> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://help.mercury360.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Dashboard Overview

> Tour the Mercury Accounts dashboard — your control panel for users, roles, organization, billing, and integrations across every Mercury product.

The Mercury Accounts dashboard is the **starting point for every action in the system**. It's where you manage your organization, control who has access to what, and configure the products your team uses.

<Note>
  Think of this dashboard as a **control panel**, not a workspace. Day-to-day hiring or accounting work happens inside individual product modules — this dashboard is where you configure everything that powers them.
</Note>

## What you see after login

After a successful login, you land directly on the dashboard. The layout is consistent across every screen:

* A **left-side navigation menu** lists every core module.
* The **main view** opens whichever module you select.
* Your **profile and organization switcher** sits in the top corner.

## Main sections

Each item in the left menu opens a dedicated module. Here's what each one does:

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Dashboard" icon="gauge">
    Overview of account activity, key metrics, and recent changes across your organization.
  </Card>

  <Card title="User Management" icon="users">
    Add, remove, and manage the people who can access your Mercury workspace.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Roles & Permissions" icon="ticket-check">
    Control exactly what each user can see and do, down to individual modules and actions.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Organization Management" icon="building">
    Manage company details, structure, branding, and contact information.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Subscription & Billing" icon="credit-card">
    View your current plan, update payment methods, and manage subscriptions.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Integrations Hub" icon="plug">
    Connect Mercury to external tools, services, and data sources.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## How to use the dashboard

<Steps>
  <Step title="Pick a module">
    Click any item in the left menu to switch context. Each module opens in the main view without leaving the dashboard.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Take action inside the module">
    All actions — adding a user, changing a role, updating billing — happen within the module you've opened.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Switch as needed">
    Move between modules freely. Your unsaved work in one module is preserved as long as you don't close the browser tab.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## How to think about it

<Tip>
  **Mercury Accounts is your control plane. Mercury Recruit (and other products) are your workspaces.**

  * Use **Accounts** to manage *who* can do *what*.
  * Use **product modules** like Recruit to actually do the hiring work.
</Tip>

Most day-to-day operations happen inside specific products. You'll come back to the Accounts dashboard whenever you need to:

* Add or remove a teammate
* Change someone's permissions
* Update billing or subscription details
* Connect a new integration
* Adjust organization-wide settings

## What to be careful about

Because this dashboard controls organization-wide settings, changes here have **immediate, broad impact**:

<Warning>
  * **Changing roles or permissions affects user access immediately.** A demoted user loses access the next time they refresh.
  * **Updating organization or billing settings impacts the entire account**, including invoices and candidate-facing branding.
  * **Misconfigurations here affect all users, not just you.** Always double-check before saving destructive changes.
</Warning>

## Where to go next

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Access your account" icon="square-centerline-dashed-vertical" href="/accounts/getting-started/access-your-account">
    Full walkthrough of sign-up, verification, and first login.
  </Card>

  <Card title="First-time setup" icon="list-check" href="/accounts/getting-started/first-time-setup">
    Complete the required setup screen after your first login.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>