. 
 
  
  Requirements
  
 
  - You need to register your personal or business email address with accounts.zoho.com. 
 
  - You have to be associated with that project to add bugs, comments, and files via email into the projects. 
 
  - If you are not associated with the project, still you can manage your project. But, this is possible only if you own the Premium edition of Zoho BugTracker. You must configure the email settings, to forward bugs from Zoho BugTracker to your configured mail address. 
 
 
 
  
   Now, open your email and start adding your project activities in one click. 
  
  
   - To add a status - Copy the email address given in the To Add Status section to your To address. 
 
   - To add a bug - Copy the email address given in the  To Add Bug section to your To address. 
 
   - To add a forum post - Copy the email address given in the To Add Forum section to your To address. 
 
   - To upload a document - Copy the email address given in the To Upload Document section to your To address. 
 
  
  
   Forums
   
    
     While adding a forum via email: 
    
    
     - In Subject, first select if the forum post is an announcement or a sticky post followed by the forum message. 
 
     - Syntax for announcement: [announcement] Example: [announcement] Release Note for build 4.0 
 
     - Syntax for sticky post: [sticky]. 
 
    
    
     
      
     
     
      - Click the required bug in the bug list view.
 
      - Click the Comments tab and copy the bug mail address 'To add Bug Comment via email'.
 
      - Compose a mail and paste this email address in the To address. 
 
      - Type your contents and click Send. 
 
     
     
      
       
      
      
       - Click Calendar and select the required event. 
 
       - Copy the event email address specific for this event provided in 'Post a comment via email' 
 
       - From your mail account, compose a mail and paste the copied email address in the To address. 
 
       - Add comments, attach files and then click Send. 
 
      
      
       The contents added in the email is automatically posted as comments along with the files for your event. 
      
      
       
        
Upload Files to a Folder
       
       
        - Select a project in Projects and click Documents.  
 
        - Select a  folder to upload the file(s). 
 
        - Scroll down to the right bottom of the page and click Show Info. Copy the email address to this folder in Send Document via email, for uploading the document. 
 
        - Compose a mail and paste this email address in the To address. 
 
        - Attach files and click Send to attach files to the selected folder. 
 
       
       
        
         
         
          Zoho BugTracker supports many date formats such as Today, Tomorrow, Yesterday, Monday, Tuesday, Next Thursday, Next Friday and so on. The supported Start Date and End Date formats are listed below: 
         
         
        
        
         Date must be in 'mm-dd-yyyy' format or in any one of the following strings: Today, Tomorrow, Yesterday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Next day, Next week, Next month, Next year, Next Monday, Next Tuesday, Next Wednesday, Next Thursday, Next Friday, Next Saturday, Next Sunday. 
        
        
       
      
     
    
   
  
 Modify Email Alias 
 From the dashboard, you can also edit the project information and get the email Alias to add work items from your registered email address to your Zoho BugTracker portal. 
 
  - Click  Projects  in the left navigation panel and navigate to your project. 
 
  - Click  Dashboard  from the top panel. 
 
  -  Navigate to Details tab and  click  
  in the upper-right corner. 
 
  - Click  Email Alias. Click the edit icon to change the email alias. 
 
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    Click  Save. 
   
    
 
   Archive a Project 
 
  - Click  Projects in the left navigation panel   and navigate to your project. 
 
  - Click  Dashboard   from the top panel. 
 
  - Click 
 in the upper-right and then click   Move to Archive. 
 
  - Confirm your action. 
 
 
 
  
   
    
     You can also archive a project in 
 Project Details. Click  

  in the upper-right corner and click 
 Move to Archive. 
    
  
   
   
  
 Rearrange the order in which the widgets display in the dashboard by following these steps: 
 
  - Click  Projects  in the   left navigation panel   and navigate to your project. 
 
  - Click  Dashboard  from the top panel. 
 
  - Navigate to Widgets tab. 
 
  - Click 
 and select  Customize Widget, you will see the complete list of widgets available in the dashboard with their status. 
 
  - Toggle a module to enable/disable it. You can also drag and drop a widget reorder it.