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Producer Dashboard

How Notifications Appear

Producer Dashboard uses several visual channels to surface notifications. Instead of a single notification centre, alerts appear in context — right where the relevant information lives. This section explains each channel and what it looks like.

Dashboard highlights

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The dashboard is the primary home for notifications. Several dashboard widgets incorporate notification signals directly:

Upcoming Deadlines widget

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Tracks with approaching or overdue deadlines are highlighted with urgency colours:

  • Red for overdue or due today
  • Amber for due within 3 days
  • Green for deadlines further out

The widget itself shows a count of total items needing attention. If you have 3 overdue tracks, that number is visible before you even look at the list.

Abandoned Tracks widget

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Tracks that have not been updated in 30+ days appear here automatically. The widget shows a count of abandoned tracks so you can see at a glance whether there is anything to review.

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Activity badges on project cards show a count of recent changes. A high badge number means a lot has happened in that project recently. This is a softer notification — it is informational rather than urgent.

Warnings widget in the activity panel

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When you are on the tracks page and have a track selected, the activity panel can show a warnings widget. This widget displays track-specific notifications for the selected track:

  • Missing BPM or key data
  • No tags applied
  • No project assigned
  • Overdue deadline

The warnings widget only shows issues for the currently selected track. It is context-sensitive, which means it does not clutter the interface when you are working on a track that has no issues.

Badge counts on navigation

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The main navigation bar can show badge counts on the Dashboard tab. These badges indicate how many items need attention overall — a combination of overdue deadlines, abandoned tracks, and other notifications.

The badge is a small number next to the navigation item. For example, if you have 5 items needing attention, you will see a “5” badge on the Dashboard nav item even when you are on the tracks page. This gently pulls you back to the dashboard when there are things to address.

In-app toast notifications

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For real-time events, Producer Dashboard shows toast notifications — small pop-up messages that appear briefly at the bottom or top of the screen. Toasts are used for:

  • Confirmation of actions you just took (“Stage updated to Editing”)
  • Real-time collaborator activity (“Alex commented on ‘Midnight Drive’”)
  • Background process completion (“Audio analysis complete for 3 tracks”)

Toasts appear for a few seconds and then fade away automatically. They do not require interaction. If you miss one, the underlying change is still reflected in the activity feed and relevant widgets.

Toast types

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TypeAppearanceWhen it shows
SuccessGreen accentAction completed successfully
InfoBlue accentInformational update
WarningAmber accentSomething needs attention
ErrorRed accentSomething went wrong

Toasts are non-blocking. They never prevent you from continuing your work. They appear on top of whatever you are doing and disappear on their own.

Colour coding across the app

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PD uses a consistent colour language for notifications throughout the interface:

ColourMeaning
RedUrgent — overdue deadlines, errors
Amber / YellowWarning — approaching deadlines, caution
GreenSuccess — completed actions, healthy status
BlueInformational — general updates, neutral alerts

This colour coding applies everywhere: dashboard widgets, toast messages, badge counts, and inline warnings. Once you learn the colours, you can scan any screen and instantly identify what needs attention.

Inline indicators on the tracks grid

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The tracks grid itself can show notification-like indicators directly on track rows:

  • Overdue deadline — the due date cell turns red when a track is past its deadline.
  • Missing data — cells for BPM, key, or tags may show a subtle indicator when empty.
  • Stage colour — each workflow stage has its own colour, making it easy to spot patterns.

These are not traditional notifications, but they serve the same purpose: drawing your eye to things that might need action while you are browsing your library.

Notification stacking

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When multiple notifications are active at the same time, they are managed to avoid overwhelming you:

  • Dashboard widgets each handle their own notifications independently. Deadlines and abandoned tracks are separate widgets, so they do not compete for space.
  • Toast notifications queue up if multiple arrive at once. They show one at a time with a short delay between them.
  • Badge counts aggregate into a single number so you see one total count, not separate badges for each type.

The goal is to keep you informed without creating visual noise.

Tips

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  • Check dashboard badge counts when you arrive at the tracks page. If the number is high, consider switching to the dashboard first.
  • Red indicators always mean “do something now.” Amber means “pay attention soon.” Green means “all good.”
  • Toast notifications are ephemeral — if you need to act on the information, do it immediately or check the activity feed later.
  • The warnings widget in the activity panel is easy to overlook. Make a habit of checking it when you select a track.
  • If you find notifications distracting, you can configure which types you receive in Notification Settings.
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