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title: Working with custom dashboards
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https://www.fastly.com/documentation/guides/observability/observability-dashboards/working-with-custom-dashboards
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From the [Observability](https://www.fastly.com/documentation/guides/observability/about-the-observability-pages/) pages, you can access custom dashboards with relevant metrics for a service.
## Before you begin
Be sure you know how to [access the web interface controls](https://www.fastly.com/documentation/guides/getting-started/navigating-fastly/about-the-web-interface-controls) and understand basic information about the [Observability pages](https://www.fastly.com/documentation/guides/observability/about-the-observability-pages/) before learning about custom dashboards.
## Limitations and considerations
Keep the following things in mind:
- Only users assigned the role of [superuser or engineer](https://www.fastly.com/documentation/guides/account-info/user-and-account-management/about-user-roles-and-permissions) can edit custom dashboards, but all account users will be able to view them.
- You are limited to 100 custom dashboards per account.
- By default, you can add and view metrics for [Historic Stats](https://www.fastly.com/documentation/reference/api/metrics-stats/historical-stats/) in custom dashboards. To add and view metrics for Origin Inspector and Domain Inspector in custom dashboards, you must purchase an [Observability package](https://docs.fastly.com/products/product-observability).
## Accessing custom dashboards
To access and view a custom dashboard, follow these steps:
1. Log in to the [Fastly control panel](https://manage.fastly.com).
2. Go to **Observability** in the navigation sidebar.
3. Click **Custom dashboards**.
4. Click the linked name of the custom dashboard you want to view.
## About the controls on Custom dashboard pages
On the each custom dashboard page, you can refine the metrics displayed and gain more information by:
- using the menu below the dashboard name to change the timeframe.
- hovering over any part of a graph to access a timestamp indicator that updates as you move the cursor.
- clicking the button at the bottom of a card to access information related to the metric.
For additional details about all the controls on the custom dashboard pages, check out our guide to the [Observability controls](https://www.fastly.com/documentation/guides/observability/about-the-observability-pages/#about-the-controls-on-the-observability-pages).
## Working with custom dashboards
From the Custom dashboards page, you can [create](https://www.fastly.com/documentation/guides/observability/observability-dashboards/working-with-custom-dashboards#creating-a-custom-dashboard), [clone](https://www.fastly.com/documentation/guides/observability/observability-dashboards/working-with-custom-dashboards#cloning-a-custom-dashboard), [share](https://www.fastly.com/documentation/guides/observability/observability-dashboards/working-with-custom-dashboards#sharing-a-custom-dashboard), and [delete](https://www.fastly.com/documentation/guides/observability/observability-dashboards/working-with-custom-dashboards#deleting-a-custom-dashboard) custom dashboards.
### Creating a custom dashboard
To create a custom dashboard, follow these steps:
1. On the **Custom dashboards** page, click **Create dashboard**.
2. In the **Dashboard Name** field, enter the name of your custom dashboard.
3. Click **Save**. The new custom dashboard appears, empty and ready to have [charts added](https://www.fastly.com/documentation/guides/observability/observability-dashboards/working-with-custom-dashboards#adding-a-chart-to-a-custom-dashboard) to it.
### Cloning a custom dashboard
To clone an existing custom dashboard, follow these steps:
1. On the **Custom dashboards** page, click **Create dashboard**.
2. In the **Dashboard Name** field, enter the name of your custom dashboard.
3. Click **Clone**.
4. From the **Clone from** menu, select the existing dashboard you want to clone.
5. Click **Save**. The new custom dashboard appears, duplicating all existing charts from the original dashboard.
### Deleting a custom dashboard
Custom dashboards can be deleted individually and in bulk as follows:
- To delete a specific custom dashboard from the Custom Dashboards page, click the trash 
to the right of the dashboard name.
- To delete multiple custom dashboards from the Custom Dashboards page, select the checkbox to the left of each dashboard you plan to delete and then click the **Delete** button above the list of custom dashboards.
- To delete a custom dashboard while viewing that specific dashboard, select **Delete dashboard** from the **Options** menu and click **Delete** on the confirmation window that appears.
### Sharing a custom dashboard
To share a custom dashboard, follow these steps:
1. Navigate to the dashboard that you want to share.
2. Click **Options** and then select **Copy link**. The link is saved to your computer's clipboard.
3. Manually share the link outside of the Fastly app.
To access a shared dashboard, you must have the appropriate permissions.
## Working with custom dashboard charts
You can surface relevant metrics on custom dashboards by [adding charts](https://www.fastly.com/documentation/guides/observability/observability-dashboards/working-with-custom-dashboards#adding-a-chart-to-a-custom-dashboard) that highlight meaningful data and [deleting existing charts](https://www.fastly.com/documentation/guides/observability/observability-dashboards/working-with-custom-dashboards#deleting-a-chart-from-a-custom-dashboard) that aren't needed anymore.
### Adding a chart to a custom dashboard
To add a chart to a custom dashboard, follow these steps:
1. Navigate to the custom dashboard that you want to add a chart to.
2. Click **Options** and then select **Edit dashboard**.
3. Click **Add Chart**.
4. Fill out the Add Chart fields as follows:
- In the **Title** field, enter the name of the chart.
- In the **Subtitle** field, enter a brief description of the chart.
- From the **Data Source** menu, select a data pipeline. Data pipeline options include [Historic Stats](https://www.fastly.com/documentation/reference/api/metrics-stats/historical-stats/), [Original Inspector](https://www.fastly.com/documentation/reference/api/metrics-stats/origin-inspector/), and [Domain Inspector](https://www.fastly.com/documentation/reference/api/metrics-stats/domain-inspector/).
- From the **Metrics** menu, select the type of data the chart should report.
- From the **Type** menu, select an option to control how the data is displayed.
- From the **Calculation Method** menu, select the single metric the chart should report. This field only appears when the Type field is set to Donut or Number.
- From the **Size** menu, select an option to control the width of the chart.
A preview of the chart appears next to the form as you enter information and make selections.
5. Click **Save**. The chart is added to the dashboard.
6. Click **Exit Edit Mode** to return to view mode for the dashboard.
### Rearranging charts on custom dashboards
To rearrange the charts on a custom dashboard, click and hold on any chart you want to move using your mouse, then drag it to the desired location and release the button.
### Deleting a chart from a custom dashboard
To delete a chart from a custom dashboard, follow the steps below:
1. Navigate to the custom dashboard that you want to add a chart to.
2. Click **Options** and then select **Edit dashboard**.
3. Click the trash to the right of the chart that you want to delete. The chart is removed from the dashboard.
4. Click **Exit Edit Mode** to return to view mode for the dashboard.
## What's next
Dig deeper into details about all areas of the [web interface](/guides/getting-started/navigating-fastly) before you move on to [working with services](/guides/getting-started/services/about-services).