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๐Ÿ“Š Chapter 2 โ€” Dashboard

Your money, in one screen.

The dashboard is the heart of Shahi Expense. It shows your net balance, monthly trend, payment status and quick actions โ€” all updated live as you record entries.

Shahi Expense dashboard showing net balance, charts and category breakdown
The dashboard combines your live balance, monthly trend and category split.

Layout overview

The dashboard is split into four zones โ€” Balance summary, Trend chart, Quick actions and Alerts โ€” followed by the bottom navigation bar.

Net balance card

The top card shows your live financial picture:

  • Net balance โ€” total income minus total expense for the selected period
  • Cash in โ€” total income (green)
  • Cash out โ€” total expense (red)
  • Period filter โ€” Today, This Week, This Month, This Year, or custom range
Tip: Tap any of the three numbers to drill down โ€” opens the cashbook filtered to that period and category.

Trend chart

Below the balance card you'll see a daily / weekly / monthly bar chart of income vs. expense. Toggle the period at the top-right of the chart.

  • Tap any bar to view the entries for that day or month
  • Long-press to compare with the previous period

Quick actions

The four shortcut tiles let you skip into the most common flows:

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New Expense

Opens the expense entry sheet directly.

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New Income

Quickly log a salary, payment received or other income.

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New Invoice

Jump straight to the GST invoice creator.

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New Payment

Record a payment received or made โ€” link to invoices later.

Alerts & status panel

Just below the chart, you'll see live alerts:

  • Overdue invoices โ€” invoices past their due date
  • Low-stock items โ€” anything below your threshold
  • Budget warnings โ€” categories that are about to overshoot the monthly limit
Pay attention to red dots. They mean a deadline or limit is at risk โ€” tap to act.

The bottom bar gives you quick access to the five main areas:

  1. Home โ€” this dashboard
  2. Cashbook โ€” daily expense & income list
  3. Invoices โ€” all sell invoices and PDFs
  4. Stock โ€” items, ledger and low-stock alerts
  5. More โ€” Reports, Tools, Settings, Backup