Add a dashboard data visualization to the library

  • Release version: Zurich
  • Updated July 31, 2025
  • 1 minute to read

    • To make a data visualization on a dashboard reusable, or to be able to edit it in the Visualization Designer, add it to the data visualization library.

    Before you begin

    Role required: itil, report_user, viz_creator, or higher, and the right to edit the dashboard

    About this task

    You may want to add a data visualization that exists only as a local copy on an in-line dashboard to the data visualization library. You may want to do this to make the data visualization available to add to other dashboards. You may also want to be able to edit the data visualization in the Visualization Designer, as described in Open a visualization in the Visualization Designer from a dashboard.

    Procedure

    1. Open the relevant dashboard for editing.
    2. Locate or create the relevant data visualization.
      See Creating data visualizations.
    3. Expand the data visualization context menu.

      Context menu for data visualization with Add to library highlighted.
    4. Select Add to library.
    5. Provide a name and description for the data visualization.
    6. Select Add to library

    What to do next

    The data visualization now exists in the data visualization library. You can edit it as described in Open a visualization in the Visualization Designer from a dashboard.