{"id":21422,"date":"2026-08-20T12:59:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T07:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/helpcenter.nexterp.in\/helpcenter\/?p=21422"},"modified":"2026-08-20T13:12:57","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T07:42:57","slug":"how-to-view-chat-usage-in-the-communication-dashboard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helpcenter.nexterp.in\/helpcenter\/how-to-view-chat-usage-in-the-communication-dashboard\/","title":{"rendered":"How to view Chat usage in the Communication Dashboard?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"20\" height=\"14\" src=\"https:\/\/helpcenter.nexterp.in\/helpcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/image4-4.png\" alt=\"\">\u00a0> Collaboration > Communication > Communication Dashboard > Chat Tab<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Chat tab shows how Chat is being used across your institution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Open the <strong>Communication Dashboard<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click the <strong>Chat<\/strong> tab.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pick a period from the <strong>Range<\/strong> dropdown at the top right.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Use <strong>Refresh<\/strong> to reload the data, or <strong>Chat page<\/strong> to go to Chat itself.<br>[Screenshot: Communication Dashboard \u2014 Chat tab]<br><strong>What each card shows<\/strong><br><strong>Chat Growth<\/strong> \u2014 the total number of chats created over time, split into one-to-one chats, groups, and Smart Groups. The figure on the right is the total created, with the number added during the selected period.<br><strong>Active Chats<\/strong> \u2014 chats that had activity during the period, by the same three types, with a comparison against the previous period.<br><strong>Chat Types<\/strong> \u2014 a breakdown of all chats into one-to-one chats, Smart Groups, and groups, each with a count and how many were active in the period.<br><strong>1-1 Chats by Type<\/strong> \u2014 one-to-one chats split into Staff \u2192 Staff and Staff \u2192 Parent.<br><strong>Smart Groups by Type<\/strong> \u2014 auto-generated groups split by rule, such as Class Teacher \u2192 Parent and Subject Teacher \u2192 Parent, each with a count and how many were active.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/helpcenter.nexterp.in\/helpcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/chat-dashboard.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"904\" src=\"https:\/\/helpcenter.nexterp.in\/helpcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/chat-dashboard.png?wsr\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21423\" style=\"width:766px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helpcenter.nexterp.in\/helpcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/chat-dashboard.png 1920w, https:\/\/helpcenter.nexterp.in\/helpcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/chat-dashboard-300x141.png 300w, https:\/\/helpcenter.nexterp.in\/helpcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/chat-dashboard-768x362.png 768w, https:\/\/helpcenter.nexterp.in\/helpcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/chat-dashboard-1536x723.png 1536w, https:\/\/helpcenter.nexterp.in\/helpcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/chat-dashboard-1200x565.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0> Collaboration > Communication > Communication Dashboard > Chat Tab The Chat tab shows how Chat is being used across your institution. Use Refresh to reload the data, or Chat page to go to Chat itself.[Screenshot: Communication Dashboard \u2014 Chat tab]What each card showsChat Growth \u2014 the total number of chats created over time, split &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/helpcenter.nexterp.in\/helpcenter\/how-to-view-chat-usage-in-the-communication-dashboard\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;How to view Chat usage in the Communication Dashboard?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[699],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-21422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-communication-dashboard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/helpcenter.nexterp.in\/helpcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/helpcenter.nexterp.in\/helpcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/helpcenter.nexterp.in\/helpcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helpcenter.nexterp.in\/helpcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helpcenter.nexterp.in\/helpcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21422"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/helpcenter.nexterp.in\/helpcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21422\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21429,"href":"https:\/\/helpcenter.nexterp.in\/helpcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21422\/revisions\/21429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/helpcenter.nexterp.in\/helpcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helpcenter.nexterp.in\/helpcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helpcenter.nexterp.in\/helpcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21422"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helpcenter.nexterp.in\/helpcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=21422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}