Understanding Your Client Dashboard

How It Works and the Benefits
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Programa
Updated: 15 October 2024

Welcome to your Client Dashboard—a centralized hub designed to make collaboration with your designer seamless, organized, and stress-free. The dashboard provides you with easy access to all the important details of your project, without the need for back-and-forth emails or constantly updated PDFs. Here’s how it works and the key benefits for you as a client.

Client Dashboard: Walkthrough

How It Works

Once your designer sets up the Client Dashboard, you’ll receive an email with a link to access your dashboard and all shared links. Bookmark this link for easy future access. If you ever lose the link, no worries—your designer can resend it anytime.

 

On your Project Dashboard, you’ll find three key sections:

  • Schedules: This contains all live, up-to-date product specifications for your project. You’ll always have the latest information at your fingertips.
  • Pinboards: These offer visual snapshots of the project, featuring mood boards, swatches, renders, and progress updates.
  • Shared Files: Download important documents like Canva documents, warranties, manuals, or plans uploaded by your designer.

 

To view any of these items, simply click the file name, and it will open in a new tab. The schedule is live and always up to date, so there’s no need to worry about outdated PDFs or specifications.

View Shared Schedule

Viewing Your Schedule

When you click into your Schedule, you’ll have access to three main views:

  • Summary View: This gives you the top-line product specifications at a glance.
  • Detailed View: Here, you can dive deeper into extra images, notes, and attachments like warranties or installation guides.
  • Financial View: If enabled by your designer, this section will show pricing information, including unit costs and total amounts.

You can also switch to Presentation Mode by clicking the four-square icon, allowing you to view the schedule in a more visual, gallery-like format.

View Shared Pinboard

Approving Products

Your designer may request that you review and approve certain products directly through the dashboard. This is a simple and streamlined process:

  1. You’ll see a ‘Feedback Required’ notification on your schedule.
  2. Head to the Approval & Feedback tab to review the products awaiting your approval.
  3. You can either approve or reject each product individually or choose Approve All for bulk actions.

If rejecting a product, leave a comment explaining your feedback so your designer can make any necessary changes.

Once you’ve completed your reviews, you’ll see a summary of approved and rejected products, with status updates reflected directly on your schedule.

Shared Schedule Available via Mobile

The Benefits of the Client Dashboard

 

  1. Everything in One Place: The Client Dashboard consolidates all essential project information, so you’re not chasing down emails or dealing with scattered PDFs.
  2. Live Updates: All information is real-time, so you’re always viewing the most current version of your project’s specs and updates.
  3. Easy Approvals: The built-in approval system allows you to quickly review, approve, or reject items, making collaboration faster and more efficient.
  4. Visual Progress: Pinboards keep you up to date with design progress, showing you the latest visuals, swatches, and mood boards.
  5. Seamless Communication: With everything centralized, communication between you and your designer becomes easier and more organized.

By using the Client Dashboard, you’ll have a clearer, more organized view of your project, ensuring smooth communication and up-to-date information at every step of the process. Enjoy watching your project come to life!

Table of contents
  1. The Issue
  2. The Solution
  3. The Result
  4. Interior Design & Architecture Software For Professional Interior Designers & Architects
  5. Introduction to Programa
  6. Getting Started Dashboard
  7. Schedules
  8. Client Dashboard
  9. Web Clipper
  10. Pinboards
  11. Project Management
  12. Address Book
  13. Invoicing
    1. Getting Started with Shared Invoices
    2. Real-World Applications for Designers and Architects
    3. Key Benefits of the Shared Invoices Update
  14. Why These Events Matter More Than Ever
  15. Where Innovation Meets Implementation In The States
  16. European Design Destinations: Where Dreams Take Shape
  17. Maximizing Your Event Experience
  18. Making It All Work Together
    1. Information about how Programa handles your data
    2. Introduction
    3. Our Values<br />
    4. Why we process your information
    5. <br />Your rights over your information
    6. Where we transfer your information<br />
    7. How long do we retain your information
    8. Our use of advanced technologies<br />
    9. How we protect your information<br />
    10. How we use “cookies” and other tracking technologies<br />
    11. How you can reach us
    12. Types of data we collect and process<br />
    13. What Personal Data we receive<br />
    14. Retention
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    16. Disclosing your personal data<br />
    17. Changes to this Privacy Policy
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    19. When and why we share your information with others
    20. Your rights over your information
    21. How long we retain your information
    22. Your customers’ information
    23. Additional Information about how we process data globally
    24. Processing data globally to fulfil our service obligations
    25. United States Regional Privacy Notice
    26. What information we collect and share about you
    27. Why we collect and share your Personal Information
    28. Sources of Personal Information
    29. How long we keep your information
    30. What is a Spec Sheet?
    31. The Power of Programa
    32. Flexible Design Features
    33. Ease of Use
    34. Cost Savings
    35. Increased Productivity
      1. How It Works
      2. Viewing Your Schedule
      3. Approving Products
      4. The Benefits of the Client Dashboard
      5. <strong>Tyler Aspen Edmonds is a Melbourne-based Interior Stylist with a flair for creating cohesive, bold, and dramatic spaces for his clients. </strong>
      6. <strong>We spoke with Tyler about his recent project in Toorak, Melbourne.</strong>
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    37. 2023
    38. Purchase Orders
    39. What’s next?
    40. Interior Design Software For Professional Interior Designers
      1. Programa Interior Design Software: A Comprehensive Project Management and Collaboration Solution for Architects and Interior Designers
      2. User-friendly Interface and Tools for Seamless Project Management
  19. Streamlining the A&D industry – it’s about time.
  20. Recognized for Excellence in Design Software.
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    1. Information about the Programa In App Payment Services
    2. <br />The Programa Payments Service
    3. Getting a Payments Services Account
    4. Processing Card Transactions and Receiving Your Funds
    5. <strong>Termination and Other General Legal Terms</strong>
    6. <strong>Contact Support</strong>
  26. <strong>Principles for when you use the Services</strong>
  27. <strong>Implications for violating the User Guidelines</strong>
  28. <strong>Dangerous Content</strong>
  29. <strong>Deceptive Content</strong>
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  31. <strong>Illegal Content</strong>
    1. Why we have User Guidelines
    2. User Guidelines for what is strictly prohibited
    3. Rules for user-generated content
    4. How can I report an issue or get support?
    5. Key Benefits:
      1. What is the ‘Hidden’ Status?
      2. Use Case: Building a Custom Product
      3. Simplifying Financials with Hidden Status
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The Client Dashboard is an essential tool for interior design clients, offering a centralized platform to view live project updates, approve products, and download important files like warranties and manuals. Instead of managing multiple emails and PDFs, you can access everything in one place. The dashboard provides detailed views of schedules, financials, and design progress, ensuring you’re always informed. With features like product approvals and shared Pinboards, the Client Dashboard enhances collaboration between you and your designer, keeping the project on track and organized. Ideal for clients looking for efficiency and clarity in managing their interior design projects.