> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://help.seoutils.app/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://help.seoutils.app/guide/dashboard.md).

# Dashboard

The Dashboard is the first screen you see when you open SEO Utils. It answers four questions at a glance: which version you're running, how much API credit you have left, whether your local database needs maintenance, and whether any of your paid DataForSEO tasks need attention.

<figure><img src="/files/Ca6l9vNTapHi42NhIKMa" alt="The SEO Utils Dashboard"><figcaption><p>The Dashboard, with the DataForSEO Needs Attention card showing 66 tasks to review</p></figcaption></figure>

The **Onboarding** button in the top-right corner reopens the setup walkthrough at any time, which is useful when you're connecting a new service.

## Version

Shows the version you're running and its release date.

Click **What's new** to read what changed in this version without leaving the app.

## DataForSEO Balance

Your remaining credit on your own DataForSEO account. This card appears once you've connected your DataForSEO credentials.

**Top Up Balance** opens your DataForSEO account page in your browser so you can add credit.

{% hint style="warning" %}
Reports stop when your balance runs out. If you schedule daily rank tracking, check this card regularly — an empty balance means tasks are never created, and a missed day cannot be recovered later.
{% endhint %}

## Renting API Balance

Your remaining credit if you use a [rented API key](/guide/rent-dataforseo-api-key.md) instead of your own DataForSEO account. **Top Up Balance** opens the purchase page.

{% content-ref url="/pages/gwYT1OgDY4moZ5jr2WTJ" %}
[Rent DataForSEO API Key](/guide/rent-dataforseo-api-key.md)
{% endcontent-ref %}

## Database Fragmentation

As you add and delete data over months of reports, your local database accumulates unused space. This card shows how much.

| Badge      | What it means                                                                                   |
| ---------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Normal** | Under 20% — nothing to do.                                                                      |
| **High**   | Over 20% — a **Maintain** button appears so you can compact the database and reclaim the space. |

Compacting is optional housekeeping. A fragmented database makes reports slower but doesn't put your data at risk.

## DataForSEO Needs Attention

This card appears **only when something needs looking at**. A Dashboard without it means your paid tasks are healthy.

It shows two badges when they apply:

* **N tasks** — tasks that failed, were rejected, or have not moved for more than 15 minutes
* **N collectors offline** — background workers that have stopped checking DataForSEO for results

Click the card to open the DataForSEO Task Monitor, where you can see collector health and which tasks are recovering on their own.

{% content-ref url="/pages/o4Z0dWCJONqiSdJfaDrV" %}
[DataForSEO Task Monitor](/guide/dataforseo-task-monitor.md)
{% endcontent-ref %}

{% hint style="danger" %}
**Don't re-run a report to force a slow task.** You pay for the same keywords twice, and the original task is usually still recoverable. Open the Task Monitor first — if the task appears under **Automatic recovery**, the app still has its DataForSEO task ID and is still collecting the result you already paid for.
{% endhint %}

## Disk Full alert

If your disk runs out of space, a **Disk Full** alert appears above the cards and task collection pauses until you free some up.

Nothing is lost while collection is paused. Your results stay at DataForSEO and are collected once there is room to save them safely.

<details>

<summary>Repair actions removed from earlier versions</summary>

Older versions showed Organic SERP and Google Maps queue cards on the Dashboard, along with manual repair actions under **Settings → Services**:

* **Free Organic SERP Tasks**
* **Free Stuck GMB Rank Trackers**
* **Delete DataForSEO Post Tasks**

All of these have been removed. Stuck queues now clear on their own through automatic recovery, and the DataForSEO Task Monitor shows you whether that is happening.

The last action was also unsafe: deleting a task record threw away the DataForSEO task ID and the downloaded result file, which are exactly what the app needs to recover a paid result. Deleting the record never cancelled anything at DataForSEO — it only destroyed your own copy of how to collect it.

If you're following older instructions that mention any of these actions, use the Task Monitor instead.

</details>