# Dashboard total looks inflated, or Stale content dwarfs every other rule on a site that is only part

**What you are seeing**

The Dashboard total looks inflated, or Stale content dwarfs every other rule on a site that is only partly indexed.

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## Why it happens

Five rules. Disallowed domain links, Disallowed macros, Third-party macros, Stale content and Disallowed labels. Are worked out live and do not require the page to be indexed, so they count pages the eight indexed rules cannot see. On a half-indexed site the total mixes full-coverage and partial-coverage numbers.

![The Reports view showing scorecards for 321 total issues, 45 priority, 23 warning and 253 info, an Issues by rule bar chart where the No headings bar is far longer than every other bar, and an Issues ](https://help.gocapable.com/images/f5933a9f-422c-4e4d-bae2-b39108a0fc30.webp)

A single high-volume rule can account for most of the total, as No headings does across all spaces here.

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## What to do

Treat the total as provisional until indexing coverage reaches 100%. Compare per-rule numbers rather than the headline total while the amber banner is showing.

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## Settings involved

| **Setting**                             | **Where**                             | **What it does** |
| --------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------- | ---------------- |
| Rule level (per rule)                   | Capable Quality → Manage → Rules      | \-               |
| Blocked domains list (Disallowed domain | Rules → Disallowed domain links       | \-               |
| Refresh (Dashboard)                     | Capable Quality → Dashboard → Refresh | \-               |

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## Limits that apply here

| **Limit**                          | **Value**                                | **What happens** |
| ---------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------- | ---------------- |
| Indexing coverage banner threshold | Below 95% coverage the Dashboard shows a | \-               |
| Live count cache                   | 30 seconds                               | \-               |

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