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You can create new dashboards in the analytics dashboard as explained in the following sections.

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Creating a dashboard

Follow the steps below to create a dashboard.

  1. Access the analytics dashboard application using the following URL: https://<HOST_NAME>:<PORT>/portal/dashboards. (E .g. https://localhost:9443/portal/dashboards). You are presented with a login screen like below. 
  2. Log in to the dashboard using Carbon login credentials. You are  presented with a list dashboards you’ve already created as shown below.  

    available dashboards

  3.   Click the  following  +Dashboard  button in the top navigational bar to create a new dashboard.

     

  4. Enter a Title and a Description for the new dashboard  as shown below, and click Next.

    create a new dashboard

  5.   Select a layout to place its components as shown below.

    selecting a layout for the new dashboard

  6. Click Select. You view a layout editor with the chosen layout blocks marked using dashed lines as shown below.  Now the dashboard is persisted to the disk.

    dashboard editor

  7. Click Dashboards in the top menu, to view the new dashboard added to the list of all available dashboards as shown below.

    new dashboard added to the list

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    You can edit, view or delete the dashboards using the corresponding options provided.

Adding pages to the dashboard

For instructions on adding pages to the dashboard you created, see Adding Pages to a Dashboard.

Adding a layout to a page

For instructions on adding a layout to a page you created, see Adding a Layout to a Page.

Adding gadgets to a layout

For instructions on adding gadgets to a layout of a page you created, see Adding Gadgets to a Layout.

Setting permissions of a dashboard

 

Setting permissions of a dashboard

Follow the steps below to set permissions of a dashboard.

  1. Log in to the analytics dashboard using Carbon login credentials, if you are not already logged in. 
  2. Click Edit of the corresponding dashboard in which you want to set permissions.
  3. Click the following icon in the side menu bar. Image Added
  4. Enter the user roles to which you would like to grant respective permissions to view and edit as shown below.

    Info

    By default, the user role Internal/everyone is set for Editors.

    granting permissions on the dashboardImage Added

Viewing the preview of a dashboard

Follow the steps below to view the preview of a dashboard.

  1. Log in to the analytics dashboard using Carbon login credentials, if you are not already logged in. 
  2. Click Edit of the corresponding dashboard in which you want to set permissions.
  3. Click the following button in the top menu bar. 
    preview button Image Added
  4. You view the preview of the selected dashboard with all its pages in different tabs as shown below.