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Project Dashboard Walkthrough

The Project Dashboard is where you access everything related to your project. The screen is divided into a main page and a left-hand menu.

The main page consists of your project's name, project information, project settings, and your backend applications.

Project Dashboard page

Main Page​

Backend​

To launch your backend, click the Open button on the Project Dashboard next to the backend name. The backend opens in a new browser tab. Here you can view your application quotas, start building your data model, define functions, set up team roles, use the API explorer to create GraphQL queries, and get help from the 8base community.

Backend Application

All Environments​

The All Environments area provides information about your project roles, authorization profiles, file storage size, and database information for your backend application. You will only see this area if you have a backend application.

All Environments

Quotas​

The Quotas area provides usage data and limits on different aspects of your project, such as the environment limit, number of team members, client user apps, and database rows. You can also access your Billing information.

Quotas

To manage your Billing information, click the Manage link next to the quotas heading. A page opens with information about your payment method, project usage, billing period, and billing history.

Team​

To manage your project Team, click the Manage link next to the team heading. A page opens with information about your current project's team members.

Current Plan​

If you want to change your current plan, click on the Change link next to the Current Plan heading. A dialog box opens and displays available plans and your existing plan.

Current Plan

To select a new plan, click the Continue button. A confirmation dialog opens showing your newly elected plan.

New Plan

Click Submit Changes to process the payment for your new plan.

Your payment will be processed, the Project Dashboard will reload, and your new plan will appear under the Current Plan heading.

Left-hand Menu​

Dashboard​

The Dashboard link opens the Project Dashboard.

Backend​

The Backend link opens a page with information about your backend, such as the Cloud Provider, Database Type, Endpoint, and the number of tables, functions, and fields in your database. Click the Open button in the top right corner of the page to open your backend application in another browser tab.

For more information, see Backend.

Team​

The Team link opens a page with information on your project's team members.

For more information, see Team Management.

Billing​

The Billing link opens a page with billing information for your project.

For more information, see Billing.

Settings​

The Settings link opens a page with information about your project, such as the project name, a description, and a custom project icon. This is where you can delete the project.

For more information, see Settings.

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