How do the Homepage and Dashboard modules determine which dashboard/page to open?
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09-14-2026 01:16 AM
Hi everyone,
We are currently investigating the behavior of the Homepage and Dashboard modules and would appreciate some clarification on the following points.
Homepage module
Our understanding is that when a user clicks the Homepage module, the system redirects them to the last dashboard they visited, regardless of whether it is a Core UI dashboard (pa_dashboard) or a Platform Analytics dashboard (par_dashboard).
- Is this understanding correct?
- What mechanism determines and stores the last visited dashboard?
- Are there any user preferences, system properties, or scripts responsible for this redirection?
Dashboard module
We observed that the Dashboard module points to $pa_dashboards_overview.do. We would like to understand the differences between $pa_dashboard.do and $pa_dashboards_overview.do specifically:
- Is $pa_dashboard.do the legacy path of Dashboards?
- What page or dashboard will users see when navigating directly to $pa_dashboard.do?
- Is $pa_dashboards_overview.do a newer path that replaces $pa_dashboard.do, or is it simply a dashboard overview page?
- What page or dashboard will users see when navigating directly to $pa_dashboards_overview.do?
- What determines whether these URLs open a Core UI dashboard or redirect to Platform Analytics Workspace?
Any official documentation or implementation details explaining the redirection mechanism would be very helpful.
Thanks in advance!
