Jul 14, 2025Enhanced Dashboard Navigation
Airship’s dashboard usability updates and new features help you move faster and operate more efficiently.
This release introduces a modern, intuitive layout, streamlined sidebar navigation, reorganized settings, smart shortcuts, quick-access tools, and a redesigned Create experience. These updates are for all Airship messaging projects.
Navigation changes
We retired the navigation header, relocated its menus, and added search capability.
Key updates:
Collapsible sidebar – This is where we moved the Messages, Content, Audiences, Experiments, and Reports menus, plus the Journey map. Expand or collapse the sidebar as needed for more screen space.
Settings in the project menu – This is where we moved Settings and project details. We also moved Brand Guidelines from your project settings to this menu. To access these options, select the dropdown menu () next to your project name.
After selecting Settings from the project menu, you’ll find new section groupings: Channels, App settings, and Project settings. We also rebuilt several Settings pages for consistency and clarity.
Search bar – Quickly find composers, settings, and other individual dashboard pages by name.
A redesigned message creation experience
Launching messages and campaigns is faster than ever with the new creation flow:
Quick create — Select the Create dropdown menu () to choose Message, Journey, Apple News, Scene, or A/B Test.
Global create — Select Create to access all message creation options:
- Recommended and the most commonly used composers are listed first. Under Build from scratch, select View all for more.
- AI-generated JourneysA continuous user experience of connected Sequences, Scenes, and/or In-App Automations. for various messaging scenarios
- Composer FavoritesReusable messages with preset settings and content. You can use Composer Favorites instead of recreating commonly used messages..
When the sidebar is collapsed, select the compose icon () in the header to access the Create dropdown menu options.
Usability enhancements
We’ve added thoughtful touches to help you get where you need to go:
Messages Overview shortcut — Select Home in the sidebar to go directly to Messages OverviewA view of all your project’s messages, with options for editing their settings, content, status, and more..
Favorites — You can bookmark dashboard pages for quick access. On a page you want to bookmark, select the star icon () in the header, enter a page name, and then select Save. Your saved pages are available in the Favorites sidebar menu. To change a page name or remove it from Favorites, select the star icon () again.
Early access to future enhancements
The features and updates in this release came from our new Airship Pilot program. Thank you to everyone who participated and provided feedback!
This first set of improvements now generally available were developed while the program was restricted to a limited user group. However, all Airship users can now get early access access to enhancements and help shape the product direction. See Early access to product enhancements in The Airship Dashboard.
Finding moved features
Use this table to find the new locations for various features:
| Feature | Previous location | How to find it now |
|---|---|---|
| Project Details | Settings sidebar | Select the dropdown menu () next to your project name, then select Project Details. |
| Brand Guidelines | Settings | Select the dropdown menu () next to your project name, then select Brand Guidelines. |
| Automation and In-App AutomationMessages cached on users’ devices and displayed when users meet certain conditions within your app, such as viewing a particular screen or opening the app a certain number of times. composers | The global create menu | First, select Create. Then, under Build from scratch, select View all, and then select Automation or In-App Automation. |
| TemplatesReusable message content. Templates support personalization using merge fields and other logic. | The global create menu and the Audience menu | Templates are now only available from the Content menu: Select Content, then Templates. |
| SequenceA series of messages that is initiated by a trigger. Airship sends messages in the series based on your timing settings, and you can also set conditions that determine its audience and continuation. Sequences can be connected to each other and to other messaging components to create continuous user experiences in a Journey. composer and templates | The global create menu and the Journey MapA visualization of messaging components that can be connected to create a continuous user experience. You can also create and edit from the map. | In the sidebar, select the Create dropdown menu (), then select Journey. In the modal window, select Sequence, then select Start from scratch or a template. You can access the same menu by selecting the add icon () in the Journey map, or by selecting Create, then Journey. |
| Composer FavoritesReusable messages with preset settings and content. You can use Composer Favorites instead of recreating commonly used messages. for creating new messages | The global create menu and your list of all Composer Favorites | Select Create see the list under Composer Favorites or select View all for the full list. You can also still create messages from your list of all Composer Favorites. See next row. |
| Composer FavoritesReusable messages with preset settings and content. You can use Composer Favorites instead of recreating commonly used messages. for editing | A link in Messages OverviewA view of all your project’s messages, with options for editing their settings, content, status, and more. | Select the dropdown menu () next to your project name, then select Settings, then Project settings, then Composer Favorites. |
| Tag Groups | Settings and the Audience menu | Tag Groups are now only available from the Audience menu: Select Audience, then Tags. |
| Error console | Bottom of dashboard pages | Select the dropdown menu () next to your project name, then select Settings, then Project settings, then Error Console. |
Documentation
We updated our documentation for the new navigation steps. For general orientation information, see The Airship dashboard. The Wallet dashboard remains unchanged.
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