diff --git a/addons/base_dashboard/static/src/js/dashboard.js b/addons/base_dashboard/static/src/js/dashboard.js
index 3a1ef94f6d7..0c58bb2878d 100644
--- a/addons/base_dashboard/static/src/js/dashboard.js
+++ b/addons/base_dashboard/static/src/js/dashboard.js
@@ -284,32 +284,38 @@ openerp.base_dashboard.ConfigOverview = openerp.base.View.extend({
         this._super(parent_or_session, element_id);
         this.dataset = new openerp.base.DataSetSearch(
                 this.session, 'ir.actions.todo');
+        this.dataset.domain = ['|', ['type', '=', 'recurring'],
+                                    '&', ['type', '!=', 'special'],
+                                         ['state', '=', 'open']];
     },
     start: function () {
-        this.dataset.read_slice(['state', 'action_id'], undefined, undefined,
-                        this.on_records_loaded);
+        $.when(this.dataset.read_slice(['state', 'action_id', 'category_id']),
+               this.dataset.call('progress')).then(this.on_records_loaded);
     },
-    on_records_loaded: function (records) {
-        var       self = this,
-          done_records = _(records).filter(function (record) {
-                                return record.state === 'done';}),
-            done_ratio = done_records.length / records.length;
-        this.$element.html(QWeb.render('ConfigOverview', {
-            completion: done_ratio * 100,
-            todos: _(records).map(function (record) {
+    on_records_loaded: function (read_response, progress_response) {
+        var records = read_response[0].records,
+           progress = progress_response[0];
+
+        var grouped_todos = _(records).chain()
+            .map(function (record) {
                 return {
                     action: record.action_id[0],
                     name: record.action_id[1],
-                    state: record.state,
-                    done: record.state === 'done',
-                    skipped: record.state === 'skip',
-                    to_do: (record.state !== 'done' && record.state !== 'skip')
+                    done: record.state !== 'open',
+                    to_do: record.state === 'open',
+                    category: record['category_id'][1] || "Uncategorized"
                 }
             })
+            .groupBy(function (record) {return record.category})
+            .value();
+        this.$element.html(QWeb.render('ConfigOverview', {
+            completion: 100 * progress.done / progress.total,
+            groups: grouped_todos
         }));
         var $progress = this.$element.find('div.oe-config-progress');
         $progress.progressbar({value: $progress.data('completion')});
 
+        var self = this;
         // allow for executing to-do and skipped action
         this.$element.find('div.oe-dashboard-config-overview ul')
                 .delegate('li.ui-state-error', 'click', function () {
diff --git a/addons/base_dashboard/static/src/xml/base_dashboard.xml b/addons/base_dashboard/static/src/xml/base_dashboard.xml
index bca78998532..8d751f5ac81 100644
--- a/addons/base_dashboard/static/src/xml/base_dashboard.xml
+++ b/addons/base_dashboard/static/src/xml/base_dashboard.xml
@@ -66,19 +66,23 @@
 </t>
 <div t-name="ConfigOverview" class="oe-dashboard-config-overview">
     <div class="oe-config-progress" t-att-data-completion="completion"/>
-    <ul>
+    <dl>
+        <t t-foreach="groups" t-as="category">
+            <dt><t t-esc="category"/></dt>
+            <dd><ul>
+                <li t-foreach="category_value" t-as="todo"
+                    t-att-class="todo.to_do ? 'ui-state-error ui-priority-primary' : ''"
+                    t-att-data-action="todo.action">
+                    <span t-if="todo.done" class="ui-icon ui-icon-circle-check"/>
+                    <span t-if="todo.to_do" class="ui-icon ui-icon-circle-close"/>
+                    <span t-att-class="todo.to_do ? 'ui-state-error-text' : ''">
+                        <t t-esc="todo.name"/>
+                    </span>
+                </li>
+            </ul></dd>
+        </t>
 
-        <li t-foreach="todos" t-as="todo"
-            t-att-class="!todo.done ? 'ui-state-error ' + (todo.skipped ? 'ui-priority-secondary' : 'ui-priority-primary') : ''"
-            t-att-data-action="todo.action">
-            <span t-if="todo.done" class="ui-icon ui-icon-circle-check"/>
-            <span t-if="todo.skipped" class="ui-icon ui-icon-circle-minus"/>
-            <span t-if="todo.to_do" class="ui-icon ui-icon-circle-close"/>
-            <span t-att-class="!todo.done ? 'ui-state-error-text' : ''">
-                <t t-esc="todo.name"/>
-            </span>
-        </li>
-    </ul>
+    </dl>
 </div>
 <div t-name="ApplicationTiles" class="oe-dashboard-home-tiles">
     <table width="100%">