Creating and modifying components
You can’t edit or create components on mobile
- With a dashboard open, scroll to the bottom of the page
- Click the ‘Add item’ button, and select the type of component you’d like to create
- By default, the new component is added to the end of the dashboard.
Setting the contents
The new component will be opened by default. You can also click the Pencil button that appears if you hover over the component (next to the drag handle). The types of data you can select depends on the type of visualization. For example, in a line graph, you’ll only be able to select one dimension, but in a table can select multiple.- Measures: these are the numerical ‘values’ of the visualization, like sales, quantity or conversion percentage
- Dimensions: these determine how the measures are broken down. In ‘sales by product category’, product category would be a dimension
- Title: the label of the visualization
Editing and moving components
The move and edit buttons don’t appear on mobile. Use a desktop instead.
Types of components
There are many different components you can add to dashboards:| Type | Description | Measure | Dimension |
|---|---|---|---|
| Line chart | Time-series chart of a metric over time | Exactly one | Optional. Dimension values become different lines |
| Number | Single number displayed as a KPI | Exactly one | None |
| Table | Spreadsheet-like data table | As many as needed | As many as needed |
| Bar chart | Vertical bar list, useful for showing a ranked list | Exactly one | As many as needed |
| Heading | Header text to separate sections of the dashboard | N/A | N/A |
| Text | Text to add notes to the dashboard | N/A | N/A |