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Onboarding guides cover the five core user flows: getting started, connecting store accounts, setting up price alerts, reading the dashboard, and comparing stores. FAQ addresses common questions about how CartSnitch works, data privacy, supported stores, and troubleshooting. All guides include screenshot placeholders for integration once staging is available (blocked on CAR-60). Ref: CAR-114 Co-Authored-By: Paperclip <noreply@paperclip.ing>
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title: "Reading Your Dashboard"
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status: draft
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version: 1.0
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last_updated: 2026-03-20
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description: "Guide to understanding your CartSnitch dashboard — purchases, price trends, and alerts at a glance."
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# Reading Your Dashboard
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Your dashboard is your home base. It gives you a quick read on what's happening with your grocery spending without digging through menus.
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## What You'll See
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### Triggered Alerts Banner
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If any of your price alerts have fired, a green banner appears at the top of the dashboard. It tells you how many alerts triggered and links directly to the Alerts page. This is your "time to buy" signal.
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### Price Trend Sparklines
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Small charts that show recent price movement for key items. These aren't detailed analyses — they're quick visual checks. Is the line going up or down? That's what they're for.
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Each sparkline shows:
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- **The product name** (e.g., "Large Eggs — Meijer")
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- **The current price**
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- **A trend line** over recent data points
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`[SCREENSHOT PLACEHOLDER: Dashboard sparkline cards showing egg and milk price trends with current prices]`
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### Recent Purchases
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The last three shopping trips from your connected stores. Each card shows:
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- **Store name and icon**
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- **Date** of the purchase
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- **Total spent**
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- **Number of items**
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Tap any purchase to see the full receipt breakdown with individual item prices.
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### Quick Actions
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Links to the features you'll use most:
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- **Products** — search and browse tracked products
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- **Alerts** — manage your price watches
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- **Coupons** — see available deals from your stores
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## When You First Sign Up
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The dashboard starts empty. That's normal — it fills in as soon as you connect a store account. Within minutes of connecting, you'll see your purchase history and price data start flowing in.
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If you've connected a store but the dashboard is still empty after 15 minutes, try pulling down to refresh, or check **Settings > Connect a Store** to verify the connection status.
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## Dashboard vs. Other Pages
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The dashboard is the summary. For deep dives:
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- **Purchases** gives you your full purchase history with search and filters
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- **Products** lets you explore individual product prices and history
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- **Alerts** shows all your price watches in detail
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- **Coupons** lists available deals from your connected stores
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Think of the dashboard as the headlines. The other pages are the full articles.
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