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title: "Dashboard and months ahead"
description: "See what this month needs, what is paid and what is still to pay, and move through past and coming months."
canonical_url: "https://getfiga.com/help/dashboard/"
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# Dashboard and months ahead

See what this month needs, what is paid and what is still to pay, and move through past and coming months.

The Dashboard answers three questions for the month you are looking at: how much it needs, how much is already paid, and what is due next. Your recurring bills are already in the coming months, so you can look ahead the same way.

## Move between months

Use **Previous month** and **Next month** to move, and **This month** to come back. Past months show what you recorded; coming months show what is planned from your schedules.

## What each card shows

The top of the Dashboard for one month.

-   **Total expenses**: everything the month needs, compared with the previous month.
-   **Payment progress**: how much is paid and how much is still unpaid.
-   **Recurring expenses**: what your recurring bills cost per month.
-   **To pay**: bills that are overdue or due in the next 7 days. **View unpaid** opens the full list.
-   **Monthly overview**: a chart of past months and planned ones, split into paid, unpaid and overdue, with the average. Select a month to open it.
-   **Expense flow**: how the month's money flows from categories to recipients.
-   **Top categories**: the categories with the largest share of the month.

## Planned amounts

Coming months include estimates for [variable bills](https://getfiga.com/help/bill-forecasts). They change when you enter the real amount, so a month far ahead is a plan, not a promise. For a deeper look at any period, use [Insights](https://getfiga.com/help/insights).