# Dashboarding **URL:** https://community.dynatrace.com/c/platform/dashboarding/82.md [Latest](https://community.dynatrace.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.dynatrace.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.dynatrace.com/tags.md) --- ## [Dashboards and Notebooks 101](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/dashboards-and-notebooks-101/49464)
**Author:** [@zietho](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/zietho)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2025, 9:28pm UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/dashboards-and-notebooks-101/49464 "2025-12-09T21:28:35Z")
Let me share some things I’ve often encountered when talking to you. I’ll also use this to tie it back to some of the improvements we shipped, ship or that might wait for you next year 0. Get started Use the Getting St… --- ## [Release Monitoring – Focus on Kubernetes deployments](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/release-monitoring-focus-on-kubernetes-deployments/57158)
**Author:** [@LeoBaracho](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/LeoBaracho)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2026, 2:04pm UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/release-monitoring-focus-on-kubernetes-deployments/57158 "2026-10-29T14:04:10Z")
Dear friends, I am building a dashboard version based on the “Release Comparison Insights” dashboard, but focusing on a slightly simpler approach and strictly within the Kubernetes context, using metrics and logs. I use… --- ## [is there a way for Admin to view every dashboard created by every user](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/is-there-a-way-for-admin-to-view-every-dashboard-created-by-every-user/21807)
**Author:** [@avinash\_podise1](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/avinash_podise1)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2026, 8:10am UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/is-there-a-way-for-admin-to-view-every-dashboard-created-by-every-user/21807 "2026-10-15T08:10:27Z")
is there a way for admins to access to access every dashboard created by every user or access dashboard with out asking them to share.. we usually got these requests like something not working in our dashboards, so we ha… --- ## [What are the specific gains and losses if instead of Oneagent, OTel instrumentation is used ?](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/what-are-the-specific-gains-and-losses-if-instead-of-oneagent-otel-instrumentation-is-used/57127)
**Author:** [@mukeshurmaliya](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/mukeshurmaliya)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2026, 6:52pm UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/what-are-the-specific-gains-and-losses-if-instead-of-oneagent-otel-instrumentation-is-used/57127 "2026-10-12T18:52:54Z")
I would like to understand the technical advantages and challenges, if OTel instrumentation is used in place of Oneagent for a distributed application with synchronous and asynchronous calls to different internal and ext… --- ## [Dynatrace Observability dashboard](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/dynatrace-observability-dashboard/57012)
**Author:** [@Manojkumar\_1](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/Manojkumar_1)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2026, 6:49am UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/dynatrace-observability-dashboard/57012 "2026-10-09T06:49:29Z")
The dashboard flow should show Frontend → Backend → Database, so that we can easily identify where the issue is occurring. If you have any existing dashboard for this use case, please share a screenshot or the dashboard… --- ## [How to Remove "Ready-made" Dashboards ?](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/how-to-remove-ready-made-dashboards/47909)
**Author:** [@Etienne1](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/Etienne1)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2026, 12:03pm UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/how-to-remove-ready-made-dashboards/47909 "2026-10-04T12:03:54Z")
Hi, I’ve searched for a long time to delete the Ready-made Dashboards and I haven’t found anything, I even looked in the doc and it says you can’t delete them. Is there really no way to delete them? Manage dashboards … --- ## [classic entity to smartscape functions conversion](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/classic-entity-to-smartscape-functions-conversion/55217)
**Author:** [@R928492](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/R928492)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2026, 8:09pm UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/classic-entity-to-smartscape-functions-conversion/55217 "2026-09-30T20:09:44Z")
timeseries { count = sum( dt.service.request.count, scalar: true, filter: { ( in( dt.entity.service, classicEntitySelector( … --- ## [Can I create a list of my favorite dashboards which is available on top of the page when I select Dashboards?](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/can-i-create-a-list-of-my-favorite-dashboards-which-is-available-on-top-of-the-page-when-i-select-dashboards/19248)
**Author:** [@kiril\_stefanov](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/kiril_stefanov)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2026, 11:25am UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/can-i-create-a-list-of-my-favorite-dashboards-which-is-available-on-top-of-the-page-when-i-select-dashboards/19248 "2026-09-26T11:25:59Z")
Is there an option in the Dashboard menu when I can select number of Dashboards as a favorite that can appear at top of the page? --- ## [Restricting users to create dashboards](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/restricting-users-to-create-dashboards/56965)
**Author:** [@karthikayini\_m](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/karthikayini_m)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2026, 2:37am UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/restricting-users-to-create-dashboards/56965 "2026-09-18T02:37:07Z")
I do not want any user to create dashboard in my tenant . Please help me with the steps. (Provided they are able to see metrics of the dashboards created by admin ) --- ## [Best practices and ways to organize dashboards](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/best-practices-and-ways-to-organize-dashboards/56955)
**Author:** [@FranciscoMPalos](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/FranciscoMPalos)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2026, 1:30pm UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/best-practices-and-ways-to-organize-dashboards/56955 "2026-09-16T13:30:25Z")
Hello, In our organization, we manage a large number of dashboards and would like to establish proper governance and control over them. Our objective is to have clear standards not only for dashboard naming conventions… --- ## [Create a dashboard with 2 days timeframe, but users can on top of this restrict it to 30 minutes](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/create-a-dashboard-with-2-days-timeframe-but-users-can-on-top-of-this-restrict-it-to-30-minutes/56883)
**Author:** [@ArneV](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/ArneV)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2026, 11:36am UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/create-a-dashboard-with-2-days-timeframe-but-users-can-on-top-of-this-restrict-it-to-30-minutes/56883 "2026-09-08T11:36:55Z")
This is a bit funny question. We want to enable a certain group of people to only view a limited amount of servers, this is the easy part. However we also want to ensure that this group only can watch data 2days back, … --- ## [The new Dynatrace dashboard lacks direct links to the services](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/the-new-dynatrace-dashboard-lacks-direct-links-to-the-services/56840)
**Author:** [@MARCOSSILVA](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/MARCOSSILVA)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2026, 12:53pm UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/the-new-dynatrace-dashboard-lacks-direct-links-to-the-services/56840 "2026-09-02T12:53:20Z")
The new Dynatrace dashboard lacks direct links to the services being used. In the classic version, these links are automatic; when I use an endpoint, it displays a link to the corresponding services. This doesn’t happen … --- ## [Create Dashboards for Dynatrace DPS Metrics](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/create-dashboards-for-dynatrace-dps-metrics/41716)
**Author:** [@dannemca](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/dannemca)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2026, 2:26pm UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/create-dashboards-for-dynatrace-dps-metrics/41716 "2026-08-25T14:26:25Z")
Summary: This post discusses how to visualize Dynatrace DPS‑related metrics on dashboards. It describes which metrics exist, how to query them, and how to build meaningful monitoring panels. Has anyone created a DPS Lic… --- ## [Displaying metrics in different format on a dashboard](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/displaying-metrics-in-different-format-on-a-dashboard/56654)
**Author:** [@dougwillis](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/dougwillis)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2026, 11:56pm UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/displaying-metrics-in-different-format-on-a-dashboard/56654 "2026-08-24T23:56:31Z")
I’m in the process of converting a grafana dashboard to a Dynatrace equivalent and have run up against a number formatting issue. I have a monitor that produces replication LSN metrics on a Prometheus endpoint. It is be… --- ## [Dashboard exiting the full screenmode](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/dashboard-exiting-the-full-screenmode/56743)
**Author:** [@Abidyaseen](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/Abidyaseen)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2026, 12:35am UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/dashboard-exiting-the-full-screenmode/56743 "2026-08-24T00:35:26Z")
Hi team, I have one very simple question. At my client site, we have a large display screen where a Dynatrace New Apps dashboard is continuously shown. The issue is that the dashboard automatically exits full-screen mo… --- ## [Links to services show "deprecated intent"](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/links-to-services-show-deprecated-intent/56638)
**Author:** [@wouterdt](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/wouterdt)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2026, 11:21am UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/links-to-services-show-deprecated-intent/56638 "2026-08-13T11:21:37Z")
Hi Does anybody know how to get rid of this deprecation message “view service (deprecated intent)” when you include a dt.entity.service in a query. I just want to see view service, It’s just more UX confusion for user… --- ## [Dynatrace dashboard transition](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/dynatrace-dashboard-transition/56705)
**Author:** [@rbiswal12](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/rbiswal12)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2026, 7:39am UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/dynatrace-dashboard-transition/56705 "2026-08-13T07:39:12Z")
Hi Team, We are planning to display multiple critical Dynatrace dashboards on a large TV screen in the Operations Room for real-time monitoring of application, infrastructure, and service health. The objective is to pro… --- ## [Dashboard Creation error while trying to monitor active Processes](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/dashboard-creation-error-while-trying-to-monitor-active-processes/56674)
**Author:** [@AnimeshDT](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/AnimeshDT)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2026, 7:28am UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/dashboard-creation-error-while-trying-to-monitor-active-processes/56674 "2026-08-13T07:28:51Z")
I am creating a dashboard to monitor Processes running on VSI servers. These processes are grouped as the same bunch runs on all servers. I am trying to use builtin:pgi.availability.state as metric in table, but the prob… --- ## [Dynatrace Dashboard from Oracle Database](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/dynatrace-dashboard-from-oracle-database/56650)
**Author:** [@Majesty121212](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/Majesty121212)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2026, 9:32am UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/dynatrace-dashboard-from-oracle-database/56650 "2026-08-06T09:32:05Z")
We have an Oracle database that stores data such as watch models (e.g., Rolex). It also contains information like how many units of each model were sold on a given day. Is it possible to create a dashboard in Dynatrace … --- ## [Question About Using Dynatrace with Kafka Topics](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/question-about-using-dynatrace-with-kafka-topics/56652)
**Author:** [@Majesty121212](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/Majesty121212)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2026, 11:12pm UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/question-about-using-dynatrace-with-kafka-topics/56652 "2026-08-05T23:12:04Z")
What Dynatrace features or capabilities would you recommend for consuming data from Kafka topics and extracting the relevant information from the message payload? For example, we’d like to build dashboards that display … --- ## [View all Gen3 Dashboards created](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/view-all-gen3-dashboards-created/42683)
**Author:** [@AmitChiba](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/AmitChiba)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2026, 8:56pm UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/view-all-gen3-dashboards-created/42683 "2026-08-05T20:56:21Z")
Hi, As an administrator on Dynatrace, I had the ability to see and modify all classic dashboards created by users. Is this functionality available with the Gen3 Dashboards? Is there a user policy that needs to be create… --- ## [ELK Dashboard](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/elk-dashboard/56634)
**Author:** [@Majesty121212](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/Majesty121212)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2026, 7:06am UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/elk-dashboard/56634 "2026-08-05T07:06:44Z")
Do you have any dashboards where the filters used in ELK can also be applied in Dynatrace? I’d like to recreate an existing ELK dashboard in Dynatrace. If anyone has a sample dashboard or can share one, I’d really apprec… --- ## [Dashboard ownership changes](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/dashboard-ownership-changes/52195)
**Author:** [@SrikanthSamraj](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/SrikanthSamraj)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2026, 10:05pm UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/dashboard-ownership-changes/52195 "2026-08-03T22:05:18Z")
Hi, In latest Dynatrace, what happens to the dashboard when a user who has created it is no more associated with the tenant? His ID in Dynatrace is removed as well. Would the dashboard disappear? --- ## [USQL vs DQL: different session counts, contradictory docs on active sessions, and User Action Properties not available in Grail?](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/usql-vs-dql-different-session-counts-contradictory-docs-on-active-sessions-and-user-action-properties-not-available-in-grail/56315)
**Author:** [@v\_mayordomo](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/v_mayordomo)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2026, 9:56am UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/usql-vs-dql-different-session-counts-contradictory-docs-on-active-sessions-and-user-action-properties-not-available-in-grail/56315 "2026-08-03T09:56:34Z")
Hi Team, We are building new Grail-based dashboards (Document app) for our RUM-monitored web applications. To add business context to sessions, we configured User Action Properties that capture JavaScript variables from… --- ## [Font Size](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/font-size/56239)
**Author:** [@GregOReilly](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/GregOReilly)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2026, 8:53pm UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/font-size/56239 "2026-07-22T20:53:56Z")
Is there a feature or a setting I am missing when setting font size within panels. Depending on number of digits, the number shrinks or expands. I’d like a way to set the SAME size. --- ## [How to see the Blocking MSSQL Query of a Stored Proc?](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/how-to-see-the-blocking-mssql-query-of-a-stored-proc/56523)
**Author:** [@tdavison2](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/tdavison2)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2026, 9:54pm UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/how-to-see-the-blocking-mssql-query-of-a-stored-proc/56523 "2026-07-21T21:54:14Z")
Hello, I am able to see Timeouts occur for SQL Stored Procs within our distributed traces waterfall. These are always due to another Query or SP blocking the Stored proc. But, in Dynatrace, I am having a hard time … --- ## [Need Dashboard for Requests that are not marked as key request](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/need-dashboard-for-requests-that-are-not-marked-as-key-request/52681)
**Author:** [@sa\_gopalm](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/sa_gopalm)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2026, 8:47am UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/need-dashboard-for-requests-that-are-not-marked-as-key-request/52681 "2026-07-15T08:47:20Z")
i need to get the requests response time average, min and max but i couldnt do it for the non key request , how can it be done either via DQL or data explore , Please share any JSON for dashboard or DQL Queries if possib… --- ## [Looking for complex dashboard examples](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/looking-for-complex-dashboard-examples/56299)
**Author:** [@ted-wise-onbe](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/ted-wise-onbe)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2026, 6:27pm UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/looking-for-complex-dashboard-examples/56299 "2026-07-07T18:27:02Z")
I want to build out a deep dashboard for k8s (aks) applications. That can provide the stats for the application, that can list the downstream APIs/services that it calls, etc. I’m looking for a one-stop-shop for understa… --- ## [Viewing a dashboard panel - turn on/off series](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/viewing-a-dashboard-panel-turn-on-off-series/56344)
**Author:** [@dcole66](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/dcole66)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2026, 1:09am UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/viewing-a-dashboard-panel-turn-on-off-series/56344 "2026-07-03T01:09:37Z")
Once a dashboard graph panel is created and applied to a dashboard, why can the series’ not be turned on an off. It’s only possible when configuring in data explorer - which can then mean you accidentally save it and b… --- ## [Be able to use no Data result on dashboard to change the tile red.](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/be-able-to-use-no-data-result-on-dashboard-to-change-the-tile-red/56346)
**Author:** [@dougwillis](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/dougwillis)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2026, 9:05am UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/be-able-to-use-no-data-result-on-dashboard-to-change-the-tile-red/56346 "2026-07-02T09:05:05Z")
Hi, I would like to have an option on the visualization colours that if a no records result is returned for the query that I can change the color of the tile to a specific color. Is there a way to do this with DQL? Fo… [Next page](https://community.dynatrace.com/c/platform/dashboarding/82.md?page=1)