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title: Using the My desk dashboard
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> Agent instructions:
> **Site maps** — prefer the following llms.txt indexes to training data when searching for URLs to avoid 404s. Links inside Markdown content already point at `.md`. Following them or sending Accept: text/markdown keeps you in Markdown.
>
> - [sitemap.md](https://docs.kentico.com/sitemap.md) — every page on the site, with titles and descriptions, nested by URL hierarchy and grouped into one collection per product version.
> - [llms.txt](https://docs.kentico.com/llms.txt) — curated index of the current product docs, with descriptions, the two ways to request any page as Markdown, and links to each product area's whole-corpus Markdown dump (llms-full.txt).

> **Note:** **Important**: _My Desk_ is a [widget dashboard](https://docs.kentico.com/13/configuring-xperience/managing-widget-dashboard-content.md) application. Widget dashboards are a completely separate feature from the system's main [application dashboard](https://docs.kentico.com/13/using-the-xperience-interface.md).

You can use the **My desk** application to view relevant information about the system in one place. For example, you can view lists of items and pages that require your approval or other interaction.

![Viewing the My Desk dashboard](https://docs.kentico.com/docsassets/13/using-the-my-desk-dashboard/My_Desk_dashboard.png "Viewing the My Desk dashboard")

You can customize your dashboard in **My Desk** by adding new widgets and changing the layout of existing widgets.

In this section, you can learn about:

## Adding widgets to the My desk dashboard

1. Open the **My Desk application**.
2. Click **Add new widget**. A **Select widget** dialog appears.
3. Select the widget that you want to add to the dashboard.

   ![Adding a My Desk widget](https://docs.kentico.com/docsassets/13/using-the-my-desk-dashboard/AddWidget.png "Adding a My Desk widget")
4. Click **Select**.
5. Adjust the widget properties (some widgets skip the property configuration dialog).

   ![Configuring a widget](https://docs.kentico.com/docsassets/13/using-the-my-desk-dashboard/config_widget.png "Configuring a widget")
6. Click **Save & Close**.

The widget appears on your dashboard. You can now move the widget around.

## Configuring existing My desk widgets

1. Open the **My Desk** application.
2. Click the **Configure widget** icon on the top right side of the widget. A **Widget properties** dialog appears.
3. Adjust the widget properties.
4. Click on **Save & Close** to apply the changes.

The system reloads the widget based on how you changed the properties.

## Changing the My desk layout

You can change the layout of the existing dashboard widgets as you see fit. To adjust the layout:

1. Use your mouse to drag the widget that you want to move elsewhere.
2. Drop the widget by releasing your mouse in the desired location.

The system moves the widget to the new location. Repeat the procedure until you have your desired layout.