Dashboard Modification

[Sumer Sharma]

Hi Everyone,

How can I hide a dashboard in ServiceNow?

Thanks

[Community Alums]

Hi @Sumer Sharma ,

You can edit the contents of a dashboard, including Performance Analytics widgets, reports, and tabs. Because dashboards are shared, any modifications you make are applied globally.

Before you begin

Role required: Users can edit dashboards that they own, or ones that they have the right to edit. See Dashboard permissions for more information about viewing and editing rights on dashboards.

Note: Responsive dashboards do not support the Sticky Notes widget.

Procedure

1. Navigate to All > Self-Service > Dashboards or All > Performance Analytics > Dashboards.
2. From the dashboard picker, select the dashboard that you want to edit.
3. Perform any of the following actions.

   Action	Steps
   Add a widget	Click the plus sign ( ) to put the dashboard in edit mode. From the list, select the type of widget that you want to add, for example, Performance Analytics, Report, or Content Block. Select the widget. A preview of the widget appears. Click Add. The widget appears at the top of the dashboard. Drag to move the widget or resize it. Note: Data visualization titles are not automatically translated on localized ServiceNow instances.
   Delete a widget from the dashboard	Click the plus sign ( ) to put the dashboard in edit mode. Point to the top of the widget, then click the X icon ( ) that appears. Note: There is no confirmation message. The widget disappears from the dashboard.
   Configure widget layouts	To change widget appearance and layouts, and show and hide widget headers, see Configure widget layouts.
   Edit a widget	Click the plus sign ( ) to put the dashboard in edit mode. Point to the widget's header and select the pencil icon ( ). This icon is available only if your roles give you access to the widget's source. Edit rights to a dashboard do not necessarily give you edit rights to the widgets on that dashboard. The widget opens in the tool where it was created. For example, when you edit a report widget, the source report opens in the Report Designer.
   Apply a quick layout to a dashboard	Click the configuration icon ( ) to open the Configuration pane, then click a layout to snap the widgets against. Modify the layout as desired.
   Add a tab to a dashboard	Click the configuration icon ( ) to open the Configuration pane, then click Create Tab. The panel created with the dashboard becomes the dashboard's first tab. The default names of the tabs are the name of the dashboard followed by New Tab and New Tab 2. To change the default names, see Rename a tab in this table. Note: You cannot link an existing tab into a dashboard.
   Reorder a dashboard tab	Click the plus sign ( ) to put the dashboard in edit mode. Select the dashboard tab and drag it to the desired position. Alternatively, Click the context menu ( ) and select Dashboard Properties. On the Dashboard Tabs related list, enter numbers in the Order column to specify the tab order. Tabs display from left to right with lower numbers appearing first.
   Delete a dashboard tab	Click the tab to make it active. Point to the tab name and click the trash icon that appears. Note: The dashboard tab no longer appears on any dashboards where it appeared. Dashboards may have tabs that appear in multiple dashboards.
   Rename a tab	Click the tab to make it active. Point to the tab name and click the pencil icon that appears. Type the new name then press Enter. Note: If you rename a tab on a dashboard that has been translated, the translations are replaced with the new English tab name. To translate the new name: Navigate to User Menu > Preferences. On the Display tab, select the target language. On the translated dashboard, rename the tab with the translation of its new name.
   Enable filtering of data for report widgets	Interactive filters let users filter data for all report widgets on a dashboard that follow them. Click the plus sign ( ) to put the dashboard in edit mode. From the list, select Interactive Filters. Navigate to the filter you want to add. Click Add. For more information, see Interactive Filters.
   Configure a report widget to follow interactive filters	Point to the report widget, then click the gear icon ( ). In the Edit Widget window, select the Follow interactive filter check box. (Optional) To show a filter icon ( ) on the report when it is following an interactive filter, select the Show when following check box. Note: Performance Analytics widgets cannot follow interactive filters.
   Enable filtering of data for Performance Analytics widgets	Click the plus sign ( ) to put the dashboard in edit mode. Add a breakdown to a dashboard so that users can filter data for all Performance Analytics widgets on that dashboard. Only users with the pa_admin or pa_power user roles can work with breakdowns. See Add breakdown sources to a dashboard.
   View the description of a widget	Point to the widget, then click the question mark ( ). If the widget does not have a description, the question mark icon does not appear.

[Marriam]

Hi Sandeep! I'm following the steps to delete a tab, but before I can confirm delete, the tab data loads (which is a link to an existing tab on a different DB! oops!) How can I delete the tab from current DB? 

[dennisja]

This was helpful, thank you

[AndersBGS]

Hi @Sumer Sharma ,

What do you mean by hide? from who? which groups? 

In general you should use the sharing options to share / restrict sharing of Dashboard in ServiceNow. 

If my answer has helped with your question, please mark my answer as accepted solution and give a thumb up.

Best regards

Anders