--- title: "Discover Watchlist" slug: "discover-watchlist" tags: ["Bookmarks", "Bookmark", "Fit Assessment", "Tasks", "Search Profile", "Search Profiles", "Discover", "Watchlists", "Watchlist", "Opportunities", "Dash", "Pipeline"] updated: 2026-11-05T15:23:55Z published: 2026-11-05T15:23:55Z canonical: "support.govdash.com/discover-watchlist" --- > ## 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. # Discover Watchlist ## Overview The **Watchlist** is a shared list where your team saves opportunities from Discover, reviews them together, and decides which ones to pursue. Items can come from **Public**, **Private**, or **Forecast** results, and can be added by you, a teammate, or Dash. If you can’t add, reject, or remove Watchlist items, or can’t run Dash, ask your GovDash administrator to check your Discover permissions. ![Watchlist tab at the top of Discover, with the pin button next to the Watchlist and Search tabs](https://cdn.us.document360.io/104c3542-bffe-46a6-901f-aa7a848851a4/Images/Documentation/f07_watchlist_tab_v3.png) --- ## Adding a notice to the Watchlist 1. Select **Search** at the top of Discover, then select **Public**, **Private**, or **Forecast**. 2. Find the opportunity you want to save. 3. Select the bookmark button labeled **Add to watchlist** on the opportunity. 4. GovDash confirms with **Added to watchlist**, and the bookmark fills in so you can see at a glance which opportunities are already saved. The opportunity now appears on the **Watchlist** tab for your whole team. To take it back off, select the filled bookmark (labeled **Remove from watchlist**). You can also use **Remove from watchlist** on the **Watchlist** tab. ![Bookmark button on an opportunity card showing the Add to watchlist tooltip](https://cdn.us.document360.io/104c3542-bffe-46a6-901f-aa7a848851a4/Images/Setting/f08_bookmark.png) When an opportunity is added, Dash starts a fit assessment for it. The item shows **Assessing…** until the assessment is ready. --- ## Watchlist additions from Dash Dash can also add opportunities to the Watchlist for you. When Dash is turned on for a search profile, it runs that profile on a schedule or when you start it, reviews the results, and adds the opportunities that fit. Depending on the profile’s settings, Dash can also search **Forecasts** and **Private portals**. To set up Dash on a profile, see [Create and Manage Search Profiles](/v1/docs/create-and-manage-saved-searches). Items Dash adds show an **Added by Dash** tag. If your Watchlist is empty, select **Let Dash find opportunities** to create a search profile for Dash to run. ![Watchlist item with the Added by Dash, fit assessment, and source tags next to the title](https://cdn.us.document360.io/104c3542-bffe-46a6-901f-aa7a848851a4/Images/Setting/f_row_tags_v2.png) --- ## Managing Dash runs When at least one search profile has Dash active (scheduled, or run in the last 30 days), the top right of the **Watchlist** tab shows **Dash runs** and **Manage profiles**. Select **Dash runs** to see each active profile with its latest run status: **Dash is running...**, **Last run** with how long ago it ran, or **Dash hasn’t run yet**. Each profile has these controls: - **Start now:** Runs Dash on that profile right away. - **View runs:** Shows the profile’s run history. - **Edit:** Opens the profile’s Dash settings on the **Manage profiles** page. ![Dash runs menu showing a profile with Start now, View runs, and Edit](https://cdn.us.document360.io/104c3542-bffe-46a6-901f-aa7a848851a4/Images/Setting/f_dash_menu_v2.png) Select **Manage profiles** to create or edit search profiles and turn Dash on or off. Above the list, a summary shows how many profiles Dash runs, when Dash last ran, and how many items it **added this week**. Select **Show Dash’s picks** to filter the Watchlist to items Dash added. ![Dash summary above the Watchlist with Show Dash’s picks](https://cdn.us.document360.io/104c3542-bffe-46a6-901f-aa7a848851a4/Images/Setting/f_dash_summary.png) If you can view Discover but can’t edit it, you see a **Dash runs** button that opens your search profiles instead of the run controls. If no profiles have Dash active, only **Manage profiles** appears. --- ## Reviewing the Watchlist 1. Select the **Watchlist** tab at the top of Discover. 2. Use the **Added by** and **Status** filters to narrow the list. 3. Select an item to open its details in the side panel. - **Added by:** Show items added by **Me**, **Dash**, Dash for a specific search profile, or a teammate. - **Status:** Show **Watching**, **Promoted**, or **Rejected** items. The list shows **Watching** items by default. ![Added by and Status filters on the Watchlist](https://cdn.us.document360.io/104c3542-bffe-46a6-901f-aa7a848851a4/Images/Setting/f09_wl_filters.png) Each item can show: - **Source:** A tag such as **SAM.gov** that shows where the opportunity came from. - **Added by Dash:** Appears when Dash added the item from a search profile. - **Fit assessment:** Dash’s read on how well the opportunity fits your company: **Strong fit**, **Possible fit**, **Poor fit**, or **Not enough evidence**. **Assessing…** means Dash is still working, and **Assessment unavailable** means Dash couldn’t complete one. - Key details such as posted and due dates, agency, location, solicitation number, notice type, and set aside. --- ## Viewing Watchlist item details Select an item to open the side panel. It has these tabs: - **Overview:** Who added the item and when (and from which profile, if Dash added it), key details, and the description. - **Fit:** Dash’s fit assessment, including fit checks, scope, hard requirements, and past performance references. This tab appears when Dash has an assessment for the item. Select a source to open the attachment at the exact page it came from. - **Comments:** Discuss the opportunity with your team. Type **@** to mention a teammate. - **Tasks:** Create and track tasks for the opportunity. To add the same tasks to every new Watchlist item automatically, set up a default task template in **Settings** > **Tasks**. ![Watchlist side panel with the Overview, Fit, Comments, and Tasks tabs and View Full Details](https://cdn.us.document360.io/104c3542-bffe-46a6-901f-aa7a848851a4/Images/Setting/f_side_panel.png) ![Fit tab showing Dash’s fit assessment](https://cdn.us.document360.io/104c3542-bffe-46a6-901f-aa7a848851a4/Images/Setting/f_fit_tab.png) Select **View Full Details** to open the full opportunity page. Watchlist items can link to public, private, or forecast records, and the full page opens in the matching area of Discover. The full page also has the **Comments** and **Tasks** tabs, plus the **Fit** tab when Dash has an assessment, so your team’s notes stay with the opportunity. Private items only appear for users who can view private opportunities. To learn more about opportunity pages, see [Discover Opportunity Records](/v1/docs/discover-opportunity-records). --- ## Adding a Watchlist item to your Pipeline Select **Add to Pipeline** on an item, choose the classification level in **Set Classification**, then select **Add to Pipeline** to create an opportunity in your Pipeline. To link it to an opportunity that’s already in your Pipeline, select the arrow next to **Add to Pipeline** and choose **Attach to opportunity**. Either way, the item’s status changes to **Promoted** and the button changes to **View in Pipeline**. ![Set Classification dialog with the Copy fit assessment and comments to the opportunity checkbox checked](https://cdn.us.document360.io/104c3542-bffe-46a6-901f-aa7a848851a4/Images/Setting/cus1063_set_classification.png) Both dialogs include **Copy fit assessment and comments to the opportunity**, which is checked by default. Leave it checked to have Dash post the item’s fit assessment and your team’s Watchlist comments and replies to the opportunity’s **Notes**, so everything your team learned while reviewing it comes along into capture. Teammates mentioned in those comments aren’t notified again. The checkbox only appears the first time an item is added to your Pipeline. To find the copied notes, open the opportunity and select **Activity** in the left menu. [Learn more about Notes](/v1/docs/activity-tasks-and-notes). ![Reject and Add to Pipeline buttons on a Watchlist item](https://cdn.us.document360.io/104c3542-bffe-46a6-901f-aa7a848851a4/Images/Setting/f10_reject_pipeline_v2.png) --- ## Rejecting or removing a notice Reject an item when your team decides not to pursue it: 1. On a **Watching** item, select **Reject**. 2. In **Reject this notice**, select one or more reasons, add a comment, or both. You need at least one reason or a comment. 3. Select **Reject**. Reasons include **Wrong scope of work**, **Wrong agency**, **Set-aside mismatch**, **Incumbent is locked in**, **Not enough time to respond**, **Already tracking this**, and **Other**. Rejecting is final. The item moves to **Rejected**, and GovDash records a team dislike so Discover shows fewer notices like it. Dash also uses your team’s recent rejections to decide which opportunities to add in future runs. ![Reject this notice dialog with rejection reasons and a comment box](https://cdn.us.document360.io/104c3542-bffe-46a6-901f-aa7a848851a4/Images/Setting/f11_reject_dialog_v2.png) To take an item off the list without recording feedback, remove it instead: 1. On a **Watching** item, select the arrow next to **Add to Pipeline**. 2. Select **Remove from watchlist**. 3. Select **Remove** to confirm. ![Arrow menu next to Add to Pipeline with Remove from watchlist](https://cdn.us.document360.io/104c3542-bffe-46a6-901f-aa7a848851a4/Images/Documentation/f_row_menu_v3.png) Removing deletes the item from the Watchlist. You can only remove items that are still **Watching**. Promoted and rejected items stay on the list as a record, and you can find them with the **Status** filter. --- ## Watchlist statuses - **Watching:** The starting status for every item, whether you, a teammate, or Dash added it. The Watchlist shows these by default. - **Promoted:** The item was added to or attached to a Pipeline opportunity. - **Rejected:** Your team rejected the item with a reason or comment. This can’t be undone. Removed items are deleted, so they no longer appear under any status. --- ## Watchlist bookmarks compared with Likes and Dislikes - **Watchlist bookmark:** Saves the opportunity to your team’s shared Watchlist, where you can track its status, comment, add tasks, see Dash’s fit assessment, and move it to your Pipeline. - **Like or Dislike:** Tells Discover what you want to see more or less of. Liked opportunities go to **Likes**, and disliked opportunities are hidden from results and go to **Dislikes**. Liking or disliking doesn’t add anything to the Watchlist. Rejecting a Watchlist item also records a dislike for your team, but it keeps the item on the Watchlist as Rejected.