Manage Dashboards

This guide explains how to manage Dashboards and use the Dashboard toolbar.

Manage Dashboards

OpenObserve offers the following options for viewing, searching, and performing actions on the Dashboards you have created or imported.

View Dashboards

The Dashboards table displays key details about each Dashboard, such as:

• Name: The name of the Dashboard. Click the star next to the name to add the Dashboard to Favorites, which lists your favorite Dashboards across all folders.
• Description: A brief description of the Dashboard.
• Owner: The user who created the Dashboard.
• Created: The timestamp showing when the Dashboard was created.

When you search across all folders, or open Favorites, a Folder column shows where each Dashboard lives.

Perform Actions on Dashboards

From the Actions column, you can move a Dashboard to another folder (Move to another Folder), duplicate it (Duplicate Dashboard), and delete it (Delete Dashboard). The More actions (⋮) menu repeats these actions and adds Pin to home page, which shows the Dashboard on the home page for everyone in the organization.

Select Dashboards with the checkboxes to act on several at once: TV playlist, Move, Export, and Delete appear in the bar at the bottom of the table. See Move and Export Dashboards in Bulk and TV Playlist.

Search Dashboards

You can search for Dashboards by name, either within a specific folder or across all folders.

• Search Within a Folder: Type in the Search Dashboard bar at the top of the list with This folder selected.
• Search Across All Folders: Select All folders inside the search bar, then type your search.

Dashboard Toolbar

The Dashboard toolbar provides several options for managing your Dashboard’s behavior and interactions:

1. Add Panel: Use the Add Panel button to add a new Panel to the selected Dashboard.
2. Time Range Selection: You can adjust the time range for which you want to visualize the data on your Dashboard by selecting an Absolute or Relative time range based on your timezone.
3. Auto Refresh Interval: Set the auto-refresh interval for your Dashboard. This is useful when you want the data to update automatically at specified intervals, such as every 5 minutes.
4. Refresh: Use the Refresh button to manually update the Dashboard and all its Panels with the latest data. Its dropdown offers Refresh cache & reload and, when available, Turn on Auto Run / Turn off Auto Run.
5. Edit: Unlock the layout to move, resize, and reorder Panels and Tabs. See Edit Dashboard Layout.
6. Export Dashboard: Export your Dashboard as a JSON file. This is useful for sharing or backing up the Dashboard configuration.
7. Share: Copy a link to the Dashboard to share it with others.
8. Publish publicly (beta): Create a public, read-only link to the Dashboard. Shown only when public dashboards are enabled. See Public Dashboards.
9. Dashboard Settings: Use the Dashboard Settings to adjust General settings, and manage Variables, Tabs, and Annotations.
10. Print Dashboard: Use the Print button to print the Dashboard or export it as a PDF.
11. Go Fullscreen: Use this button to turn on the fullscreen mode.
12. TV mode: Show the Dashboard on a wall screen. See TV Mode.
13. Scheduled Dashboards: Use the Scheduled Dashboards option to configure Scheduled and Cached Dashboards.
14. Edit Dashboard JSON: This option allows you to directly edit the JSON configuration of your Dashboard, giving you advanced control over its structure and settings.
15. Pin to home page: Show this Dashboard on the home page for everyone in the organization. Click it again to unpin.

Dashboard Settings

In the Dashboard Settings, you can configure various options to customize the behavior of your Dashboard.

General

• Name: Use it to modify the name of your Dashboard.
• Description: Modify the description for the Dashboard.
• Default Duration: You can adjust the time range for the entire dashboard by selecting an Absolute or Relative time range based on your timezone. This allows you to view the data for different periods.
• Default auto refresh: The auto-refresh interval applied each time the Dashboard opens, unless the link sets its own interval.
• Show Dynamic Filters: Adds an ad-hoc filter row above the Panels, so users can interactively filter the data displayed in Panels.

These settings are shared with everyone who can access the Dashboard. Click Save changes to apply them.

Variables

In the Variables section, you can edit and delete existing variables, add new variables, and view variable dependencies.

Tabs

In the Tabs section, you can add, edit, and delete Tabs within the Dashboard.

Annotations

In the Annotations section, you can add query-driven annotation sources that draw markers on time-series Panels. See Annotation Sources.

Edit Dashboard Layout

Dashboards open with the layout locked. Click Edit in the toolbar to drag and resize Panels, reorder Tabs, or set a Panel's height from its Edit Layout menu item. Changes stay local until you click Save.

While editing, the toolbar shows an Editing badge, Undo, Redo, a count of unsaved changes, Discard, and Save. Other Panel actions are hidden, and you cannot add, rename, or delete Tabs until you leave edit mode.

Discard returns the Dashboard to its last saved layout. If you have unsaved changes, OpenObserve asks you to confirm first.

The Undo, Redo, and Save shortcuts are ignored while you type in an input. If you try to leave the Dashboard with unsaved layout changes, OpenObserve asks you to confirm before discarding them.