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Add, rename, and delete dashboards in Azure DevOps

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TFS 2017 | TFS 2015

Share progress and status with your team using configurable team dashboards. Dashboards provide easy-to-read, easy access, real-time information. At a glance, you can make informed decisions without having to drill down into other parts of your project.

When a project is first created, a default team and default team dashboard is created labeled Overview. You can customize this dashboard by adding widgets. Each widget provides access to one or more features or functions. To learn more about each widget, see Widget catalog.

Note

Multiple team dashboards and the widget catalog are available from TFS 2015.1 or later versions. For TFS 2015 and earlier versions, you don't have access to multiple team dashboards. Instead, your home page serves as a single team dashboard. For information on SharePoint dashboards, see Project portal dashboards.

Note

For information on SharePoint dashboards, see Project portal dashboards.

Prerequisites

  • You must be a member of a project. If you don't have a project yet, create one.
  • If you haven't been added as a project member, get added now.
  • Anyone with access to a project, including stakeholders, can view dashboards.
  • To add, edit, or manage a team dashboard, you must have Basic access or greater and be added to the team administrator role for the team.

Note

Data displayed within a chart or widget is subject to permissions granted to the signed in user. To learn more, see FAQs on Azure DevOps dashboards, charts, and reports, Access and permissions.

Open Dashboards

All dashboards are associated with a team. From the Overview>Dashboards page, you can browse all dashboards and see which team they belong to.

Open a web browser, connect to your project, and select Dashboards.

Dashboards directory, previous navigation

If you need to switch to a different project, select the Azure DevOps logo to browse all projects.

Select a dashboard

  1. Select the team whose dashboards you want to view. To switch your team focus, see Switch project or team.

  2. From Dashboards, select the name of the dashboard to view it.

    For example, here we choose to view the Work in Progress dashboard.

    Dashboards, Select a team dashboard

Add a dashboard

Add a new dashboard as needed to support your team's needs. You can also edit and rename any existing dashboards associated with your team.

From Dashboards, select New Dashboard and enter a dashboard name.

Add and name a dashboard

If you don't see Edit icon, then you're not a team admin for the currently selected team, or you don't have permissions to add and edit dashboards. Either switch the context to your team, or request you be added as a team admin.

With the dashboard selected, you can add widgets and charts to the dashboard. Or, you can add charts to a team dashboard from the Work, Build, or Test pages.

Rename, delete, and enable auto-refresh

You can rename or delete a dashboard. When you enable auto-refresh, the dashboard automatically updates every 5 minutes.

Note

You can configure the auto-refresh setting for each dashboard for TFS 2015.2 and later versions. For TFS 2017.1 and later versions, you can set dashboard permissions.

  1. To manage dashboards, select the gear icon.

    Open Manage dashboards dialog

  2. Drag and drop the dashboards into the sequence you want them to appear.

    Manage dashboards dialog

  3. (Optional) Select the Auto-refresh checkbox when you want the dashboard to refresh every five minutes. The Auto-refresh feature requires TFS 2015.2 or later version.

  4. To delete a dashboard, select the delete icon.

  5. Select Save to save your changes.

Move or delete a widget

Just as you have to be a team admin, a project admin, or have the necessary permissions to add items to a dashboard, you must have the necessary permissions to remove items.

Tip

When you're in dashboard edit mode, you can remove, rearrange, and configure widgets, as well as add new widgets. Once you leave edit mode, the widget tiles remain locked, reducing the chances of accidentally moving a widget.

Select Edit dashboard icon to modify your dashboard. You can then drag tiles to reorder their sequence on the dashboard.

You can now add widgets or drag tiles to reorder their sequence on the dashboard.

To remove a widget, select the widget's Trash icon or Delete icon delete icons.

When you're finished with your changes, select Exit edit-dashboard-mode icon to exit dashboard editing.

Extensibility

Using the REST API service, you can create a dashboard widget. To learn more about the REST APIs for dashboards and widgets, see Dashboards (API).

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Add a widget to a dashboard