Classic dashboard
A fixed grid of charts and lists from several tables on one page, which can also act as the default home dashboard.
What it is
A classic dashboard (a system dashboard in Microsoft's terms) arranges components on one page: charts, lists that show a view, and sometimes iframes or web resources. The components can come from different tables. Each tile is independent, so selecting a chart part does not filter the others, but a list lets you open its rows.
When to use it
Use it for an overview that is the same for everyone in a role, such as a team's accelerators by type and its latest changes. Use the Interactive dashboard when people work through a queue and need filters that apply to the whole page. Use the Chart pane for a chart tied to one view.
Licensing and configuration
No extra licence. A maker adds a dashboard to the app from the app designer (Add page, Dashboard), after building it in the dashboard editor or the solution. Charts that it shows must exist as system charts on their tables. Users can also make personal dashboards. Whether Home opens a dashboard depends on the Home setting and on the dashboard marked as default for the app.
Pitfalls
- A chart appears only if it is a system chart on its table and the app includes it.
- Lists show the default fields of a view. Changing that view changes every dashboard that uses it.
- Many components on one page slow the load. Keep the tile count modest.
- Personal dashboards and system dashboards are different things. Edits to one do not carry over to the other.
Try it in the demo
- Open the Accelerators dashboard at the deep link.
- Read the charts and lists. Each one comes from its own table.
- Select the open icon on a list to jump to the full view.
- Select Home in the left navigation. In this demo it opens the same dashboard by default.