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This Help Article appears in the Level 3: Advanced Users learning track. Get the most out of this learning track by starting at the beginning.
This Help Article appears in the Level 3: Advanced Users learning track. Get the most out of this learning track by starting at the beginning.
Licensed Owners and Admins can create or edit a dashboard, including adding widgets to it. Anyone with Viewer permissions to the dashboard can see the information it contains.
In order to add data to chart, metric, and report widgets, you must have sharing permissions to the source sheet or report. Each chart and report widget will display data according to the most recent data and settings.
Get started on creating and making changes to your dashboard.
If you’re the Owner or Admin of a dashboard, you can edit it whenever you need to. You can change the dashboard’s background color and add or edit a widget. You can also access additional editing features from the shortcut menu.
Need more information about adding and editing dashboard widgets? Read the Add and Edit Widgets on Your Dashboard article.
Alternatively, you can use the shortcut menu to make changes to your dashboard. To do this, right-click anywhere on the grid, and then select any of these actions:
When selecting colors for fonts, charts, titles, and more, you can choose from standard presets or add a custom color using a HEX code, an RGB code, or a color gradient.
Before you begin
A published dashboard automatically refreshes every 10 minutes. You can’t customize or turn off this behavior.
You can only change the Auto-Refresh feature for your view of the dashboard. For example, if you turn off Auto-Refresh, it'll remain enabled for other collaborators who are viewing the dashboard.
Read on to learn the steps on changing how often the dashboard refreshes when you’re viewing it.
Web Content Widgets won't automatically refresh on dashboards.