Using Dashboards

Dashboards are designed to provide a one-page at-a-glance overview.

Power users pin tiles to dashboards to create specific stories using visuals, reports, and other content.
  1. To view the contact information for the dashboard power user who created it, select the Find detailed information about this dashboard option in the title bar.
    The title bar showing the report name and a downward-facing arrowhead circled in red.
  2. Select dashboard tiles to open related reports.
  3. If available, Ask a question about your data.
    A dashboard showing the Ask question about your data option circled in red.
    Using the Q&A feature opens up additional dashboard options in the dashboard toolbar.
    A dashboard showing additional dashboard options.
  4. To check the performance of the dashboard, select File > Performance inspector.
    The Performance inspector provides details about performance and suggestions about performance improvement.
    The Performance inspector showing one Needs Attention item and one Looking Good item.
  5. To see how the dashboard content relates to other content and how it is being used, do one of the following:
    • In the dashboard toolbar, select More options (…) > See related content. This shows how the current dashboard relates to other dashboards, reports, and datasets, and lets you access available related content.
      The Related content pane for a dashboard.
    • In the dashboard toolbar, select More options (…) > Open lineage view. This shows where in the hierarchy of the workspace the dashboard exists and lets you check for any dependencies that might affect your data.
      Lineage view showing two used datasets and one report feeding into a dashboard.
    • Select More options (…) > Open usage metrics. This shows information about who is using the available data and lets you track things like views per day and views by user.