Dashboards

A dashboard is a top-level container that

• provides a Grid system for Widgets
• provides a unique URL Path for access e.g. /workspace-name/dashboard-name
• sets global style preferences for grid and widgets

Key Features

• Flexible Grid Layout - Customizable columns and rows with automatic responsive behavior
• Custom URL Paths - User-friendly, shareable URLs for each dashboard
• Style Presets - Optimized rendering for low-frequency and high-frequency data updates
• Widget Management - Add, position, and configure multiple widgets on a single dashboard
• Sharing Controls - Manage access permissions for users and teams
• Real-Time Updates - Widgets automatically update as new data arrives

Grid System

The grid automatically

• controls how widgets can be placed on a dashboard
• controls how widgets behave under certain dynamic conditions
• handles responsive sizing on different screen sizes, resizing a window, rotating a device
• handles widget overflow and scrolling
• handles empty cells

The grid is defined by

• Columns - Number of columns
• Rows - Number of rows

The grid size results from the numbers of columns and rows, and determines the maximum number of widgets can be placed on a dashboard.

Widgets positioning

• Cell Index - Starting position in the grid
• Column Span - How many columns the widget occupies
• Row Span - How many rows the widget occupies

Style Presets

Styles are optimized to enhance dashboard user-experience based on your data update patterns. For dashboards with high-frequency data updates (shorter than a minute), specialized styles ensure stable positioning of tooltips, numbers, and chart labels, while maintaining smooth rendering performance.

Currently Dashgrid provides two style presets:

• Default LF: for dashboards updated in low-frequency (update cycles longer than a minute)
• Default HF: for dashboards updated in high-frequency (update cycles shorter than a minute)

URL Path

Each dashboard has a unique URL Path. This path is combined from the dashboard creator's workspace path and the dashboard path.

f.e. https://dashgrid.com/workspace-path/dashboard-path

In a new user account both are initially automatically generated, and look cryptic. You can customize both parts of the path to make it more user-friendly and distinguishable.

Access Control

Data Buckets and API Keys

Data Buckets and API Keys

• can be only accessed and managed by users with roles Owner or Admin
• are only accessible within the dashboard where those are defined

For more see the Sharing section.