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    Dashboard overview

    Configure your institution, manage environments, and monitor integration health

    Your institution profile

    After signup, you'll land on the Overview page. Before you can start using Core Exchange, complete your profile by providing basic information about your institution. This includes:

    • Verifying your email address
    • Basic information about your institution
    • Business information about your company
    • Technical contact information

    For a full list of required information, see Implementation checklist.

    Dashboard profile completion screen showing required information steps
    Complete your profile to get started

    Institutions

    The Institutions section enables you to configure Plaid's access to your API and establish your institution's brand in Plaid Link. Configuration differs based on your integration model. For details on single institution vs platform models, see the onboarding guide.

    OAuth and API configuration

    Configure your OAuth endpoints, client credentials, and API base URL for each environment.

    Institution OAuth and API configuration screen showing environment profiles
    Your institution's OAuth and API configuration

    Brand editor

    Configure your logo, institution name, and institution URL. Your logo file must be a 96x96 or 152x152 circular PNG and under 2MB.

    Brand Editor showing fields for logo, institution name, and URL
    Configure your institution's brand information

    Platform institutions view

    Platform accounts manage multiple institutions from a single dashboard. Each institution entry represents a distinct configuration.

    Platform view showing a list of managed institutions
    Platform institutions view

    After launch

    Once your integration is live, the Dashboard also provides real-time integration health metrics, detailed error logs, and an Issue Center for monitoring and resolving issues. See Dashboard monitoring for details.