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Reading your dashboard

A tour of every number, badge, and signal on the dashboard — and what to actually look at first thing in the morning, mid-day, and at week's end.

Read time 5 min
Difficulty Beginner
Updated May 13, 2026
You'll need Active account
THREE-MINUTE MORNING ROUTINE

Open the dashboard, glance at four things in this order: Calls Handled (did anything weird happen overnight?), Live Activity (any transfers I need to call back?), Booked Jobs (today's revenue), Quotas (am I running out of minutes?). If all four look normal, close the tab. That's the system.

01

The four KPIs at the top

A snapshot of how the agent is doing right now. Each tile compares today to a relevant baseline.

CALLS HANDLED · TODAY
47
+12 vs yesterday
BOOKED JOBS
14
$3,420 captured
AVG CALL TIME
2:38
−18s vs last week
CSAT
4.6/5
72 RELATIONSHIPS
A
Calls handled · today Total inbound calls Riley answered since midnight in your timezone. Voicemails, transfers, and hang-ups all count. Compared to a 14-day rolling baseline so a slow Sunday doesn't look alarming next to a busy Tuesday.
B
Booked jobs Calls that resulted in a real appointment on your calendar — either Calendly link tapped + confirmed, or written directly into Google Calendar. The dollar figure underneath is Riley's best estimate of revenue from quoted service codes; treat it as directional, not invoiced.
C
Avg call time Median call duration. Trending down is usually good — Riley is getting more efficient. A sudden spike often means callers are getting confused, which is worth investigating in the Calls tab.
D
CSAT Caller-sentiment score derived from transcript analysis (1–5 scale). The N RELATIONSHIPS caption is the number of unique callers contributing to the score this week.
What "good" looks like For a single-truck plumbing/HVAC: 15–40 calls/day, 30–50% book rate, CSAT above 4.2, avg call under 3:30. Outside those ranges? Open the Calls tab and listen to a few recordings.
02

Live Activity feed

The scrolling list of recent calls. Pulses cyan when a call is in progress — the row will update as Riley advances through the conversation.

Status badges, in plain English

In progressCall is happening right now. Caller name and outcome update live.
Booked <day> <time>Appointment landed on your calendar. Tap the row to see the transcript and recording.
VoicemailCaller left a message — Riley couldn't (or didn't try to) book. Worth a callback if it's a real lead.
TransferredRiley sent the call to you (or your forward number) because of a trigger word. Listen for "lawsuit", "emergency", or "owner".
Hang-upCaller hung up before Riley could help. Often spam, occasionally a frustrated customer — check duration.
Amber means look Transferred calls are the only ones that may need your action. Tap the row, read the summary, decide whether to call back. The badge stays amber until you mark it resolved.
03

Outcomes · This Week

A rolling 7-day summary card that tries to answer the question every owner asks: "Is this thing actually working?"

Captured revenueSum of all booked-job estimated values from the last 7 days. Excludes cancelled and no-show appointments.
Time savedTotal caller-talk time Riley handled. Multiplied by 1.4× to account for the wrap-up time you'd have spent after each call. If you'd normally pay an answering service, this is the equivalent.
Calls saved from missCalls that came in outside your operating hours, or while you were already on another call, that Riley still handled. The conservative estimate of calls you would have lost without the agent.
04

Quotas card

Your plan includes a monthly allowance of voice minutes and SMS. The two bars show how much you've used. Bars turn amber at 75% and red at 90%.

  • Voice minutes — every second Riley spends on a call. Voicemails count, hold time doesn't.
  • SMS — outbound texts from your AI number. Summaries, Calendly links, and review requests all draw from this bucket.
Running out? Hit 90% before the cycle resets? Visit Billing to upgrade or buy a one-time top-up. Riley keeps answering — overage is billed at $0.18/min and $0.04/SMS.
05

The "Agent active" indicator

Bottom-left of the sidebar. Pulsing green dot means Riley is online and answering. If you ever see this go amber or red, your phone line is in a degraded state — usually a forwarding issue at your carrier.

● AGENT ACTIVEEverything healthy. Calls forwarded, AI responding, summaries delivering.
● DEGRADEDRiley is answering, but at least one downstream service (summaries, calendar) is delayed.
● OFFLINEWe can't reach your number. Almost always a forwarding configuration issue — check your carrier.

When to dig deeper

  • Book rate < 25% for two days running → open Calls and listen to three random recordings. Usually a knowledge-base gap or unclear booking policy.
  • CSAT drops below 4.0 → check Insights › Sentiment Triggers for the phrases dragging the score down.
  • Same caller transfers twice → add their concern to the knowledge base so Riley can handle it next time.
  • Quota burn rate is high early in the month → you're either growing fast or getting more spam. Open Calls and filter to under 30s to spot junk.
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