How to create a Dashboard Landing page tab . . . that would provide links to other reports on other tabs in the same dashboard?

[John W5]

Our management likes dashboards and the various reports that can be placed under various tabs.

The desire:   to have "an overview tab for management" that would highlight things like:

1. Overall Issues count   (Scores)
2. Overall Risks count    (Scores)
3. Possibly a timeline (custom roadmap of the projects being handled)
1. QUESTION:  Is there a way to "embed" a "CIO Roadmap" under a given tab on a dashboard?
2. IF so, how to do so?
4. Latest project status reports for the projects being handled by a given team
5. Links to reports that are located under different tabs in the same dashboard
6. A weekly Comment area to high-light key things management should be aware of (e.g. Content Blocks)
7. . . . 

[sachin_namjoshi]

You can create new dashboard and pull reports on these dashboards.

Create Dashboard

Regards,

Sachin

[Thomas_Davis · Accepted solution]

A couple of things:

Create your first tab and call it whatever you want it to be.  Ex: Dashboard Contents

When you click on a tab in a dashboard, the URL changes, just grab the URL and use it on the first tab where you need it.  You can you a Static Content Block and create a Table of Contents on the first tab and list out everything that you want.  If you want some verbiage to go to s specific tab, go to that tab and copy the URL and then create a hyperlink in the Table of Contents in the Static Content Block.

I don't know that there is a way to go to s specific area on a tab of a report or widget. Meaning if you have to reports or widgets on a tab and it requires scrolling to get to one of them, I don't really know how you could make the URL scroll the tab to where that report or widget is.  *If someone knows, they may comment on your question as well*.

You may also be able to use a Dynamic Content Block to do some of this as well.

[John W5]

Thanks Thomas for your reply.

Many times our colleagues try to be helpful by referencing docs.servicenow.com . . . but in reality, most of us have already referenced the documentation.  And now, we are at the next-level, as the documentation is very surface-level; and not always providing a "deeper-dive" into the docs.

And what is disappointing:   ServiceNow folks could do a better job of demonstrating "real examples", not just a template / skeleton . . . of what the content would look like.

Your "static content block" will work for now.

iFrames do have their limitations . . . but hoping that SN's re-working of the UI will be friendlier for some of these tools to leverage . . . when they "standardized their apps" more.

[Thomas_Davis]

John W, I understand what you are saying.  I would suggest you sign up for our Office Hours, where we share more in-depth scenarios and solutions.  I will get what you are asking for on the list of Office Hours that we present in the future.  Thank you for the feedback.