Creating a Dashboard

Dashboards are created in two spaces. An organization admin adds a dashboard which is accessible to anyone within the organization. You create your own dashboard that is visible only to you. To create a dashboard, follow the procedure below:

On the Dashboard main screen, click New dashboard
Adding dashboard screen appears

If you are an admin, then you will get a message asking you to choose from My dashboard or Dashboard. If you are making a Dashboard for the organization, click Dashboard. If you are making a Dashboard for your private view, click My dashboards.

Enter or select the following details:

	Field	Required	Description
a	Name	Yes	This is the display name of the dashboard
b	Parent	Optional	This is the parent of the dashboard. If you clicked My dashboards then it shows all the private dashboards. If you clicked Dashboards then it shows all the public dashboards.
c	Thing definition	Optional	This puts the dashboard in easy mode, prefilling widget options where a thing definition is required.
d	Layout type	Optional	Relative width: Adjusts the dashboard to the display in which you view the dashboard. Defined width: Keeps the dashboard at a set width as designed, no matter the size of the browser window displaying the dashboard.
e	Parameter: Tags	Optional	Filters the dashboard defaults to Things with specific tag or tags.
f	Parameter: Things	Optional	Filters the dashboard default to the specified things, comma separated.
g	Date/time: Relative	Yes	This sets the dashboard's time range to the last period of time set. E.g. the last 24 hours.
h	Date/time: Definitive	Yes	This sets the dashboard's time range to the specified date range.
i	Date/time: Lock	Optional	Locks the date/time range so it cannot be changed when displaying the dashboard.
j	Auto refresh	Optional	Sets the frequency that the dashboard automatically refreshed the data.
k	Appearance: Body color	Optional	Sets the background color of the dashboard in the display view.
l	Appearance: Body graphic	Optional	Sets the background graphic of the dashboard in the display view.
m	Appearance: Widget background color	Optional	Sets the background color of the widgets in the display view.

Click on Advanced settings, to set the additional settings for widgets.
- You will be able to set the width (Widget canvas width) of the widget.
- View and edit the Widget configurations in a JSON.
- Change the Widget grid position. For more information on the grid, see Grid System.
Click Add