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title: "Using the Dashboard Builder"
slug: "using-the-dashboard-builder"
updated: 2026-03-26T11:58:34Z
published: 2026-03-26T11:58:34Z
canonical: "docs.sightmachine.com/using-the-dashboard-builder"
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> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.sightmachine.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Using the Dashboard Builder

Sight Machine’s dashboard builder allows you to create personalized combinations of charts for yourself or, by changing the settings to public, for others in your organization.

**To use the dashboard builder:**

1. On the Dashboards tab, in the upper-right, click the **Create New Dashboard** button.![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/c65001f1-30e3-4f1d-b335-57abf64ebd31/Images/Documentation/image-1765883390026.png)
2. At the top of the blank dashboard work table that opens, provide a meaningful name. For example, Lasercut Dashboard. Choose a folder to which it will fall under.  
![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/c65001f1-30e3-4f1d-b335-57abf64ebd31/Images/Documentation/image-1765883427676.png)
3. You can make any private dashboard public and available to others in your organization by changing the permissions settings at the top of the dashboard as follows:
  - **Public:** Click to make visible to anyone in your organization. However, the creator is the only one who can edit.
  - **Private:** Click to make visible only to the user who created it. This is the default setting.
4. Click the **Add Widget** icon to add a widget to the dashboard.  
![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/c65001f1-30e3-4f1d-b335-57abf64ebd31/Images/Documentation/90a9b8f0-a0eb-46aa-9a83-21cbb4e8709f.png)
5. In the Add a new widget window that appears in the upper-right corner, select any of the available data analysis widgets.  
For more information about each of these options, see [ANALYZE Application Tools](https://docs.sightmachine.com/docs/introducing-the-analysis-tools).  
![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/c65001f1-30e3-4f1d-b335-57abf64ebd31/Images/Documentation/00d3db72-bf2b-4df2-bc72-a5773b0aa333.png)
6. After you select a widget type, an edit screen containing the selected tool will open. Make your selections on the left, and then click **Update**, if applicable.  
![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/c65001f1-30e3-4f1d-b335-57abf64ebd31/Images/Documentation/cdee5aac-01a4-40a2-8ff2-46466ed136ee.png)
7. To save the widget to your dashboard, in the upper-right, click the Save button.  
![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/c65001f1-30e3-4f1d-b335-57abf64ebd31/Images/Documentation/b268c68a-30f9-4d96-be27-4da432fa0c28.png)