--- title: "Insights Dashboards" date: "2026-01-06T05:52:37+00:00" summary: image: type: "page" url: "/acquia-dam/insights-dashboards" id: "7ef8c2de-198b-4d9d-921e-43d2ed863f81" --- Insights Dashboards allow users to create personalized views of their digital asset management performance. This feature aggregates charts from various reports into a single interface so that administrators can obtain at-a-glance information regarding critical metrics without the need to navigate to multiple reports. This feature enables faster decision-making and helps validate the value of digital assets. Permissions and requirements ---------------------------- * **Permissions:** Only users with the **Administrate Insights Dashboards** permission can create new dashboards. * **Prerequisites:** Dashboards are built with charts from existing reports. To add a chart to a dashboard, you must first create the corresponding report in the Reports tab. Creating a dashboard -------------------- Users can create multiple dashboards with customizable layouts to suit different reporting needs. 1. Navigate to the **Insights** application and click the **Dashboards** tab. 2. Click the **Create dashboard** button. 3. Enter a name for your dashboard. ![Acquia-DAM\_name-dasboard](https://acquia.widen.net/content/gnlnsc7myu/web/ae179_image6.png?w=480&v=5d28b87e-299f-454c-9429-5868d17164ef&itok=NaCF2MVE) 4. Select a **Dashboard Layout**: * **2 columns:** Surfaces 2 charts per row. * **3 columns:** Surfaces 3 charts per row. 5. Click **Create**. Managing charts --------------- Once a dashboard is created, you can populate it with charts from your existing reports. ### Adding charts 1. Open your dashboard and click **Add Chart**. ![Acquia-DAM\_add-chart](https://acquia.widen.net/content/kmvicm5tkj/web/1103d_image11.png?w=480&v=0818ab63-c4a4-45f4-bf6b-aaa8b1e8d2b6&itok=D_B2Fj63) 2. Use the search bar or filters (Report Creator, Report Type) to find the specific charts you wish to display. * _Note:_ The image shown on the selection card reflects the type of chart (for example, Line, Bar) used in the source report. ![Acquia-DAM\_select-charts](https://acquia.widen.net/content/cnk6t9tdyv/web/0c717_image1.png?w=480&v=1091515e-9926-45d0-bcca-8b2ff9977382&itok=AUdf2fi7) 3. Check the **Select** box for each chart that you want to include. 4. Click the **Add** button to insert them into the dashboard. Working with Number charts -------------------------- A new **Number** chart type is available for reports. These are ideal for dashboards because they display a single, high-level metric: * **Count-based reports:** Displays the total count (for example, Asset count, User count, Storage). The date range defaults to "Yesterday". ![Acquia-DAM\_count-based](https://acquia.widen.net/content/qr0kbedt4k/web/ce95a_image2.png?w=480&v=d2a94e5e-6dae-41ba-a343-448f979dedd6&itok=3PGW3ZsE) * **View-based reports:** Displays a summation value of views across the selected date range. ![Acquia-DAM\_asset-view](https://acquia.widen.net/content/q4f3gmwdjx/web/7ef90_image13.png?h=480&v=2ccc531c-dd0b-46da-95b7-01b727ff8ffb&itok=JTNBkFtC) ### Arranging and editing charts * **Re-arrange:** Click the six-dot icon on the top left of a chart and drag it to a new position. The new order is saved automatically. * **Chart options:** Click the 3-dot menu on a chart to **Download** (CSV, PNG, JPEG, SVG), **View data table**, **Print chart**, or **Remove chart**. If the chart type is **Number**, clicking on **Download** will download a Column chart. This is only for the Number chart type. * **Data synchronization:** Any changes made to the source report (for example, changing "Group by" from Day to Week) automatically reflect in the dashboard chart. Managing dashboards ------------------- ### Setting a default dashboard You can designate a specific dashboard to load automatically whenever you access the Insights application. 1. On the dashboard page, click the 3-dot menu next to the "Add Chart" button. 2. Select **Set as your default**. ![Acquia-DAM\_set-default](https://acquia.widen.net/content/fvitkbqavu/web/941ed_image4.png?w=480&v=38a8125d-c781-43ff-81da-ced4b19e290d&itok=avub6IDs) 3. A "Default" badge appears next to the dashboard name. * _Note:_ Setting a default cannot be undone, but you can switch the default status to a different dashboard at any time. ### Renaming and deleting * **Rename:** Hover over the dashboard name and click to update and save a new name. * **Delete:** Click the 3-dot menu in the upper right corner and select **Delete dashboard**. This action cannot be undone. ### Report integration details The **Reports** tab now includes features to help you track how your data is being used in dashboards. * **Featured In:** Each report now displays a "Featured in" field, which lists every dashboard that currently utilizes that report's chart. ![Acquia-DAM\_portal-views](https://acquia.widen.net/content/ngp5ozz50l/web/4bd8d_image12.png?w=480&v=fe9f4d63-2d1d-4832-960c-76c2d950211c&itok=975q-lg_) * **Add report to dashboard:** Click the **+** icon next to "Featured in" to add a report directly to a dashboard from the Reports page. ![Acquia-DAM\_report-dashboard](https://acquia.widen.net/content/thwigs2kvf/web/7116b_image9.png?w=480&v=1a4acc07-ed25-4043-a29d-208e1c1a7f42&itok=IRZJl4rz) * **Deletion warning:** If you attempt to delete a report that is used in a dashboard, a warning lists the affected dashboards. Click **Delete** to remove the chart from those dashboards permanently. ![Acquia-DAM\_delete-report](https://acquia.widen.net/content/rsolrakq0m/web/efb2b_image3.png?w=480&v=8806cee1-16f3-44c2-961a-bade19d7b03c&itok=rdiN3W8n)