Filtering your dashboard

Narrow your dashboard down to the sites you care about right now.

Overview

The filter bar at the top of your dashboard shows only the sites that need attention, only the ones that are Down, or only the sites in a particular group. Every pill carries a live count of the sites it matches.

Filtering is available on every plan.

Health filters

The first set of pills filters your sites by health:

Pill	What it shows
All	Every site on your team
Healthy	Sites where every check is green
Needs attention	Sites with a problem or a warning
Down	Sites that are currently offline
Paused	Sites whose checks are switched off

The active filter is highlighted. Selecting a pill updates the list below to show only the matching sites.

"Needs attention" is a roll-up

"Needs attention" covers more than one check. A site counts when any of these is true:

• it's Down
• its certificate has expired or is invalid
• its certificate or domain expires within 30 days
• it has an open incident of any kind
• it has been responding slowly for over an hour

DNS counts through an open DNS incident. A site with a valid certificate and a healthy response, but a domain that's expiring soon, still counts as needing attention.

The count next to the Needs attention pill matches the issues count shown in your dashboard summary.

"Down" is the urgent subset

Down is the most urgent part of "Needs attention": sites that are offline right now. A Down site counts towards both. The Down pill shows those sites on their own, leaving out softer warnings like an upcoming SSL expiry.

The Paused pill only appears when you need it

The Paused pill only shows up when you have one or more paused sites. A paused site isn't being checked, so it's neither Healthy nor Needs attention and isn't counted in either. See Pausing a site for how pausing works.

Group filters

If you've organised your sites into groups, each group appears as its own pill in the same bar, after the health filters. Each group pill shows how many sites are in that group, and selecting it shows only that group's sites. That's handy for checking on one client or one project at a time.

For everything groups can do, see Organising with groups.

Creating a group from the filter bar

If you're an owner or admin, the filter bar also includes a New group button. Click it to create an empty group straight away, then add sites to it afterwards.

Members can see and use the group filters, but only owners and admins can create groups. (This is the same site-management permission that governs adding, editing, and removing sites.)

Frequently asked questions

Do I need a particular plan to filter my dashboard?

No. Filtering by health or by group is available on every plan.

What does the "Needs attention" filter actually include?

It counts sites that are Down, sites with an expired or invalid certificate, sites with a certificate or domain expiring within 30 days, sites with any open incident, and sites that have been responding slowly for over an hour. Paused sites aren't counted.

What's the difference between the Down and Needs attention pills?

Down is the most urgent part of Needs attention: sites that are offline right now. A Down site counts towards both, and the Down pill shows those sites on their own.

Can members create groups from the filter bar?

No. Members can see and use the group filters, but only owners and admins can create groups using the New group button. This is the same site-management permission that governs adding, editing, and removing sites.

Related

• Organising with groups for grouping sites by client, project, or environment
• Pausing a site for switching a site's checks off
• Your dashboard for the rest of the dashboard layout
• How incidents work for what counts as a problem behind "Needs attention" and "Down"