Creating a dashboard in DataLens
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Updated at July 9, 2025
To create a dashboard:
Warning
If you use a new DataLens object model with workbooks and collections:
- Go to the DataLens home page. In the left-hand panel, select Collections and workbooks.
- Open the workbook, click Create in the top-right corner, and select the appropriate object.
Follow the guide from step 3.
- Go to the DataLens home page.
- In the left-hand panel, click Dashboards.
- Click Create dashboard.
- Add the widgets you need to the dashboard.
- In the top-right corner, click Save.
- In the window that opens, enter a name for the dashboard and click Create. The dashboard will appear in the list on the navigation page.
Creating a copy or draft of the dashboard
To create a dashboard copy, use one of these methods:
- In the dashboard editing mode, in the top-right corner, click → Save as copy. In the window that opens, enter a name for the new dashboard and click Save. All changes in the current version will be saved to the new dashboard.
- At the top of the dashboard, click → Duplicate. In the window that opens, enter a name for the new dashboard and click Apply. This will create a copy of the dashboard’s current version on the server.
- Go to the page of the workbook the dashboard is in. In the row with the dashboard, click → Duplicate. In the window that opens, enter a name for the new dashboard and click Apply. This will create a copy of the dashboard’s current version on the server.
You can also create a dashboard draft by clicking → Save as draft in the top-right corner in the dashboard editing mode. All changes in the current version will be saved to the dashboard draft. For more information, see Versioning.