# Dashboard manager

Source: https://cumulocity.com/docs/cockpit/dashboard-manager/
Sector: Application enablement & solutions
Release: Latest

The dashboard manager shows a list of device type dashboards by aggregating all dashboards that have a device type assigned.
It also provides information about the number of devices that have access to a particular dashboard, date of creation and last modification date.

To open the dashboard manager, click **Dashboard manager** in the **Configuration** menu of the navigator.

<img src="https://cumulocity.com/docs/images/users-guide/cockpit/dashboard-manager.png" name="Dashboard manager"/>


### To add a type dashboard {#to-add-type-dashboard}

To add a new dashboard for a device type select the device from the device list in the **Groups** menu. Refer to [To create a dashboard](https://cumulocity.com/docs/cockpit/working-with-dashboards/#to-create-a-dashboard) and [Dashboard template](https://cumulocity.com/docs/cockpit/working-with-dashboards/#dashboard-template) for more information.

### To delete type dashboard {#to-delete-type-dashboard}

To delete a device type dashboard, navigate to the device list in the **Groups** menu or to the **Dashboard manager** in the **Configuration menu**. In the row of the selected dashboard, click the delete icon <i class="dlt-c8y-icon-editing-trash text-danger icon-20"></i> on the right.


> **Info:**
> If you delete a device type dashboard, it gets deleted from all devices that have access to it. It is not possible to delete a device type dashboard from a single device.



### To edit type dashboard {#to-edit-type-dashboard}

Click the edit icon <i class="dlt-c8y-icon-edit1 text-primary icon-20"></i> on the corresponding row to open list with all devices that has access to the dashboard.
In the **Select dashboard instance to edit** dialog window, select the desired device and click the open instance icon <i class="dlt-c8y-icon-file-create text-primary icon-20"></i> on the right to navigate to dashboard assigned to this device. Now you can edit the dashboard settings or widgets. See [To edit a dashboard](https://cumulocity.com/docs/cockpit/working-with-dashboards/#to-edit-a-dashboard) for more detailed information.

### To manage dashboard visibility {#to-manage-dashboard-visibility}

To control in which applications a type dashboard is visible, click the actions menu <i class="dlt-c8y-icon-menu-vertical text-muted icon-20"></i> in the row of the selected dashboard and select **Manage visibility**. In the dialog, select the applications in which the dashboard should appear and click **Save**. The dashboard will be visible in the selected applications.

<img src="https://cumulocity.com/docs/images/users-guide/cockpit/dashboard-manager-visibility.png" name="Manage dashboard visibility"/>


> **Info:**
> The **Manage visibility** option is only available for dashboards that belong to the current application. Dashboards inherited via data sharing cannot be managed from the consuming application.



### To configure data sharing {#to-configure-data-sharing}

Application owners can pull in type dashboards from other applications. Click **Data sharing** in the menu bar to open the data sharing configuration. Select the applications whose type dashboards should also appear in the current application and click **Save**.

<img src="https://cumulocity.com/docs/images/users-guide/cockpit/dashboard-manager-sharing.png" name="Data sharing configuration"/>


> **Info:**
> The **Data sharing** option is only available to owners of the application. It is not visible for the default Device Management and Cockpit applications, which are owned by the Management tenant.



Dashboards inherited via data sharing are displayed with a badge showing the source application name. To manage the visibility of an inherited dashboard, navigate to the source application's dashboard manager.