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title: "[Platform Discovery] - About Platform Discovery"
description: About Platform Discovery
url: https://www.contentstack.com/docs/administration/about-platform-discovery
product: Contentstack
doc_type: administration-guide
audience:
  - developers
  - administrators
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last_updated: 2026-05-15
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# [Platform Discovery] - About Platform Discovery

This page explains what Platform Discovery is in Contentstack, what information the dashboard provides, and how to access and interpret feature status indicators. It is intended for administrators and teams evaluating feature adoption across a Contentstack organization, and should be used when assessing current usage, identifying adoption gaps, or planning platform expansion.

## About Platform Discovery

Platform Discovery is a centralized dashboard that helps you explore and evaluate the capabilities available across your Contentstack organization.

It serves as a unified adoption dashboard that visualizes your Contentstack footprint, helping teams understand feature adoption, uncover unused capabilities, and align platform functionality with business goals.

Platform Discovery acts as a command center for maximizing platform value and **return on investment** (**ROI**).

The dashboard provides visibility into:

- Features currently being used across your organization.
- Features enabled but not actively used.
- Features that require a plan upgrade.
- Business impact areas supported by each capability.

Platform Discovery helps teams identify opportunities to improve operational efficiency, accelerate delivery timelines, and maximize platform adoption.

Platform Discovery helps organizations:

- Maximize ROI by identifying underused capabilities.
- Reduce **total cost of ownership** (**TCO**) by consolidating tooling.
- Improve feature awareness across technical and business teams.
- Connect platform capabilities directly to business outcomes.
- Create a clearer roadmap for platform expansion and digital maturity.

## Access Platform Discovery

To access Platform Discovery:

- Open “App Switcher” in the top navigation bar.
- Select **Platform Discovery**.

The Platform Discovery dashboard appears.

## Understand the Dashboard

The dashboard displays feature cards representing available Contentstack capabilities.

Each card includes:

- Feature name
- Current usage status (Active, No Recent Activity, or Requires Plan Upgrade)
- Short feature description
- Impact area alignment
- Additional learning resources
- Feature-specific activity definitions

You can use the dashboard to quickly understand which capabilities are actively contributing to your organization’s workflows and which features may require additional adoption.

## Feature Status Overview

Each feature card displays one of the following statuses:

- Active: Indicates recent qualifying usage or configuration activity.
- No Recent Activity: Indicates the feature is enabled but has not shown recent activity.
- Requires Plan Upgrade: Indicates the feature is unavailable in the current subscription plan.

These visual indicators help teams quickly identify realized value, adoption opportunities, and expansion opportunities.

| Status | Description |
|---|---|
| Active | The feature has recent usage or active configuration detected in your organization. |
| No Recent Activity | The feature is enabled but has not shown qualifying activity recently. |
| Requires Plan Upgrade | The feature is not available in your current plan. |

**Additional Resource**: Refer to the [Feature Activity Definitions](/docs/administration/feature-activity-definitions) documentation for detailed criteria used to determine feature statuses.

## Common questions

### Who should use Platform Discovery?
Administrators and teams who need visibility into feature adoption, enabled capabilities, and opportunities to improve usage across a Contentstack organization.

### What does “No Recent Activity” mean?
It indicates the feature is enabled but has not shown qualifying activity recently.

### What should I do if a feature shows “Requires Plan Upgrade”?
It indicates the feature is unavailable in the current subscription plan, and you may need a plan upgrade to access it.

### Where can I find the criteria used to determine feature statuses?
Refer to the **Additional Resource** link to the [Feature Activity Definitions](/docs/administration/feature-activity-definitions) documentation.