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Use the dashboard and navigation

Understand what the first screen is telling you, why navigation differs by role, and where each product area lives.

Everyone11 minute readDashboardVerified against the live product · August 2026

Guide at a glance

How to use this guide

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Read this before making broad setup decisions. The order and relationships matter more than memorizing individual screens.

By the end

You should be able to explain how the unit, roster, structure, accounts, roles, and workflows fit together.

1.The dashboard follows the signed-in role
2.Navigation is also an access boundary
3.How the application is organized
4.Use attention counts as a work queue

Use the dashboard and navigation in All Cadets — Seeded product view. Names and records shown are test data.

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1. The dashboard follows the signed-in role
2. Navigation is also an access boundary
3. How the application is organized
4. Use attention counts as a work queue

The dashboard follows the signed-in role

Instructors land on a unit-wide operational dashboard. It summarizes active Cadets, seat usage, pending requests, course-level distribution, company distribution, and records needing attention.

Cadets land on a personal dashboard centered on their own assignment, branch terminology, rank, position, course level, and tasks. Staff-only navigation is omitted rather than shown as a collection of disabled links.

How the application is organized

Area	What belongs there
Manage Unit	Unit information, school year, billing, linked accounts, join requests, positions, awards, and the unit log.
Cadets & Requests	The official roster, individual records, and pending change proposals.
Unit operations	Structure, organization chart, calendar, tasks, and reports.
Tools	Site Builder, Form Builder, fundraisers, and blood drives.
Settings	The signed-in person’s editable profile and desktop privacy controls.

Use attention counts as a work queue

Dashboard counts are links into the underlying records, not a second copy of the data. Resolve the record or request at its source and the dashboard follows.

Seat usage is derived from active, seat-taking Cadets against the subscription allowance. Dropped Cadets remain in history but do not behave like active roster rows.

Key terms in this guide

Position: A named unit duty that can carry permissions, scope, an assigned Cadet, and continuing work.
Change request: A proposed official change that keeps the current and proposed values available for review.
Dropped record: A record removed from the active roster without erasing its history or preventing later reinstatement.
Active school year: The academic period that determines which operational unit data is current.

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How All Cadets works

A complete mental model of the unit, its records, and the approval-led workflow that connects them.