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# Set dashboards as home for all users

# Set dashboards as home for all users {#ariaid-title1}

* Release version: Xanadu
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* Updated August 1, 2024
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* ![](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/portal-asset/ico-clock) 1 minute to read

While it is possible for individual users to set dashboards, rather than homepages,
you can also set dashboards as home for all users. By default, the most recent dashboard a
user has visited is the dashboard they see when they log in to ServiceNow.

## Before you begin

Role required: admin  
Important:  
The functionality found in homepages, arranging information from your instance to tell a story about your data, is found in dashboards on new instances. On upgraded instances with Next Experience enabled, users can view existing homepages if they have a direct URL, but they can't create or edit them. Responsive dashboards and Analytics Center dashboards take over homepage functionality.{#set-dashboards-as-home-for-all-users__deprecation}

Use the [Homepage
deprecation help tool](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/sZ4eOAUEpNkd1vzvOQzNIA "Support for homepage functionality is being phased out, and is not possible to create or edit homepages at all when Next Experience is enabled. Find all of your homepages in one place and convert them to dashboards, retire them, and restore retired homepages as dashboards.") to convert the homepages on your instance to responsive dashboards.{#set-dashboards-as-home-for-all-users__deprecation-tool}  
For more information, see:

* [Dashboards in the Analytics Center](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/MtEFk23~E90D72~r~~RzeA "Dashboards are reusable canvasses containing data visualizations, filters, and other visual components.").
* [Working with responsive dashboards](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/LJMipZ5HbvFjX2G4myHg6A "Responsive dashboards enable you to share widgets such as reports and Performance Analytics visualizations in the classic environment. An easy-to-use drag and drop canvas helps you create, edit, and arrange content, and then share it with colleagues.").
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## Procedure

1. Navigate to AllUser AdministrationUser Preferences. {#set-dashboards-as-home-for-all-users__step_ddp_5ws_msb}
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2. Create a user preference with the name <kbd class="ph userinput">my_home_navigation_page</kbd>. {#set-dashboards-as-home-for-all-users__step_mrc_vws_msb}
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3. Give the preference the description <kbd class="ph userinput">Set all homepages to dashboards</kbd>. {#set-dashboards-as-home-for-all-users__step_qc4_11t_msb}
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4. Select the System check box to create an instance-wide default. {#set-dashboards-as-home-for-all-users__step_jf3_31t_msb}
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5. Leave the User field empty.  
   Steps 4 and 5 make the preference universal. {#set-dashboards-as-home-for-all-users__step_sx4_31t_msb}
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6. Set the Type to <kbd class="ph userinput">string</kbd>.
7. Set the value to <kbd class="ph userinput">$pa_dashboard.do</kbd>.
8. Select Submit.  

## Result

All users see the last dashboard that they visited when they log in to ServiceNow.

## What to do next

[Set a specific dashboard as home for all users](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/zyAAEhzn8_XW6bPIZTra3A "Configure ServiceNow so that all users see the same dashboard when they log in.")

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