diff --git a/src/app/services/orientation.service.ts b/src/app/services/orientation.service.ts
index 5a9b3606dcbda05b0f7ee059366caf8c395582c1..24d0202f19a2efff8fefa5e76451fc118b9d53eb 100644
--- a/src/app/services/orientation.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/services/orientation.service.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ import { IOnlineMediation } from '../form/orientation-form-view/interfaces/onlin
 import { IOrientation } from '../form/orientation-form-view/interfaces/orientation.interface';
 import { Structure } from '../models/structure.model';
 import { User } from '../models/user.model';
+import { Action, Status, Type } from '../profile/dashboard/orientation.enum';
 
+type AllowedColor = 'white' | 'black' | 'red' | 'blue' | 'dark-blue' | 'grey' | 'green' | 'light-green';
 @Injectable({
   providedIn: 'root',
 })
@@ -53,4 +55,72 @@ export class OrientationService {
   public saveOrientation(newOrientation: IOrientation): Observable<IOrientation> {
     return this.http.post<IOrientation>('/api/orientation', newOrientation);
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Calculate days ago from date
+   */
+  public daysAgo(date: string | Date): number {
+    const createdDate = new Date(date);
+    const currentDate = new Date();
+    const timeDifference = currentDate.getTime() - createdDate.getTime();
+    return Math.floor(timeDifference / (1000 * 60 * 60 * 24));
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * variables for dashboard
+   */
+  private readonly allowedColors: AllowedColor[] = [
+    'white',
+    'black',
+    'red',
+    'blue',
+    'dark-blue',
+    'grey',
+    'green',
+    'light-green',
+  ];
+
+  private readonly enumMap = {
+    status: Status,
+    action: Action,
+    type: Type,
+  };
+
+  /**
+   * Get label from orientation enum
+   */
+  public getLabel(category: 'status' | 'action' | 'type', slug: string): string {
+    return this.getProperty(category, slug, 'label', slug);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get color from orientation enum
+   */
+  public getColor(category: 'status' | 'action' | 'type', slug: string): AllowedColor {
+    const color = this.getProperty(category, slug, 'color', null);
+    return this.allowedColors.includes(color as AllowedColor) ? (color as AllowedColor) : 'grey';
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get icon from orientation enum
+   */
+  public getIcon(category: 'status' | 'action' | 'type', slug: string): string {
+    return this.getProperty(category, slug, 'icon', 'default-icon');
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * helper method to get a property from the enum
+   */
+  private getProperty(category: 'status' | 'action' | 'type', slug: string, property: string, fallback: any): any {
+    const enumObj = this.enumMap[category];
+    return enumObj[slug as keyof typeof enumObj]?.[property] || fallback;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get type from orientation enum
+   */
+  public getType(type: string): any {
+    const displayType = Type[type as keyof typeof Type];
+    return displayType;
+  }
 }