Dashboards

Dashboards use widgets to bring content together in one central location. Administrators can curate content on workplace dashboards, while workplace members can curate their own personal dashboards. Dashboards use widgets to surface content into one central location.

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Considerations

  • Search: Dashboards do not appear in search results. To direct workplace members to a workplace dashboard via search, consider creating a page with the same title as the dashboard and adding a URL shortcut to send members to the dashboard.

Types of dashboards

Workplace dashboard

Workplace dashboards are:

  • Built and maintained by enterprise, workplace, and space administrators.
  • Viewable based on access rules that control who can view the dashboard. 
  • Created using the Site Manager or a space's navigation page.

For more information, see Create a workplace dashboard.

Personal dashboard

Personal dashboards are:

  • Built and maintained by its owner.
  • Viewable to only the member who creates it.
  • Created on the Dashboard page.

For more information, see Create a personal dashboard.

Dashboards page

A Community dashboard that highlights recent activity in the digital workplace.

Your Dashboards page contains all dashboards accessible to you. To access your dashboards:

  1. On the Userbar, select your name and then Dashboards.
  2. At the top of the page, select Workplace Dashboards or Personal Dashboards.
  3. Select the dashboard.

Turn dashboards on

As an enterprise or workplace administrator, you can turn dashboards on in your digital workplace. Workplace dashboards must be turned on in the digital workplace before you can turn on personal dashboards. 

To turn dashboards on:

  1. On the Userbar, select Control Panel.
  2. Under Settings, select Global Settings.
  3. In the Dashboards section, select Enable dashboards to turn workplace dashboards on in your digital workplace.
  4. (Optional) To turn on personal dashboards, select Allow users to create personal dashboards.
  5. Select Save.

Once workplace dashboards are turned on, administrators can add workplace dashboards to the digital workplace from the Site Manager or a space's navigation page. If personal dashboards are turned on, members can create them from their Dashboards page.

Turn dashboards off

As an enterprise or workplace administrator, you can turn dashboards off in your digital workplace.

To turn dashboards off:

  1. On the Userbar, select Control Panel.
  2. Under Settings, select Global Settings.
  3. In the Dashboards section:
    • (Optional) To turn off all dashboards: Deselect Enable dashboards.
    • (Optional) To turn off personal dashboards: Deselect Allow users to create personal dashboards.
  4. Select Save.

When turning dashboards off, keep in mind:

  • Turning personal dashboards off prevents members from accessing existing personal dashboards or creating new ones, but does not delete them.
  • Turning workplace dashboards off prevents administrators from creating new ones. However, existing workplace dashboards remain part of the site structure and are still accessible.