Create custom data visualizations with dashboards

Follow these steps:

1. Select the + Create a dashboard button located at the top-right corner of the dashboards index.

2. Select the Create a new dashboard option.

3. Name your dashboard. Names are searchable, so we recommend giving a meaningful name using words that will help you locate your dashboard easily. For example, you can use the name of your service or application.

4. Select the account the dashboard belongs to. Choose carefully because this action can't be modified.

5. Select the permissions you want for your dashboard. The Edit - everyone in account permissions are selected by default. Later, you can change them from the settings menu once you access the dashboard.

6. Press Create to continue, or Back to return to the index.

7. Click the + Add widget button or click inside one of the quadrants to add a new widget. There are 2 options:

   • Add a chart, where you need to use the query builder.
   • Add text, images, or links, where you'll add your widget using our markdown editor.

   Alternatively, you can also create a new dashboard:

• By duplicating an existing dashboard.

• From any chart: Copy any chart from any dashboard to a new or an existing dashboard.

• From metrics and events or the query builder: Add any chart you create from our querying features to a new or an existing dashboard.

• From the explorer: Take any custom view from the entity manager over to dashboards.

  To organize dashboards with multiple pages, see Add pages to a dashboard.

Click the icon of the dashboard you want to duplicate and select the Duplicate dashboard option.

Follow these steps:

1. Name your dashboard. The duplicated dashboard is named like the original dashboard followed by the word "copy". For example, if you duplicate a dashboard named this is my dashboard, the duplicate will be created as this is my dashboard copy. You can edit the name and change it.

2. Select the account the dashboard belongs to. Choose carefully because this action can't be modified.

3. Select the permissions you want for your dashboard. The Edit - everyone in account permissions are selected by default. Later, you can change them from the settings menu once you access the dashboard.

4. Press Create to continue, or Cancel to return to the index.

5. You'll see a short message at the bottom-right corner to inform you that the dashboard has been created. You'll see 2 buttons, Open and Dismiss.

   Tip

   The index displays dashboards according to sorting. To quickly find your duplicated dashboard, sort the dashboards by creation date. The new dashboard appears on top.

Click the icon of the dashboard you want to delete and select the Delete option.

You can only delete a dashboard if you created it, or if it has Edit - everyone in account permissions. For more information, see the permissions information.

You can also delete a dashboard from the settings menu of a dashboard.

You can import a dashboard as JSON when you want to modify an out-of-the-box dashboard at the code level. For example, if you want to create a custom dashboard by merging two existing dashboards together, you can modify a base dashboard’s JSON and then import it back to New Relic.

To import a dashboard as JSON:

1. Go to one.newrelic.com > All capabilities > Dashboards.
2. Open an existing dashboard’s JSON by click the ..., then select Copy JSON.
3. Go back to the Dashboards page.
4. In the top-right corner, click Import dashboard.
5. Paste your JSON code.
6. Choose the account and permission settings for the dashboard. You can’t change the account once you’ve set it, but you can change the permissions at any time.
7. Click Save.

Clicking the star icon next to a dashboard toggles on or off the favorites. When you click it, the icon turns yellow. When you favorite a dashboard, it's grouped with other favorite dashboards at the top of the list.

To remove a dashboard from your favorites, select the star icon again.

You can search dashboards by dashboard name, tags, and author using the search box above the index.

You can also sort the dashboards in the index. By default, dashboards you edited recently are at the top of the index in both the favorited and non-favorited sections. To change this order, you can sort both sections by any of the columns in the index, your most recent sort is displayed next time you access New Relic.

Click the icon of the dashboard you want to see its metadata and tags and select the See metadata & tags option.