.. _VAA-dashboard-reporter-manage-dashboards:

Manage Dashboards
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.. _SP64|New Manage Dashboards Screens. Supports better management of dashboards and folders.:
.. _SP65|Report Synchronization - New tab. Users generate scheduled reports and can add people to a receive a report.:

When user log in, the dashboards available to them is displayed from the main menu |main-menu-icon|.
This tree and list of dashboards can be managed by an administrator.

Click the **Admin** drop-down menu and select the **Manage Dashboards** option. This opens
up another window with:


.. image:: /src/images/VAA-manage-dashboards-options.png


The **Management** tab
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Three columns:

* **Source**: a tree of all the dashboards defined in the system along with all the user accounts
  defined in the system. This column shows available dashboard screens.
* **Destination**:  the top level and sub folders the dashboards will be copied or moved to.
* **Output**: shows the output of the command used, for example, if **Copy** was used, the heading
  ``Copying`` will be shown, followed by the list of copied items.

Select items from **Source** and use **Copy**, **Move** or **Delete** to carry out tasks on the selection.   When copying, duplicate dashboards will be cloned: the text "(clone)" will be appended to the dashboard name.


Click **Save** to save the dashboards.

.. image:: /src/images/VAA-manage-dashboards-voss.png


The **Data Source** tab
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Showing dropdowns **Data source types**, **Data sources** and three columns:

* **Dashboard**: select elements from the tree to carry out the bulk update of data sources.
* **Widget**: displays the current data sources of the selection
* **Changes**: according to the selected values in the **Data source types**, **Data sources**,
  shows updates to be made to the data sources of the selected elements.

Click **Save** to save the dashboards.

.. image:: /src/images/VAA-manage-dashboards-Data-Source.png

The **Arrangement** tab 
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Three columns:

* **Source**: a tree of all the dashboards defined in the system along with all the user accounts
  defined in the system. This column shows available dashboard screens.

  To arrange, select dashboard folder. It will then show up in the **List** column.
* **List**: this column will allow you to arrange the order of items, using drag-and-drop.
* **Changes**: shows the output of the arrangement.

Click **Save** to save the arrangement.  


The **Dashboard Synchronization** tab
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Shows **Sync**, **Copy** and **Overwrite** buttons as well as three columns:

* Users: select a user to sync selected dashboards with
* **Dashboards**: user associated dashboards are selected. Select or un-select manually.
* **Preview**: output of selection

Carry out the **Sync**, **Copy** and **Overwrite**.

.. image:: /src/images/VAA-manage-dashboards-synch.png



The **Report Synchronization** tab
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Reports created by the logged in user can be shared with any users.
A scheduled report that is synced therefore does not have to be recreated
by the target user. Target users can also delete synced report themselves
if necessary.
   
Showing a **Sync Reports** button. The left **Dashboards** column shows available
reports that can be synced. Use the check box to sync. The  **Preview** column shows
the target user's reports and any synced reports

   .. image:: /src/images/VAA-manage-dashboards-reports-synch.png


.. |main-menu-icon| image:: /src/images/analytics-main-menu-icon.png