Adding widgets to a dashboard

This guide explains how to add widgets to a dashboard from the Dashboards page and rename widgets.

Introduction

A widget is an individual element on a dashboard. Use Data Explorer to create table and chart (visualization) widgets based on your data. You can also add image, video, and text widgets to your dashboard.

In Data Explorer, you create and edit widgets in a view. Only views that are added to a dashboard as a widget are saved.

Adding widgets to a dashboard

When you create a dashboard or a dashboard page, it is empty until you populate it with widgets.

To add a widget to a dashboard, follow these steps:

1. Select the workspace you work with in Adverity and then, in the platform navigation menu, click Dashboards.

2. Click the dashboard to open it.

3. Using the Page arrows in the top right corner, go to the dashboard page to which you want to add a widget.

   If the dashboard is empty, it has only one page.

4. In the top right corner, choose how to add a widget:

   • Click Create visualization to create a widget in Data Explorer and add it to this dashboard page.

     For more information on creating widgets in Data Explorer, see Creating simple widgets.

     For more information on adding widgets from Data Explorer to a dashboard, see Adding widgets to a dashboard in Data Explorer.

   • Click + Add Widget to add an iFrame, layout, or switcher widget to this dashboard page.

As a result, you have added a widget to your dashboard.

Renaming widgets

To rename a widget, follow these steps:

1. Select the workspace you work with in Adverity and then, in the platform navigation menu, click Dashboards.

2. Click the dashboard to open it.

3. Find the widget that you want to rename.

4. In the top left corner of the widget, click the title of the widget, and enter the new name.