This article describes where to find all your dashboards in the Data Hub, how to remove a dashboard, how to assign a custom URL to a dashboard, and how to view a history of changes of a dashboard.
Viewing all my available dashboards
There are three options where you can find dashboards:
- Gallery
- Dashboards menu
- 'Shared with you' dashboards/My resources
The Gallery is a collection point for all dashboards and other pages in your platform. Your system administrator decides which topics to organize the collection by and may change that at any time by adjusting the tags to the pages. If there are more than four pages in any topic, left/right scroll arrows appear.
You can adjust the URL of the platform to jump to the Gallery directly at {portal URL}/apps/gallery.
Your platform may also include Dashboards menu (or similarly named) in the top banner with links to featured dashboards and or a quick access button to the gallery from the front page.
If you are looking for content you built or has been shared with you by another user, you have two options potentially available:
- For quick access and coordination, some systems feature a module on the front page. This module is popular with analysts and researchers who create single charts or complex dashboards, for example, on a regular basis to support reports, research, & publications. ‘Shared with Me’ uses a red numerical indicator to warn you when new content has been shared.
- You can also access these pages from your initials at the top right and selecting 'My Resources' or access this area directly by going to {URL}/user/visualizations/personal.
Removing a dashboard
You can delete dashboards (and other pages, including wiki pages and presentations) that you have personally created or that you are the 'owner' of, meaning that someone made you the owner of an existing dashboard.
To delete a dashboard, from the left navigation panel, go to My Resources > Pages > My pages.
Hover over any dashboard you want to delete. You will see a trash bin icon appear in the top right corner of the dashboard tile. Click the icon and confirm you want to permanently delete the dashboard.
You can also delete by following the below steps:
- Open the dashboard.
- Select More Actions menu.
- Choose Delete. Confirm. You will not be able to undo this action.
Creating a custom URL for a dashboard
When you create a page, whether it's a dashboard or a wiki page, you may want to share it with others. While you could easily send the original URL or hyperlink text in your e-mail to the other person to avoid showing the URL altogether, in some instances it's simply more practical, looks better, or is easier to say {web address}/mypage (i.e. https://myportal.knoema.com/mypage) rather than have to spell out a random, multi-letter page ID, such a "i - e - f - t - r" (i.e. https://myportal.knoema.com/ieftr/mypage).
To bind your page to a user-friendly URL follow these steps:
- Choose More actions from your Dashboard action bar.
- Select Bind to URL.
- In the space provided, enter your URL extension and select Apply.
Note: Do not enter the full URL address; the extension only.
It's that simple. You can return to the action bar of your page later to change or remove the custom URL if needed.
Checking the history of a dashboard
If you are the owner of a dashboard, you can see the history of its changes. To see the history of changes, click History in the dashboard action bar.
