Dashboards
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Dashboards are a collection of charts assembled to create a single unified display of your data. Each chart shows data from a single MongoDB collection or view, so dashboards are essential to attain insight into multiple focal points of your data in a single display. Dashboards can be shared with other users.
Dashboards Page
The Dashboards page shows all dashboards you have access to view. To learn more about dashboard permissions in MongoDB Charts, see Dashboard Permissions.
Each dashboard shows the following information:
Title
Description
A preview of the first three charts in the dashboard, including the chart title and type
When the dashboard was last modified
By default, the most recently modified dashboards are shown first in the list. You can change the sort order by using the Sort By dropdown menu.
Create a New Dashboard
To create a new dashboard:
From the Dashboards page, click the Add Dashboard button.
In the Add Dashboard dialog, enter a title for your dashboard.
(Optional) Enter a description for your dashboard.
Click Create.
After after clicking the Create button you are taken to the page for your newly created dashboard, where you are prompted to add the first chart to your dashboard:
Add a Sample Dashboard
MongoDB Charts provides several sample dashboards that use various sample data sources. You can add a sample dashboard to explore different examples of charts you can create.
Tip
You can add a new sample dashboard even if you have an existing sample dashboard in your Charts project. This can be useful if you have changed a sample dashboard and want a fresh copy.
To create a sample dashboard:
From the Dashboards page, expand the Add Dashboard dropdown menu.
Select Add sample dashboard.
Select a category of sample data with which to create a sample dashboard. You can choose from the following sample dashboards.
Note
Each of the following links provides a public preview version of a sample dashboard where you can experiment with dashboard filtering and interactive filtering.
After you select a category of sample data, Charts
creates a new Sample Dashboard of which you are the
Owner.
You can also create a Sample Dashboard by going through the Charts Welcome Experience.
Sample Dashboard Filters
Sample dashboards come with preset example dashboard filters. You can adjust these filters to modify the data that appears on your dashboard. To learn more about filtering dashboard data, see Filter Dashboards by Field Values.
Refresh Dashboard Data
MongoDB Charts automatically refreshes chart data once it becomes out of date with the backing data source. You can also manually refresh dashboard data at any time.
To learn how to configure refresh settings and underlying refresh behavior, see Refresh Dashboard Data.
Get Chart Data
The data underlying a chart can be exported as a table. All viewers of public dashboards and authenticated users of non-public dashboards can view and export data. To view the chart data, click Get Chart Data from the menu. Each row in the table represents a data point.
Important
Data Table Differs from Chart Visualization
Some configuration options you see reflected on a chart visualization are not applied to the data table. The Chart Data table displays underlying data retrieved with your full aggregation pipeline, and not all Chart Builder configuration options apply aggregation stages. Review your data to verify its contents.
If you want to analyze your underlying data with a third-party tool, you can download your data from the Chart Data modal. To download your data, click Download - CSV or Download - JSON.
Note
You can also retrieve chart data using the
Embedding SDK
getData() method. To learn more about SDK API methods, see the
Embedding SDK Reference.
Export and Import a Dashboard
You can export a dashboard to a file, which you can then import. Use this feature to:
Store your dashboard outside of MongoDB Charts
Import exported charts into the same or a different project
Export a Dashboard to a File
You can export a dashboard to a single file named
<Dashboard-Title>.charts. The file contains the metadata for the
dashboard, including:
Dashboard name and description
Dashboard layout including location of the charts in the dashboard
Chart definitions
Dashboard filter definitions
Details of the data sources used on the charts including:
Cluster name
Database name
Collection name
Embedding settings for each chart including:
Whether each embedding type is enabled or disabled
Filter allow list
Injected filter code
The file doesn't include:
Dashboard permissions
External sharing settings for the data sources used
Data source pipelines
Chart embedding IDs
You must have Viewer or higher permissions to export a dashboard.
You can export a dashboard from the Dashboards page or from the dashboard itself. To export a dashboard:
If you are on the Dashboards page, click the ellipsis (
...) for the dashboard you want to export.If you are on a dashboard, click the ellipsis (
...) in the top right corner.Follow the browser prompts to download the file.
Import a Dashboard From a File
You can import a dashboard from a file on the Dashboards page. The file to import:
Can't be larger than 16 MBs
Must be a valid
.chartsfile that you downloaded from a dashboard
From the Dashboards page:
Click the Add Dashboard dropdown and select Import Dashboard to display the Import Dashboard modal.
Drag and drop the file to import or click Choose File and select the file to import.
Click Next.
Click the pencil icon under Data source at destination.
Select the data source for the dashboard.
The Import Dashboard modal displays a list of all the data sources used by the file being imported under Data source in file column. For each data source in the file, select a Data source at destination:
OptionDescriptionConnect laterOption to choose the data source to use later. MongoDB Charts imports all charts using the Data source in file, but no data source is selected. The charts don't render until you edit each chart and choose a new data source.Connect nowOption to select any data source in your project. The data source you select is used instead of the Data source in file for charts imported in to the dashboard.
To select a data source, select a deployment from the first dropdown, then select a database and a data source.
Exclude charts using this data sourceOption to exclude charts that use the Data source in file. Charts that use the Data source in file won't be imported.If MongoDB Charts detects that a data source in your project is the same as the data source in the file, that data source is selected by default. Otherwise, Connect later is selected by default.
Important
Imported charts may not render properly if mapped to a data source that the chart wasn't built to use.
Click one of these buttons:
Save to import the dashboard.
Save and Import Another to import this dashboard and import another dashboard from a file.
Cancel to exit the modal without importing the dashboard.
Fullscreen Dashboard View
MongoDB Charts provides a fullscreen view for dashboards. In this view, MongoDB Charts hides the main navigation bar and expands the dashboard to show the title, description, time of last modification, and charts in the entire space of the screen.
To enter the fullscreen view for dashboards:
Select a dashboard from the Dashboards page.
Click the View full screen () icon at the top-right of the dashboard.
Note
In the fullscreen view for dashboards, you can still:
Remove, resize, rearrange, and edit charts by hovering over the desired chart.
Configure refresh settings and manually refresh chart data.
Enter the fullscreen charts view.
To exit the fullscreen view for dashboards, do one of the following tasks:
Click the Exit full screen () icon at the top-right of the dashboard.
Press the escape key.