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

# Dashboard

> Set up the Dashboard plugin, your pilots' home screen in Stratos. Choose the welcome banner, write a message from the team, decide where announcements come from and add quick access links.

Dashboard is the first screen your pilots see in Stratos. Its two tabs, **Welcome** and **Quick access**, set what's on it for every pilot. Changes save as you make them.

Open it from **Plugins → Dashboard**.

## Welcome

The **Welcome** tab has three parts:

* **Welcome banner**: the banner at the top of every pilot's dashboard, drawn in your airline's colours. Pick a style: **Isogrid**, **Hexgrid**, **Mesh**, **Rings**, **Beams**, **Horizon** or **Plain**.
* **From the team**: a message from your airline on every pilot's dashboard, in Markdown. You can drop images into it. Left empty, pilots see a short default welcome from Stratos.
* **Announcements**: news on every pilot's dashboard, which pilots open to read in full. Choose where they come from:
  * **From your backend**: Stratos shows what your crew system publishes, like phpVMS news.
  * **Written here**: **New announcement** adds one with a **Title**, **Summary**, **Body**, optional **Link** and **Image**, and the date to **Publish on**.

![Dashboard's Welcome tab: the banner style, the From the team message and where announcements come from](https://mintcdn.com/skyvexsoftware/Hz6HvysXK9kok6qr/images/screenshots/va/dashboard-welcome-light.webp?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=Hz6HvysXK9kok6qr\&q=85\&s=66416be7aa7e463c48c75c6a77620cda)

## Quick access

**Quick access** holds up to 10 shortcuts on the pilot dashboard, such as dispatch, route maps or training pages. Each has an icon, a **Title**, a **Subtitle** and a link, and opens in the pilot's browser. **Add link** adds one, the handle on the left reorders them, and the preview beside the list updates as you edit.

![Dashboard's Quick access tab: each tile's icon, title, subtitle and link, beside how pilots see it](https://mintcdn.com/skyvexsoftware/Hz6HvysXK9kok6qr/images/screenshots/va/dashboard-quick-access-light.webp?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=Hz6HvysXK9kok6qr\&q=85\&s=11d1719171d91180612f31e698be1c6b)

## Related

* [Plugins](/console/plugins.md)
* [Colours](/console/settings-colours.md), which the banner uses
* [How changes reach your pilots](/guide/how-changes-reach-pilots.md)


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