diff --git a/packages/document-issue-data/README.md b/packages/document-issue-data/README.md
index 594b273d..384ce5e5 100644
--- a/packages/document-issue-data/README.md
+++ b/packages/document-issue-data/README.md
@@ -6,10 +6,17 @@ Copy the scripts in `SECRETS` folder into the gitignored `SECRETS` folder in the
 Run the following `pixi` tasks, from the project ROOT folder, in the order shown to update the data.
 
 ```bash
+# execute line by line in the root of the project
+# -------------------------
 pixi run chmod-scripts
 pixi run mnt-jdrive
 pixi run get-data  # gets raw doc issue data
 pixi run pull-data  # get previously found data
 pixi run find-files
 pixi run push-data  # push found files back to jobs folder
+pixi run cp-to-dashboard  # copy data to dashboard directory
+
+# view the dashboard
+pixi run dashboard-install # if not already installed
+pixi run dashboard-preview
 ```
diff --git a/packages/document-issue-data/dashboard/src/_index_wip.txt b/packages/document-issue-data/dashboard/src/_index_wip.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7e04e427
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/document-issue-data/dashboard/src/_index_wip.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+---
+title: Latest Issued Documents
+theme: dashboard
+toc: false
+---
+
+## Latest Issued Documents
+
+```js
+const data = FileAttachment("data/latest_found.csv").csv({typed: true});
+```
+
+```js
+const unique_systems = [...new Set(data.map(d => d.system))].filter(d => d != null && d !== "");
+```
+
+```js
+const filters = view(Inputs.form({
+  search: Inputs.search(data, {placeholder: "Global search..."}),
+  system: Inputs.select(unique_systems, {
+    label: "System",
+    multiple: true,
+    unique: true,
+    sort: true,
+    placeholder: "All systems",
+    allowClear: true // <-- Add this line
+  })
+}));
+```
+
+```js
+const filtered = data.filter(d => {
+  // Robustly extract the search string
+  let search = "";
+  if (typeof filters.search?.value === "string") {
+    search = filters.search.value.toLowerCase();
+  } else if (typeof filters.search === "string") {
+    search = filters.search.toLowerCase();
+  }
+  const matchesSearch = !search || Object.values(d).some(v => (v + "").toLowerCase().includes(search));
+  const matchesSystem = !filters.system?.length || filters.system.includes(d.system);
+  return matchesSearch && matchesSystem;
+});
+```
+
+```js
+Inputs.table(
+  filtered, {
+  format: {
+    project: d3.format("d"), // format as "1960" rather than "1,960"
+    link: id => htl.html`<a href=mfllp:explorer.exe?${id} target=_blank>🔗</a>`
+  },
+  rows: 40})
+```
+
diff --git a/packages/document-issue-data/dashboard/src/index.md b/packages/document-issue-data/dashboard/src/index.md
index b19ca0a9..c762d18e 100644
--- a/packages/document-issue-data/dashboard/src/index.md
+++ b/packages/document-issue-data/dashboard/src/index.md
@@ -1,26 +1,27 @@
 ---
 title: Latest Issued Documents
 theme: dashboard
-# theme: [light, dark, alt, wide]
 toc: false
 ---
 
 ## Latest Issued Documents
 
 ```js
-const docs = FileAttachment("data/latest_found.csv").csv({typed: true});
+const data = FileAttachment("data/latest_found.csv").csv({typed: true});
 ```
 
 ```js
-const search_docs = view(Inputs.search(docs, {placeholder: "Search docs"}));
+const filtered = view(Inputs.search(data));
+
 ```
 
+
 ```js
-Inputs.table(search_docs, {
+Inputs.table(filtered, {
   format: {
-    project: d3.format("d"), // format as "1960" rather than "1,960"
+    project: d3.format("d"),
     link: id => htl.html`<a href=mfllp:explorer.exe?${id} target=_blank>🔗</a>`
   },
-  rows : 40
+  rows: 40
 })
 ```