Creating components and dashboards

Dashboards can be created by a user having the Dashboard Designer or System Designer role. The help topics in this section describe the process of building dashboards and publishing them for users to view and interact with.

Components are the building-blocks of dashboards. The designer must first create one or more components and then use those components to create a dashboard. Once complete, the dashboard can be published to a wide audience of users.

Alternatively the designer can choose pre-existing components (including those created by other designers) when building a new dashboard.
 
Once saved and published, a dashboard can be edited by the same designer or, if permission has been granted, by other dashboard designers.
 
Once created, components can be used in many differing dashboards. Any changes to a component following creation will be reflected immediately in all of the affected dashboards.