# The Airship dashboard

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<p>The dashboard is where you create and access projects, containers for the settings, certificates, reports, and other details related to your messages and mobile wallet passes.</p>
<p>The dashboard has two levels:</p>
<ol>
<li>A list of <strong>all</strong> your messaging and mobile wallet projects.</li>
<li>An <strong>individual</strong> project after opening it from the list of all projects.</li>
</ol>
<p>Almost everything you do with Airship happens inside a project, including creating messages and wallet pass templates.</p>
<h2 id="viewing-and-finding-your-projects">Viewing and finding your projects</h2>
<p>At the top level of the dashboard, tiles display each messaging and mobile wallet project. Messaging projects list their name, environment, and channels. Mobile wallet projects list their name and pass type.</p>
![The top-level dashboard in Airship](https://www.airship.com/docs/images/dashboard-projects_hu_d6573926026b8fb7.webp)

*The top-level dashboard in Airship*
<p>If you have more than eight projects, up to four of your most recently accessed projects appear under <strong>Recent</strong>. Recent projects are not shown when sort, filter, or search are applied.</p>
<p>The default view is sorted by creation date, newest projects first. Select <strong>Name</strong> or <strong>Date Created</strong> to sort. Select again to toggle ascending/descending order. You can search for projects by complete or partial name.</p>
<p>Use filters to toggle views:</p>
<table>
  <thead>
      <tr>
          <th>Filter</th>
          <th>Description</th>
      </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
      <tr>
          <td><strong>Owner/Team</strong></td>
          <td>Toggle between projects you own and projects you have non-owner access to. See <a href="https://www.airship.com/docs/guides/getting-started/messaging/teams-and-access/#manage-project-access">Manage project access</a> in <em>Manage Messaging teams and access</em>. All mobile wallet projects appear for Owner.</td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
          <td><strong>Live/Test</strong></td>
          <td>Toggle between projects by environment type. All mobile wallet projects appear for Live.</td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
          <td><strong>Channel</strong></td>
          <td>Select a channel configured for your account: Mobile apps, Web, SMS, Email, and Mobile wallet. After selecting <strong>Mobile apps</strong> you can filter again by platform. After selecting <strong>Mobile wallet</strong> you can further filter by pass type and company.</td>
      </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

## Navigating individual projects

From the top-level dashboard, select a tile to open a project, then navigate using the header and sidebar.

### Header icons

The header contains the following icons:

* Sidebar icon () — Toggle the sidebar.
* Pilot icon () — Enable or disable [Pilot program](https://www.airship.com/docs/guides/features/pilot/) features, or leave feedback.
* Help icon () — Access resources.
* Account menu icon () — View account information.
* Favorite icon () — Add or manage your [bookmarked pages](#search-and-favorites).

### Sidebar menus

The sidebar groups the main areas of a project:

| Menu | Description |
| --- | --- |
| **Favorites** | Your [bookmarked dashboard pages](#search-and-favorites) |
| **Messages** | [Messages Overview](https://www.airship.com/docs/reference/glossary/#messages_overview), calendar, logs, tools, and more |
| **Content** | Web pages for [Preference Centers](https://www.airship.com/docs/reference/glossary/#preference_center), plus reusable content: [Templates](https://www.airship.com/docs/reference/glossary/#template), [Scene Layouts](https://www.airship.com/docs/guides/messaging/editors/native/custom-layouts/), [Snippets](https://www.airship.com/docs/reference/glossary/#snippet), and the [Media library](https://www.airship.com/docs/guides/messaging/features/media/) |
| **Journeys** | The [Journey map](https://www.airship.com/docs/reference/glossary/#journey_map) |
| **Audience** | Tools to target and segment your users |
| **Experiments** | [Holdout Experiments](https://www.airship.com/docs/reference/glossary/#holdout_experiment), [Feature Flags](https://www.airship.com/docs/reference/glossary/#feature_flag), and the Experimentation Hub |
| **Reports** | Analysis of your project's messaging use |

### Project settings and details

![The messaging project menu](https://www.airship.com/docs/images/messaging-project-menu_hu_6cd94e0889fd1124.webp)

*The messaging project menu*

Select the project dropdown menu () to access channel, app, and project settings. You can also go to your [Brand guidelines](https://www.airship.com/docs/guides/messaging/features/brand-guidelines/) and [project details](https://www.airship.com/docs/guides/getting-started/messaging/set-up-project/#managing-projects).

To switch to a recently accessed project, select a name from the list. A link to return to the top-level dashboard is at the bottom of the list.

### Search and Favorites

Use the search box to find individual pages within the dashboard. To bookmark dashboard pages for quick access:

1. Go to the page you want to bookmark.
1. Select the favorite icon () in the header.
1. Enter a page name as you want it to appear in the quick access menu.
1. Select **Save**.

Your saved pages are available in the **Favorites** sidebar menu. To change a page name or remove it from Favorites, select the favorite icon () again.

### Message creation

![Sidebar options in a messaging project](https://www.airship.com/docs/images/messaging-project-sidebar_hu_9242816f92b73334.webp)

*Sidebar options in a messaging project*

Select the **Create** dropdown menu () to choose **Message**, **Journey**, **Apple News**, **Scene**, or **A/B Test**. Select **Create** to access all message creation options and [Composer Favorites](https://www.airship.com/docs/reference/glossary/#composer_favorites).

When the sidebar is collapsed, select the edit icon () in the header to access the Create dropdown menu options.