Dashboard
FAQ: How to Delete a Dashboard Report
Last Updated: July 15, 2026NOTE: This feature is available in the Professional and Enterprise versions of both Spectra and Stratus Desktop. To delete a Dashboard Report, go to Repots > Dashboard Reports and select the report to be deleted. Once the report opens, click on the Saved Properties icon in the ribbon. Click the blue Delete Report From List...
Dashboard Examples
Last Updated: July 15, 2026Learn how to apply everything you have learned to the first two videos by learning how to create and use your key reports. Please note: Because we are continually updating our library of training videos as new versions of our software are released, this video will likely show an older or newer version of StudioPlus...
Arranging your Dashboard
Last Updated: July 15, 2026NOTE: This feature is available in the Professional and Enterprise versions of both Spectra and Stratus Desktop. The Dashboard is built to be highly customizable. You control how your Dashboard is laid out. Here are some important items you should know. HERE’S A FLASH FOR YOU! Did you know you can create your own personal...
Dashboard Reports
Last Updated: July 15, 2026NOTE: This feature is available in the Professional and Enterprise versions of both Spectra and Stratus Desktop. A Dashboard Report provides you with an almost infinite number of reporting possibilities, giving you visual feedback about the performance of your business. Report panels are highly customizable, allowing you to choose from multiple performance indicators, multiple ways...
Setting up Budgets
Last Updated: July 15, 2026NOTE: This feature is available in the Professional and Enterprise versions of both Spectra and Stratus Desktop. Budget Maintenance is used to enter and maintain the budgets (also known as your targets or plan) you want to use on the Dashboard. The software gives you the flexibility to define hundreds of budgets or just a couple,...
Dashboard Overview
Last Updated: July 15, 2026NOTE: This feature is available in the Professional and Enterprise versions of both Spectra and Stratus Desktop. The Dashboard is one of the most powerful features in the Spectra/Stratus Desktop software! Imagine trying to drive an automobile that did NOT have a dashboard. How fast are you driving? How much fuel do you have left? How...
Reading your Dashboard
Last Updated: July 15, 2026NOTE: This feature is available in the Professional and Enterprise versions of both Spectra and Stratus Desktop. The Dashboard includes a powerful feature that allows you to “drill down” and view the data behind each of your performance gauges and reporting charts. Whenever you see a gauge or chart, simply double-click on it. A grid...
Performance Panels
Last Updated: July 15, 2026NOTE: This feature is available in the Professional and Enterprise versions of both Spectra and Stratus Desktop. A Dashboard Performance Panel gives you real-time information about the performance of your business by comparing your actual numbers to your budgets for a specific date range. See also: Setting up Budgets Creating a Performance Panel Follow these...