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title: "Dashboard - Getting Started"
slug: "dashboard"
updated: 2022-11-21T15:53:15Z
published: 2022-11-21T15:53:15Z
canonical: "docs.datajet.app/dashboard"
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> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.datajet.app/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Dashboard - Getting Started

## **Dashboard**

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Functional OverviewFor a detailed breakdown of all dashboard functionality, see the [Dashboard - Functional Overview](/v1/docs/dashboard-overview-introduction) section

Dashboards are used to collect, present, publish and distribute sets of analytical components as Reports

From the main menu, select **Analytics** - **Dashboard** and choose a starting grid size.

- Medium Grid has 4 slots
- Small Grid has 16 slots
- Tiny Grid has 25 slots

Once created, slots can be expanded vertically and horizontally - so the most important factor in choosing a grid size is *how small an individual slot can be*.

The dashboard grid will open in **design more.** In design mode each slot will have an orange border:

![](https://cdn.document360.io/73b6469b-c1e4-47e9-aa65-986c8ebd17ca/Images/Documentation/Empty%20Dashboard(1).PNG)

Switch between design and run mode with the tool bar Toggle button:

In design mode, Right-click a slot to open the design mode context menu.

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Select Save or Click the Save button to save the dashboard, enter a name, description and any tags required.

Once saved, the dashboard will appear in the Report Tab of Solution Explorer.

**Slots**

Drop analytical components into slots by dragging either from the Report Tab or an already open screen.

Via the context menu, increase or decrease the width and height of a slot; or remove it with Delete Entry.

Use Add Row or Add Column to entire rows and columns of slots; Each new slot will be of the same dimension as the initial dashboard size selection.

Added columns will for a resize of the dashboard space. There is a maximum of 4 columns.

Adding rows forms a scrollable dashboard, it does not change the slot size.

**View in Browser**

To preview the dashboard in a browser, hit the Preview button on the micro toolbar.

**Run Time Menu**

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Any DataSet dropped onto the dashboard can be cleared by clicking the [Clear Filter](/docs/location%3Aclearfilter) button or by selecting **Clear Filter** from the run time context menu.

Select **Open Copy** to open a copy if the selected component report in a new tab.

An image of the dashboard can be Saved to file or Copied to the clipboard for pasting into another application/email etc.

**Exporting**

The data models behind the dashboard entries can be exported to Excel by clicking the [Export](/docs/location%3Amctoexcel) button.