1. Key Differences Between the Classic Designer and Dashboard DesignerConsider the following differences between the classic designer and the dashboard designer.
2. Convert Your Classic Designer Dashboard to Dashboard DesignerTo take advantage of its new features, convert dashboards created in the classic designer to the dashboard designer.
3. Create the Dashboard in Classic DesignerWhen you create an Analytics dashboard, you can apply a prepackaged layout or start with a blank canvas to create your own layout. To build the dashboard, you can use the classic designer or the new dashboard designer. In this example, we’ll use the classic designer.
4. Add Key Performance Indicators to the Analytics DashboardSometimes, a single number can provide a quick and critical measurement of the business. For example, the total number of open support cases and number of new support cases open this week are key metrics that a service manager would find useful. Add Number widgets to provide key indicators to a dashboard.
5. Add Visualizations to the Analytics DashboardAdd charts to visualize and interact with the data to tell a story about it. Each chart is based on the underlying query in a lens.
6. Facet Widgets to See Data from Multiple AnglesWidgets that come from the same dataset are faceted by default. Faceting means that when you filter one widget, all the related widgets in the Analytics dashboard are filtered in the same way. You can turn faceting on or off for each widget.
7. Add Images to the Analytics DashboardAdd images to your dashboard to help your audience with context and to make the dashboard more fun to read. For example, if your dashboard is designed to help track sales of multiple products, consider distinguishing the products by their logos.
8. Link to Lenses and Other DashboardsUse links to tie an Analytics dashboard to related lenses and dashboards. This widget is useful when you want to break up analysis across multiple assets, rather than cramming it all into a single dashboard. It’s also useful for creating pathways to analyze your data.
9. See Details About a Widget’s LensTo ensure that a widget in an Analytics dashboard is showing the right data, review details about the widget’s lens.
10. Filter or Remove Clipped Lenses from the Analytics DashboardCurate the clipped lenses in a dashboard to reduce clutter. You can filter the list of clipped lenses to see which ones aren’t used and then remove them from your dashboard. (This help topic applies to dashboards built in classic designer only.)