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DashboardDashboards Guide

Create a Dashboard

The video below provides a quick overview of building a dashboard with text and visualization tiles.

To begin building a dashboard to showcase a collection of visualizations and information, you must first create the actual dashboard.

  1. Open the Dashboards home page and make sure the Dashboards tab is displayed.

  2. In the upper-right, click New Dashboard.

    The Create Dashboard dialog box displays.

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  3. In the Create Dashboard dialog box, provide the following information:

    • Dashboard name – Enter a name for the dashboard.

    • Description – Enter a descriptions of the dashboard and its content. (Optional)

    • Usecases – Select one or more use case tags from the drop-down list. (Optional)

    • Tags – Add custom tags to the dashboard. You can select from the list of existing tags or apply a new tag. (Optional)

      To create and apply a new tag, start typing a new tag name in the Tags field. Click New Tag or press Enter to save and apply the new tag.

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    • MITRE ATT&CK® Techniques – Select one or more techniques from the drop-down list. (Optional)

  4. Click Create Dashboard. The new dashboard is created and opens. You can opt to add a text tile or a visualization to the empty dashboard

  5. To add a visualization tile to the dashboard, click Add Visualization. You can opt to create a new visualization or to select one that already exists in the visualization library. For more information, see Add a Visualization to a Dashboard or Create a Visualization.

  6. To add a text tile to the dashboard, click Add Text at the top of the dashboard. An Add Text dialog box opens. For more information, see Add a Text Tile.

  7. To set an optional automatic refresh rate for the dashboard:

    • In the upper-right of the dashboard, click the options menu icon (icon-options.png) and select Refresh Settings. A Settings dialog box opens.

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    • Click the toggle to activate the Autmoatically refresh dashboard option.

    • Enter a number value and select a unit of time.

    • Click Set. The refresh rate is saved and the dialog box closes.

      You can opt to set individual refresh rates for specific visualization tiles. If you set a specific tile refresh rate, it will override the dashboard refresh rate. For more information about configuring refresh rates, see Manage Automatic Refresh Rates.

  8. To resize and move the tiles on the dashboard, see Modify a Dashboard Layout. (Optional)

  9. When you are finished configuring the dashboard, click Save.

  10. If you want to make the dashboard available to other Dashboards users, click Publish. (Optional) If you decide not to publish it, the saved dashboard is marked with a Draft tag and is not visible to other users. You can choose to publish a draft dashboard later.