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# Understanding dashboards and components

A single dashboard is made up of multiple components. The screenshot shows one comprising five components (three gauges and two charts).

![dash2-7](https://help.intuitivebusinessintelligence.com/hs-fs/hubfs/dash2-7.jpg?width=679&name=dash2-7.jpg)  
Components are built by the **dashboard designer**, who chooses columns from a dataset and then formats the resulting visualisations as required. Components may include (within them) drilldowns and filters as needed.  
Once the designer has built a number of components, a dashboard can be constructed combining them together as shown above.  
   
Components can operate independently within a dashboard or can interact together. Interactive dashboard types include [Master-Detail](https://help.intuitivebusinessintelligence.com/creating-a-master-detail-dashboard?hsLang=en) and [Parent-Child](https://help.intuitivebusinessintelligence.com/creating-a-parent-child-dashboard?hsLang=en). Components can be resized and positioned as required within a dashboard. Filters can also be added at dashboard level, in which case they apply to all relevant components.  
   
Once the designer has completed their build of the dashboard, it can be saved. If, following review, the designer wishes to make the dashboard available to colleagues, it can be [published](https://help.intuitivebusinessintelligence.com/understanding-the-publication-process?hsLang=en) into the groups structure.   
   
A key design consideration when using Intuitive's software is that components can be reused multiple times in multiple dashboards. If, for example, a component is used in seven different dashboards then any subsequent change (edit) to that component will be reflected in all seven dashboards without each dashboard having to be edited.

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