Open the Dashboard Designer

The dashboard designer provides the tools you need to create and edit dashboards, and lets you access optional items such as text fields and images to enhance your dashboards.

The designer can be opened from the Reports explorer or by right-clicking a dashboard on the navigation pane and selecting Edit Report Definition. The following procedure describes opening the designer from the Reports explorer.

1. If your navigation set is configured to add dashboards from the file menu, do one of the following:
   • Click File > Dashboard. See Overview of Navigation Sets.
   • Click Analytics on the navigation pane and then double-click Reports Explorer.
2. To create a dashboard, click New Dashboard.
3. To edit an existing dashboard, right-click the dashboard and select Edit.
   The dashboard designer opens. The designer consists of the ribbon, the design surface, where the dashboard content is placed, and the reports explorer, which shows reports and other items you can place on the dashboard. For descriptions of the ribbon and main components, see Overview of the Dashboard Designer Ribbon and Overview of Dashboard Designer Components.