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# Manage incomplete progress notes

## Overview

The **Incomplete progress notes** panel on your Dashboard helps you stay on top of any client notes that have **not** been finalized. It shows all draft progress notes that were started but not yet completed, ensuring no documentation is missed.

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**Only progress notes saved as Draft appear here.** 

If a note has not been started for an appointment, it will not show in this list.
{% endhint %}

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## How it works

* Notes remain in this list until they are finalized.
* Once a note is finalized, it automatically disappears from the incomplete progress note list.
* Each entry shows the **client name**, **progress** **note template name**, **status (Draft)**, **author**, and **last updated date**.

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## Completing a progress note

1. Go to your Dashboard.
2. Under **Incomplete progress notes**, click any Draft note you authored.&#x20;

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3. The note opens in the **Progress notes editor**.
4. Review, complete, and Finalize the note.

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Once finalized, it will be removed from your **Incomplete progress notes** panel.&#x20;

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