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# Dashboards

The main page shows a dashboard displaying some aspects of your
documents. The following is the default dashboard that is bundled in
the application:

{{ figure2(light="dashboards-01.png", dark="dashboards-01_dark.png") }}

The dashboard can be customized. You can create multiple dashboards
and switch between them. One dashboard is always the "default" which
is shown when the page loads. It either is a custom one or the
predefined one above.


## Side menu

The side menu contains a list of useful links. The first loads the
default dashboard. All others links (and more) are available through
the top-right menus as well.

The _Bookmarks_ section shows all your bookmarks and a click takes you
directly to the search page with the corresponding bookmark active.

The _Settings_ section contains some links to useful settings and the
_Manage_ section has links to metadata that can be managed separately.
These links are fixed and cannot be changed.

## Dashboard properties

The main component on this page is the "dashboard". A dashboard has
the following properties (all required):

- _name_: which must be unique among all dashboards
- _columns_: the dashboard is a grid that has this number
  of columns, where each box can span any number of columns
- _gap_: defines the gap between boxes
- _scope_: (Personal or Collective) whether it is a personal or a
  collective dashboard. Personal dashboards can only be seen by its
  user, whereas collective dashboards can be used by all users of a
  collective. Every user can change/delete collective dashboards.
- _default_ wether this dashboard is the default one and will be
  displayed when the page is loaded
- a list of _boxes_ that define the content 

# Customizing

When clicking on _Edit Dashboard_ down in the side menu, the currently
viewed dashboard changes into a form that show the dashboards
properties. You can change the content by changing, moving, adding and
removing boxes and the dashboard properties.

## Editing dashboard properties

After clicking _Edit Dashboard_ the dashboard changes into a form:

{{ figure2(light="dashboards-02.png", dark="dashboards-02_dark.png") }}

Note the message on the top: it indicates that this dashboard is the
bundled one that is used only if there are no custom ones available.
That's why you can't delete it, for example. As soon as you click
save, the configuration is stored at the server and the bundled
dashboard will not show up again - until you delete all of your custom
ones.

A dashboard must have a unique name, in this example the name is just
left as is. You can change things by using the forms and you can
reorder the boxes using the arrow buttons or drag and drop. When
satisfied, click _Submit_. In the example, the last two boxes are
removed and box decorations are enabled for the field overview box.

{{ figure2(light="dashboards-03.png", dark="dashboards-03_dark.png") }}

When you now edit this dashboard again, the message is gone and you
can change the dashboard and also delete it. You can also create a new
dashboard or copy the current one.

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In this example, the dashboard was copied, then the message was
changed and it was set to the default dashboard. This is how it looks
now:

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When there is more than one dashboard, the side menu shows all of
them. The little house icon indicates whether this is the default
dashboard. You can click on any dashboard in order to load it.

## Content

### Message

The simplest form is a message box that displays a title and a body.
Both fields support markdown for basic formatting.

### Upload

The upload box can be used to show a file upload form. It can be
optionally configured with a
[source](@/docs/webapp/uploading.md#anonymous-upload). If no source is
configured, it is just the main upload form using all default settings
(skip duplicates, using the collective langauge etc).

### Stats

The stats box can display basic statistics given a [search
query](@/docs/query/_index.md) or a
[bookmark](@/docs/webapp/bookmarks.md). The query can be empty, which
means to not restrict the results.

It is possible to display the numbers in a simple table or show an
overview of some custom fields.

### Query

The query box can be used to display a table of documents returned
from a [search query](@/docs/query/_index.md) or a
[bookmark](@/docs/webapp/bookmarks.md). You can choose from a set of
columns what to display. The first column will always be rendered as a
link to the corresponding item.