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# Salesforce Classic Dashboards

A dashboard shows data from source reports as visual components, which can be charts, gauges, tables, metrics, or Visualforce pages. The components provide a snapshot of key metrics and performance indicators for your organization.

### Required Editions

<table class="slds-table slds-table_bordered slds-max-medium-table_stacked slds-m-bottom_small edition"><colgroup><col></colgroup><tbody><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: Salesforce Classic</td></tr><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: <strong>Group</strong> (View Only), <strong>Professional</strong>, <strong>Enterprise</strong>, <strong>Performance</strong>, <strong>Unlimited</strong>, and <strong>Developer</strong> Editions</td></tr></tbody></table>

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          <th scope="colgroup" class="slds-cell-wrap" colspan="2" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" id="d51954e80">User Permissions
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          <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d51954e80 ">To create dashboards:</td>

          <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d51954e80 ">Run Reports AND Create and Customize Dashboards</td>

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          <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d51954e80 ">To edit and delete dashboards that you created:</td>

          <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d51954e80 ">Run Reports AND Create and Customize Dashboards</td>

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          <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d51954e80 ">To edit and delete dashboards that you created in public folders:</td>

          <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d51954e80 ">Edit My Dashboards</td>

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          <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d51954e80 ">To edit and delete dashboards that you didn’t create in public folders:</td>

          <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d51954e80 ">Manage Dashboards in Public Folders</td>

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          <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d51954e80 ">To create, edit, and delete dynamic dashboards:</td>

          <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d51954e80 ">Manage Dynamic Dashboards</td>

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Dashboard builder is a drag-and-drop interface for creating and modifying dashboards. You can use it to customize the entire dashboard, a column in the dashboard, or a component in the dashboard.

![Tip](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-analytics-analytics-264-0-0-production-enus/295fead5-b71d-4e1c-9886-4af4d53400b6/images/icon_tip.png)

Tip Dashboard builder uses a compressed page header to let you see more of the screen. To view your application tabs, simply close the builder or click the Salesforce logo.

To customize a dashboard, view it and click **Edit**.

- **[Add a Dashboard Component in Salesforce Classic](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=analytics.dashboards_add_component.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Add components by dragging a component type onto the dashboard, then dropping a data source (report, s-control, or Visualforce page) onto it.
- **[Modify a Dashboard Component in Salesforce Classic](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=analytics.dashboard_builder_component_editor.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    A dashboard component is a visual representation of the data in a report. You can change where the component’s data comes from, what the data looks like in the component, and what kind of component it is.

#### See Also

- [Add a Dashboard Filter](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=analytics.dashboard_filters_editing.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "To create a dashboard filter, select a field that contains the information that you want to filter, then specify the values that you want your filter to match.")
- [Build a Salesforce Classic Dashboard](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=analytics.dashboards_create.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Build a dashboard to provide a graphical view of the data in your reports.")