Dashboard Sections
  • 01 Sep 2021
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Dashboard Sections

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Article summary

Sections are a great way to hide information to:

  • save screen real estate
  • speed up dashboard load times (data in a collapsed section is not queried for)

A section contains one or multiple cards. Each section also hold an additional filter on top of the dashboard filter. All the cards within the section will affected by any filter on the section.

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Create Section

To create a new section:

  1. Enter into author mode and click the "Add Section" button
  2. Enter a title
  3. Click the (...) ellipsis beside the section title for more options like adding a card or reordering sections
  4. Click the filter icon on the section title to add a filter specific to this section
  5. Save the dashboard (note that the collapsed or uncollapsed mode of the sections on save will be the default for viewers)

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Clone Section

To clone a section, enter Authoring Mode, and select "Clone Section", from the dropdown menu located beside the section header.
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Moving a card between sections

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Delete Section

To delete a section, enter Authoring Mode, and select "Delete Section", from the dropdown menu located beside the section header.

All cards and filters belonging to the section will also be deleted.
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A confirmation window will appear before deletion.

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