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title: Dashboards Overview
description: Visualize and monitor real-time or historical data in OpenObserve using dashboards, variables, comparisons, and custom interactive charts.
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# Dashboards Overview

In OpenObserve, Dashboards are used to visualize and monitor both real-time and historical data. They present information in an interactive, easy-to-read form. 

**Learn more**:

- [Dashboards in OpenObserve](dashboards-in-openobserve.md)
- [Manage Dashboards](manage-dashboards.md)
- [Move and Export Dashboards in Bulk](bulk-move-and-export-dashboards.md)
- [Variables](variables/index.md)
- [Variable Dependencies in Dashboards](variables/variable-dependencies.md)
- [Comparison Against in Dashboards](comparison-against-in-dashboards.md)
- [Custom Charts](custom-charts/index.md)