# Dashboards

A page made of tiles: metrics, charts and views of your databases, tasks due, your journal streak and notes – at a glance, and for everyone with exactly the data they may see.

## Creating a dashboard

**New page → Dashboard** (or `> New dashboard` in the quick search). A new dashboard is empty; **Add the first tile** opens the settings of the first tile.

## Tiles

| Tile | Shows |
| --- | --- |
| **Database view** | A view of a database, as the linked database in a document shows it. With **Records editable here** records can be changed right on the dashboard, otherwise they are read-only. |
| **Metric** | The number of records of a view (with its filters) or the sum, average, minimum or maximum of a number property. With a **target** a progress bar appears. |
| **Chart** | Columns, bars, line or donut over a property – drawn like the chart view; a click on a record opens it. |
| **Journal streak** | How many days in a row you have written in a journal, plus today's entry or **Write today**. |
| **My due tasks** | Your tasks from **My tasks** that are due today or overdue. |
| **Recently changed** | The most recently changed pages and the number of unread notifications in the [inbox](/search-and-notifications#inbox). |
| **Text** | Free text in Markdown – for headings, notes or links. |

## Arranging and sizing

**Edit** at the top right switches to edit mode:

- **Add tile** creates a new tile.
- **Drag** tiles to change their order – or use **Move earlier**/**Move later** in the tile menu (**…**).
- Choose the **size** in the tile menu: Small (a quarter), Medium (half), Large (two thirds) or Full width. On phones all tiles stack.
- **Configure …** changes source, title and values; **Remove** deletes the tile.

**Done** leaves edit mode. Every change is saved right away.

## Permissions

- People with edit rights on the page add and change tiles; readers only look at the dashboard.
- Every tile is calculated with the rights of the person looking: private records only count for those who may see them. A tile over a database or journal someone may not read (or that is locked with a PIN) shows that person only **Not available** – no title, no values.
- Sources must be in the same workspace.

## Copying, export and trash

- **Duplicate** copies the dashboard with all tiles; when a database is copied along, the tile in the copy points to the copy.
- The Markdown export contains a text overview of the tiles (title, type, source, texts), and so do PDF, Word and EPUB. The values themselves depend on who is looking and are therefore not exported.
- Deleted dashboards go to the trash like any page and come back with all their tiles.
- Through the [API](/api-and-webhooks), the `dashboard.save` action stores the tiles of a dashboard page.