The Dashboard application provides a flexible permission model that makes it easy to share dashboards with your team while keeping full control over who can view and who can make changes. You can share a dashboard with individual users, entire groups, or a combination of both.

Who may view or change the dashboard is controlled by Permissions and by the Can manage dashboards application permission. Users with Write access can also edit the permission list. When sharing a dashboard with others, you can assign one of the following permission levels for each user or group:

• Read access - The user or group can view the dashboard and all its widgets but cannot make any changes. This is the right choice when you want to provide a read-only view for stakeholders or team members.
• Write access - The user or group can view the dashboard and modify widget settings and layout. Useful when you want colleagues to help maintain or fine-tune the dashboard content.
• Can manage dashboards - Grants access to the Dashboard application. The user can manage their own dashboards and view or edit dashboards that have been shared with them. Read and write access for individual dashboards builds on this. Grant this level only to users who should use and manage dashboards.

The following rules are relevant for users and groups:

• Users with the Can manage dashboards permission can be configured directly with read access or write access.
• Users without the Can manage dashboards permission can be added, but they receive read access only through integrations.
• Which integrations are available depends on the product.
• Groups can always be configured. The access applies to group members only if they have the Can manage dashboards permission.

You can configure sharing when creating a new dashboard or at any time afterwards through the dashboard settings dialog.

1. Click the gear icon in the toolbar to open Dashboard Settings.
2. Scroll to the Permissions section.
3. Use the Search for user or group field to find the users or groups you want to share with.
4. Select a user or group from the search results to add them.
5. Choose the appropriate permission level for each entry.
6. Click Save to apply the changes.

The permissions section shows two lists:

• Shared with the following groups - All groups that currently have access to the dashboard.
• Shared with the following users - All individual users that currently have access.

Each entry displays the assigned permission level, which you can change at any time. To revoke access, use the Remove button next to the entry.

The Displaying Data setting controls whose data the widgets on the dashboard display. This is an important consideration when sharing dashboards, because it determines whether each viewer sees their own data or a shared perspective.

The following values are available:

• The widgets display the data of the respective user - Each user viewing the dashboard sees it's own data. This is the default behavior and works well for dashboards where everyone should see personalized information.
• The data is provided with my user - All viewers see the data as it appears for the dashboard creator. This is ideal for shared monitoring dashboards, team dashboards, or wall-mounted displays where a consistent view is important.
• Select user ... - A specific user can be selected whose data is displayed to all viewers, regardless of who is logged in.

Note: With the last two options, The data is provided with my user and Select user ..., the viewer may be shown data they would not otherwise have access to.

Who can open or edit a dashboard, and how it is stored on the server, depends on which users and groups you list under Permissions, including All Users when you add it. There is no separate product feature named "global dashboards". To give many people the same standard layout, share the dashboard with the appropriate groups or All Users and set Displaying Data as needed, rather than assuming a special "global" dashboard type.