Managing widgets
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Updated at June 23, 2025
You can manage widgets on the dashboard: duplicate, copy to another dashboard, share a link to a widget, etc. Available actions are widget type-specific.
Chart
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On the home page, select Dashboards and open a dashboard or create a new one.
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Add and configure a chart.
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Click
in the top-right corner of your widget. -
In the menu that opens, select one of these options:
- Edit: Edit query, chart type, or other parameters.
- Duplicate: Create a copy of the widget on the current dashboard.
- Copy to another dashboard: Create a copy of the widget on a selected dashboard.
- Add to selection: Add the widget to a selection. With several widgets selected, you can copy them to the clipboard and paste onto a dashboard.
- Share: Share the chart using one of the following options:
- Publication: Link to the dashboard in Monitoring.
- Export: Save as
CSV
orJSON
.
- Share screenshot:
- Copy screenshot: Save a screenshot of the chart to the clipboard in
PNG
format. - Copy link to screenshot: Save a screenshot of the chart in
PNG
format to the Monitoring storage and copy a link to that screenshot to the clipboard.
- Copy screenshot: Save a screenshot of the chart to the clipboard in
- Fixed time range: Set a fixed time scale for the chart:
1 hour
,1 day
,1 week
, or1 month
. - Show legend: Display the chart legend.
- Create alert: Create an alert for the chart query.
- Delete: Delete the widget.
Alert
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Open a dashboard or create a new one.
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Add and configure an alert.
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Click
in the top-right corner of your widget. -
In the menu that opens, select one of these options:
- Setup widget: Open the alert editing menu.
- Duplicate: Create a copy of the widget on the current dashboard.
- Copy to another dashboard: Create a copy of the widget on a selected dashboard.
- Add to selection: Add the widget to a selection.
- Share screenshot:
- Copy screenshot: Save a screenshot of the widget in
PNG
format to the clipboard. - Copy link to screenshot: Save a screenshot of the widget in
PNG
format to the Monitoring storage and copy a link to that screenshot to the clipboard.
- Copy screenshot: Save a screenshot of the widget in
- Delete: Delete the widget.