# View a CDE dashboard sample

This section highlights popular CDE capabilities by walking through the sample CDE dashboard called **Sales Breakdown (CTools Dashboard)**, located in the **Getting Started** pane.

1. Log on to the Pentaho User Console.
   1. Launch a Web browser and enter the URL of the Pentaho Server.

      The page loads an introductory screen with a **Login** section.
   2. Enter your user name and password and click **Login**.

      ![Pentaho User Console Login](https://2636742124-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FWqPfT8L6hOx1irjNJoua%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-d36ad7045c31a6f0854f76cf8e973eb1599ac788%2FPUC_Login_Hitachi.png?alt=media)

      You are now logged into the User Console and ready to start creating and running reports and dashboards.
2. From the Home page, in the **Getting Started** widget, click the **Samples** tab.
3. From the list on the right, click to select **Sales Breakdown (CTools Dashboard)**.

   ![CTools dashboard](https://2636742124-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FWqPfT8L6hOx1irjNJoua%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-f9ff191de5ad4f06b3907d182b2effd8919c10ca%2FFig5-selectingCToolsDashboardSample.png?alt=media)
4. Click **Explore** in the **Samples** tab.

   A new window opens showing the Sales Breakdown (CTools Dashboard) sample dashboard.

   ![CTools dashboard sales breakdown example](https://2636742124-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FWqPfT8L6hOx1irjNJoua%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-36b78369690479ed99c56ee288beb1bc52a4a4d5%2FexploreSamples.png?alt=media)

You can view how the dashboard displays in Pentaho for users.