Sharepoint dashboard

Question

Hello, our team created a sharepoint dashboard combining many resources such as sharepoint list and library, using sharepoint designer in 2011. The dashboard contains 10 small boxes, when I search a field (key word) in a box, then I get all the results related to this key word. The dashboard is still in use, however, as the sharepoint designer stoped in 2013, and we can not modify the dashboard anymore. Do you have any suggestion to replace the sharepoint designer to create and maintain a sparepoint dashboard? We need something simple, no complex coding. I am looking at SPFx, however, it is too complicated to me. Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Dear Zhang Xueling,

Good day! Thank you for posting your query in our community.

Based on your description, you're looking for a simpler way to create and maintain SharePoint dashboards without the complexity of SharePoint Framework (SPFx), you might consider the following options:

1. Power Apps: Power Apps is a service for building and using custom business apps. You can create a canvas app that connects to your SharePoint lists and libraries, and then embed this app into a SharePoint page as a dashboard. Power Apps is designed to be user-friendly, with a drag-and-drop interface and pre-built templates.
2. Modern SharePoint Page and Web Parts: SharePoint's modern experience allows you to create pages with a variety of web parts. You can use the "List" web part to display data from a SharePoint list, and the "File Viewer" web part for libraries. You can also use the "Search" web part to perform searches across your site.

Sincerely,

Jazlyn | Microsoft Community Moderator