Creating Explore dashboards

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The information in this article covers the new Explore dashboard builder, released in November 2024. If you’re using the legacy dashboard builder and need help, see About the legacy Explore dashboard builder.
Explore dashboards provide a customizable space for organizing and sharing information. Dashboards are built using the dashboard builder, an interactive tool for adding, customizing, and sharing dashboards.
The following sections detail the two methods for creating new dashboards:

Creating a dashboard from report builder
Creating a dashboard from the dashboards library
Next steps


Creating a dashboard from report builder

You can create new, empty dashboards directly from report builder. This is useful if you are working on a report that you plan to add to a new dashboard once finished.
To create a new dashboard from a report



Open or create a report in Report builder.
Click Save > Add to dashboard.
To save to a new dashboard, select a new dashboard, and then enter your dashboard's name. If you want to save to an existing dashboard, select an existing dashboard, then choose the dashboard you want.

Click Save.
After the confirmation message appears in the right corner, the new dashboard's name will be shown in the top toolbar of Report builder. Additionally, you can find the dashboard in the dashboards library.

Click the dashboard name to open the dashboard.


Note: Report builder always displays the name of the most recently saved dashboard.



Creating a dashboard from the dashboards library

You can also create new, blank dashboards in the dashboards library. If you base your workflow on creating dashboards rather than reports, this could be the more effective option.

To create a new dashboard from the dashboards library

Click on the Dashboards library icon ( ) on the left side bar.

Click Create dashboard.



The Start a dashboard page opens. On this page, you can choose a prebuilt template containing commonly used reporting components or you can start with a blank dashboard.


Tip: Do you have an idea for a dashboard template you'd like to see? Let us know in the comments section below!


After you've selected a template, click Select.
Your new dashboard opens and you can begin configuring it.





Next steps
After you've created your dashboard, you can begin to add reports, filters, and other items to it. See Adding and arranging dashboard components.
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