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Dashboard widget catalogs

A Dashboard widget catalog groups related cards and charts so you can choose the view that answers your business question. This page covers top widgets, backlog widgets, and management-report widgets. Sibling widgets stay together by family; the catalog does not create a separate page for each widget. The active tab is the dashboard tab currently selected for review or editing. A widget family is a group of sibling cards and charts that answer related business questions.

If you need to…Go to
Open the dashboardOpen the Dashboard
Match a question to a widget familyChoose a widget catalog
Find a widget already on the active tabFind and inspect a widget
Add a widget to the active tabAdd a widget and save the tab
Understand the wider dashboardDashboard overview
Review sales, booking, or backlog widgetsSales and backlog widgets
Review pipeline and status widgetsPipeline and status widgets
Review management-report widgetsManagement report widgets

Before you start

The Dashboard requires signed-in access. Your available widgets also depend on your subscription, the active tab, and whether the dashboard is in edit mode.

Before you start…Why it matters
Sign inSign in before opening the Dashboard.
Choose the active tabA widget already on that tab is removed from the available choices.
Check your subscriptionWidget availability checks whether the feature is included.
Enter edit mode to arrange widgetsDragging and resizing depend on edit mode.

The dashboard library can be replaced by a subscription-upgrade surface when the dashboard feature is not included. The widget area can also appear only when its conditions are met, so use the surface currently shown on your Dashboard.

Open the Dashboard

The Dashboard is the signed-in workspace where your configured cards and charts appear. Open it when you want to review the current tab before choosing, finding, or adding a widget.

Prerequisites

  • You are signed in.

Steps

  1. Open the Dashboard.
  2. Check whether the dashboard library appears.
  3. If the library does not appear, check for Your role has no dashboard.
  4. Read Kindly, Contact your administrator to define a dashboard when that instruction appears.

Result: The Dashboard opens with the dashboard library or the no-dashboard message visible.

Identify the Dashboard role label, active widget titles, and visible sort controls.

Choose a widget catalog

Choose a widget catalog according to the information you need to review. The three catalogs cover different families while sharing the same dashboard-tab surface.

If you need to review…Choose this catalogIt groups…
Top-ranked or comparative viewsTop widgetsSibling top widgets and their dashboard-tab consumers
Sales activity, booking, or backlog viewsBacklog widgetsSibling backlog widgets and their dashboard-tab consumers
Cash, ranking, aging, bonus, or other management viewsManagement-report widgetsSibling management-report widgets and their dashboard-tab consumers

The active dashboard displayed the role label Sales Manager and the widget titles Sales Pipeline, Booking This Year, Accounts in Sales Pipeline, Teams Booking vs. Target, and Backlog. The catalog has no fields for you to enter.

After choosing a family, use Find and inspect a widget to locate a widget on the active tab.

Find and inspect a widget

Finding a widget means locating it on the active tab and checking its displayed title before you work with it. Use the active tab's search when it is available; use the visible widget controls when you are reviewing the current tab.

Prerequisites

  • The Dashboard is open.
  • The active tab contains the widgets you want to review.

Steps

  1. Review the widget titles on the active tab.
  2. Use Search for widget to search the widgets already on the active tab.
  3. In edit mode, select Remove widget from tab when you need to remove the selected widget.
  4. Review Sort by Booking, Sort by Target, and Sort by Achievement when those inputs appear.

Result: You can identify the widget you need on the active tab and use the available search, sort, or edit control.

To change the tab, continue to Add a widget and save the tab.

Review the active Dashboard tab and its visible controls.

Add a widget and save the tab

Adding a widget places another available card or chart on the active tab. Save the arrangement when the tab contains the widgets you want to keep.

Prerequisites

  • The Dashboard is open on the tab that should receive the widget.
  • You are in edit mode.
  • The widget is available to your subscription and is not already selected on the active tab.

Steps

  1. Select Add new widget.

  2. Select the widgets to add:

    If you need to…Do this
    Add every available rowSelect Select all.
    Add only chosen widgetsSelect the widgets you want.
  3. Select OK to add the selected widgets and close the dialog.

  4. Drag the widgets into the order you want on the active tab.

  5. Select Save.

After a successful save, PAMS displays Your request was completed successfully.

Result: The active tab contains the selected widget arrangement.

Handle catalog availability branches

The available catalog actions change with the dashboard's subscription, active-tab, edit-mode, and empty-dashboard conditions. Use the visible branch to decide what to do next.

Prerequisites

  • The Dashboard is open.

Steps

  1. Compare the surface you see with the branch that applies:

    If you see…Continue by…
    A subscription-upgrade surfaceConfirm that the dashboard feature is included before using the widget library.
    Your role has no dashboardFollow Kindly, Contact your administrator to define a dashboard.
    A widget picker with already-selected widgets omittedChoose from the remaining available widgets.
    A dashboard in edit modeUse the available arrangement and widget controls.
  2. Return to Choose a widget catalog when the dashboard library is available.

Result: You know which dashboard surface and catalog actions are available for the current configuration.

If Search for widget does not appear on the active tab or Add new widget does not appear in the edit-mode picker, use When the catalog does not show what you need.

When the catalog does not show what you need

Use the message on screen to identify the branch that stopped the action. The available-widget picker and widget search are separate actions: a widget can be unavailable because it is already on the active tab or because the subscription does not include it.

MessageWhat it meansWhat to do
An error occurred while processing your requestThe dashboard request returned an error.Review the active tab and try the action again.
You’ve exceeded the number of tabsThe tab limit was reached.Continue with an existing tab.
You already have a tab with the same nameThe tab name is already in use.Use a different tab name.
You already have this widget in this tabThe widget is already selected on the active tab.Review the active tab instead of adding another copy.

Use the widget titles visible on your current tab, then continue to the page that matches your next task.

Continue from the catalog

The catalog helps you select a widget family and locate a widget; the linked pages own the next focused review or the wider dashboard explanation.

Prerequisites

  • You have identified the widget family or the broader dashboard task you want to continue.

Steps

  1. Choose the next destination:

    If you need to…Open…
    Understand the wider dashboard surfaceDashboard overview
    Review sales, booking, or backlog widget mapsSales and backlog widgets
    Review pipeline and status widget mapsPipeline and status widgets
    Review management-report widget mapsManagement report widgets
    Configure dashboard settingsDashboard settings

Result: You are on the page that owns the next dashboard review or configuration task.

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