--- title: "Dash Pulse" slug: "dash-pulse" updated: 2026-10-28T14:12:19Z published: 2026-10-28T14:12:19Z canonical: "support.govdash.com/dash-pulse" --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://support.govdash.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Dash Pulse ## Overview Dash Pulse is your daily brief from Dash. Each morning, Dash looks across your tasks, calendar, opportunities and proposals, plus any Dash Connectors you have set up, and writes a short brief on your Home page with what needs your attention today. To open your brief, click **Pulse** in the left hand navigation menu. ![Dash Pulse Home page with greeting and Top to-dos](https://cdn.us.document360.io/104c3542-bffe-46a6-901f-aa7a848851a4/Images/Documentation/dash-pulse-home.png) --- ## Reading Your Pulse If your Pulse for today is not ready yet, click **Prepare my Pulse**. You will see **Preparing your Pulse** while Dash works. After that, Dash prepares a fresh Pulse for you each morning. Your Pulse can include these sections. Dash only shows a section when it has something to report: - **Top to-dos:** the two to four things that need you most, such as work someone is waiting on or a response date coming up. Check them off as you go. - **New updates:** news from your connected apps and changes to your work since you last checked in. - **Day overview:** today's meetings, tasks due today and open time for focused work. Names of opportunities, tasks, documents, companies and people link straight to their page in GovDash. Items from a connected app, such as an email or a Slack thread, include a link such as **Read in Gmail** so you can open them where they live. ![Top to-dos with a checked item, a linked task and a with Dash button](https://cdn.us.document360.io/104c3542-bffe-46a6-901f-aa7a848851a4/Images/Documentation/dash-pulse-top-todos.png) ### Editing Your Pulse Your Pulse is yours to work in. Click anywhere in the brief to add notes, change the text or check off to-dos. Your changes save automatically. Don't need an item? Hover over it and click the thumbs down (**Not helpful**). Add an optional comment, then click **Submit and remove** to take it out of your brief, or **Submit** to send your feedback and keep the item. ![A Pulse to-do with the Not helpful thumbs down highlighted](https://cdn.us.document360.io/104c3542-bffe-46a6-901f-aa7a848851a4/Images/Documentation/dash-pulse-not-helpful.png) ### Rating Your Pulse Let Dash know how your Pulse did. Your feedback helps Dash make future Pulses more useful, and you can rate today's Pulse or any past Pulse. 1. Scroll to the bottom of your brief and click **Rate this Pulse**. 2. Choose a rating from **1** (**Very Poor**) to **5** (**Excellent**). 3. Add an optional comment about what worked well or what could be better. 4. Click **Submit**. The button now shows your rating. Click it any time to change your rating, or click **Clear** to remove it. ![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/104c3542-bffe-46a6-901f-aa7a848851a4/Images/Documentation/CleanShot 2026-10-27 at 7.22.09 AM@2x.png) > [!NOTE] > Earn 5 credits for your feedback! > > Until you've claimed them, the button reads **Rate this Pulse · earn 5 credits**. Write a detailed comment and the button changes to **Submit and claim 5 credits**. Each member can earn Pulse feedback credits once. Learn more in our [Credit-Based Billing](/v1/docs/credit-based-billing) article. --- ## Getting Help from Dash Most to-dos and updates end with a button such as **Draft the reply with Dash**. Click it and Dash starts a chat with that item already attached. When the item belongs to an opportunity or proposal, GovDash opens that page with Dash beside it. You can also ask Dash anything about your brief. Type in the **Ask about anything in your Pulse…** box at the bottom of the page and press **Enter**. Dash opens in the sidebar with your Pulse attached. ![Dash Pulse with the Dash sidebar open after clicking a with Dash button](https://cdn.us.document360.io/104c3542-bffe-46a6-901f-aa7a848851a4/Images/Documentation/dash-pulse-sidebar.png) > [!NOTE] > Want more in your Pulse? > > Connect apps such as Gmail, Slack or Google Drive so Dash can include them in your brief. Check out our [Using Dash Connectors](/v1/docs/using-dash-connectors) article to learn more. --- ## Pulse Controls Use the buttons at the top of your Pulse: | **Control** | **What it does** | | --- | --- | | **Show chat history** (clock icon) ![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/104c3542-bffe-46a6-901f-aa7a848851a4/Images/Documentation/CleanShot 2026-10-27 at 7.23.26 AM@2x.png) | Opens a panel with your **Chat History** and **Pulse History**. Pick a date under **Pulse History** to reread a past Pulse. | | Classification badge (for example, **U**) ![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/104c3542-bffe-46a6-901f-aa7a848851a4/Images/Documentation/CleanShot 2026-10-27 at 7.23.41 AM@2x.png) | Shows the classification of this Pulse. You can raise it, but you can't lower it below the level Dash set. | | **Pulse settings** (gear icon) ![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/104c3542-bffe-46a6-901f-aa7a848851a4/Images/Documentation/CleanShot 2026-10-27 at 7.23.59 AM@2x.png) | Opens your Pulse settings. | | **Show Classic** (arrows icon) ![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/104c3542-bffe-46a6-901f-aa7a848851a4/Images/Documentation/CleanShot 2026-10-27 at 7.24.36 AM@2x.png) | Switches your Home page back to the classic Dashboard. Click **Show Pulse** to come back. | ![Pulse controls: Show chat history, classification badge, Pulse settings and Show Classic](https://cdn.us.document360.io/104c3542-bffe-46a6-901f-aa7a848851a4/Images/Documentation/dash-pulse-controls.png) ### Pulse Settings Click **Pulse settings** to choose what Dash can use in your Pulse. These settings only apply to you. - **Allow access to CUI:** lets Dash include CUI in your Pulse. Turn it off to keep your Pulse unclassified. You can only turn this on if you have CUI access. - **Connectors:** turn each connected app on or off for your Pulse. Click **Manage** to connect or manage your Dash Connectors. ![Pulse settings with Allow access to CUI, Connectors and Manage](https://cdn.us.document360.io/104c3542-bffe-46a6-901f-aa7a848851a4/Images/Documentation/dash-pulse-settings.png) --- ### FAQ #### When is my Pulse ready each day? Dash prepares your Pulse early each morning in your team's time zone, so it is waiting when you start your day. If you have not opened your Pulse in about five days, Dash pauses your daily Pulse until you come back. Just open **Pulse** and click **Prepare my Pulse**. #### Can I go back to the classic Dashboard? Yes! Click **Show Classic** in the top right of your Pulse. This only changes your own Home page, and Dash stops preparing your daily Pulse until you click **Show Pulse** again. #### Why doesn't my Pulse mention my email or Slack? Dash only reads apps you have connected and turned on in **Pulse settings**. Click **Manage** in **Pulse settings** to connect them, or check out our [Using Dash Connectors](/v1/docs/using-dash-connectors) article. #### Why can't I type in the box at the bottom of my Pulse? If your Pulse is marked at a higher classification than you can use in Dash chats, follow up questions are turned off for that Pulse to keep your data protected.