# Configure dashboards > Dashboard editor (addon-reports)

## Description

<p class="callout success">On this **dashboard editor** screen, you can create dashboards for different users/roles/groups that will contain the charts we have available.</p>

<p class="callout info">You can create as many dashboards as you need. Each dashboard will have a different access list. For example, you can create one dashboard for administrator users, another for managers, and another for end users.</p>

## Screen overview

[![image.png](https://bookstack.soffid.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-09/scaled-1680-/U2A59xxhJbXBK4bb-image.png)](https://bookstack.soffid.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-09/U2A59xxhJbXBK4bb-image.png)

[![image.png](https://bookstack.soffid.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-09/scaled-1680-/rjoSJZhQqNAPv398-image.png)](https://bookstack.soffid.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-09/rjoSJZhQqNAPv398-image.png)

## Related objects

- [Dashboard editor](https://bookstack.soffid.com/books/soffid-4-reference-guide/page/configure-dashboards-dashboard-editor-addon-reports "Configure dashboards > Dashboard editor (addon-reports)") : to create and manage dashboards
- [Chart editor](https://bookstack.soffid.com/books/soffid-4-reference-guide/page/configure-dashboards-chart-editor-addon-reports "Configure dashboards > Chart editor (addon-reports)") : to manage charts to be used in the dashboard editor
- [Dataset editor](https://bookstack.soffid.com/books/soffid-4-reference-guide/page/configure-dashboards-dataset-editor-addon-reports "Configure dashboards > Dataset editor (addon-reports)") : to manage datasets to be used in the chart editor
- [Dashboards](https://bookstack.soffid.com/books/soffid-4-reference-guide/page/dashboards-addon-reports "Dashboards (addon-reports)") : where the dashboards created in the dashboard editor are displayed

## Standard attributes

Definition:

- **Name**: name of the dashboard
- **Description**: description of the dashboard
- **Usable by**: who will be able to view the dashboard, can be selected users, roles and groups. [![image.png](https://bookstack.soffid.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-09/scaled-1680-/jLvXETvkT9hDoHom-image.png)](https://bookstack.soffid.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-09/jLvXETvkT9hDoHom-image.png)
- **Number of columns**: number of columns to display in the dashboard page, 1 is the whole page, 2 are two columns [![image.png](https://bookstack.soffid.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-09/scaled-1680-/JzDOzpjBYgnqqG15-image.png)](https://bookstack.soffid.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-09/JzDOzpjBYgnqqG15-image.png)

Charts:

- **Chars**<span class="colon">: chart to be displayed</span>
- <span class="colon">**Columns**: columns needed to be displayed</span>
- <span class="colon">**Rows**: rows needed to be displayed</span>

### <span class="colon">How to configure columns</span>

<table border="1" id="bkmrk-chart-number-of-colu" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;"><colgroup><col style="width: 39.8212%;"></col><col style="width: 30.0447%;"></col><col style="width: 15.6185%;"></col><col style="width: 14.5455%;"></col></colgroup><tbody><tr><td>**Chart**</td><td>**Number of columns (dashboard)**</td><td>**Columns (chart)**</td><td>**Rows (chart)**</td></tr><tr><td>One single chart</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>Two charts square</td><td>2</td><td>1/1</td><td>1/1</td></tr><tr><td>Two rectangular charts one above the other</td><td>2</td><td>2/2</td><td>1/1</td></tr><tr><td>A double chart with two small ones on its right</td><td>3</td><td>2/1/1</td><td>2/1/1</td></tr></tbody></table>

## Actions

#### Table actions

<table id="bkmrk-query-allows-to-sear-0"><tbody><tr><td>**Add new**</td><td>Allows you to create a new dashboard.</td></tr><tr><td>**Delete**</td><td>Allows you to delete all dashboards selected with the checkbox in the first column.</td></tr><tr><td>**Download CSV file**</td><td>Allows you to download a CSV file with the dashboard data.</td></tr></tbody></table>

#### Dataset actions

<table id="bkmrk-apply-changes-%28disk-" style="width: 78.4524%; height: 331.641px;"><tbody><tr style="height: 46.5938px;"><td style="width: 29.6353%; height: 46.5938px;">**Apply changes (disk icon)**</td><td style="width: 70.3647%; height: 46.5938px;">Allows you to save the updates of the dashboard.</td></tr><tr style="height: 29.7969px;"><td style="width: 29.6353%; height: 29.7969px;">**Delete**</td><td style="width: 70.3647%; height: 29.7969px;">Allows you to delete the dashboard</td></tr><tr style="height: 29.7969px;"><td style="width: 29.6353%; height: 29.7969px;">**Expand all**</td><td style="width: 70.3647%; height: 29.7969px;">Displays all the attributes of the different blocks.</td></tr><tr style="height: 29.7969px;"><td style="width: 29.6353%; height: 29.7969px;">**Collapse all**</td><td style="width: 70.3647%; height: 29.7969px;">Hide all attributes of the different blocks.</td></tr><tr style="height: 46.5938px;"><td style="width: 29.6353%; height: 46.5938px;">**"Types of views"**</td><td style="width: 70.3647%; height: 46.5938px;">Change the view type: Classic view, Modern view, Compact design.</td></tr><tr style="height: 29.875px;"><td style="width: 29.6353%; height: 29.875px;">**Refresh**</td><td style="width: 70.3647%; height: 29.875px;">Allows you to display the selected charts.</td></tr><tr style="height: 29.7969px;"><td style="width: 29.6353%;">**Delete**</td><td style="width: 70.3647%;">Allows you to delete all charts selected with the checkbox in the first column.</td></tr><tr style="height: 29.7969px;"><td style="width: 29.6353%;">**Add new**</td><td style="width: 70.3647%;">Allows you to add a new chart to the chart.</td></tr><tr style="height: 29.7969px;"><td style="width: 29.6353%; height: 29.7969px;">**Undo**</td><td style="width: 70.3647%; height: 29.7969px;">Allows you to quit without applying any changes. </td></tr><tr style="height: 29.7969px;"><td style="width: 29.6353%; height: 29.7969px;">**Apply changes**</td><td style="width: 70.3647%; height: 29.7969px;">Allows you to save the updates of the group.</td></tr></tbody></table>