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Organize dashboard panels

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Organize dashboard panels

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Arrange panels in collapsible sections

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Organize your dashboard panels into collapsible sections to improve readability and navigation, especially for dashboards with many panels. Collapsible sections also help dashboards load faster by only loading the content from expanded sections.

To add a collapsible section:

  1. Open the dashboard and make sure that you are in Edit mode.
  2. Select Add panel and select Collapsible section. The collapsible section is added at the end of the dashboard.
  3. Optionally, edit the label of the section.

  4. Drag and drop any panels you want into the section.

    The section must be expanded in order to place panels into it.

  5. Just like any other panel, you can drag an drop the collapsible section to a different position in the dashboard.
  6. Save the dashboard.

Users viewing the dashboard will find the section in the same state as when you saved the dashboard. If you saved it with the section collapsed, then it will also be collapsed by default for users.

Collapsible sections in a dashboard

Move and resize panels

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Compare the data in your panels side-by-side, organize panels by priority, resize the panels so they all appear immediately on the dashboard, and more.

In the toolbar, click Edit, then use the following options:

  • To move, hover over the panel, click and hold The move control icon and drag to the new location. Your screen scrolls automatically when you drag above or below the visible parts of the dashboard.
  • To resize, click and hold the bottom right corner of the panel and drag to the new dimensions.

  • To maximize to full screen, open the panel menu and click Maximize.

    If you share a dashboard while viewing a full screen panel, the generated link will directly open the same panel in full screen mode.

Move and resize panels using a keyboard

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To move a panel:

  1. Using Tab, browse to the move icon panel action and press Enter or Space to lock the action.
  2. Use Arrow keys to move the panel to the new location.
  3. Press Enter or Space again to release the panel.
  4. Save the dashboard.

To resize a panel:

  1. Using Tab, browse to the scale icon panel action and press Enter or Space to lock the action.
  2. Use Arrow keys to resize the panel to the new dimensions.
  3. Press Enter or Space again to release the panel.
  4. Save the dashboard.

While moving or resizing a panel, you can cancel the action at any time by pressing Escape.

Copy and duplicate panels

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To duplicate a panel and its configured functionality, use the clone and copy panel options. Cloned and copied panels replicate all of the functionality from the original panel, including renaming, editing, and cloning.

Duplicate panels
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Duplicated panels appear next to the original panel, and move the other panels to provide a space on the dashboard.

  1. In the toolbar, click Edit.
  2. Open the panel menu and select Duplicate.
Copy panels
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Copy panels from one dashboard to another dashboard.

  1. Open the panel menu and select Copy to dashboard.

  2. On the Copy to dashboard window, select the dashboard, then click Copy and go to dashboard.

    Copy a panel to another dashboard

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