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# Add and Edit Dashboard Components in Accessibility Mode

Use the information in this topic if you are adding dashboard components in accessibility mode.

### 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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            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d58682e79 ">To create dashboards:</td>

            <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d58682e79 ">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="d58682e79 ">To edit and delete dashboards that you created:</td>

            <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d58682e79 ">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="d58682e79 ">To edit and delete dashboards that you created in public folders:</td>

            <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d58682e79 ">Edit My Dashboards</td>

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            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d58682e79 ">To edit and delete dashboards that you didn’t create in public folders:</td>

            <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d58682e79 ">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="d58682e79 ">To create, edit, and delete dynamic dashboards:</td>

            <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d58682e79 ">Manage Dynamic Dashboards</td>

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

Important This topic applies only if you're _not_ using the dashboard builder. Dashboard builder is a drag-and-drop interface for creating and modifying 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. Each dashboard can have up to 20 components.

1. Edit a dashboard.
2. Click **Add Component** from the top of any column and define component properties.
3. Choose the Custom Report to use for your dashboard. If you chose the Visualforce Page, or Custom S-Control component, select a page or s-control and enter the display height. You can show a joined report that includes a chart on a dashboard. Edit the joined report dashboard component and select **Use chart as defined in the source report.**
    
    ![Note](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-analytics-analytics-264-0-0-production-enus/295fead5-b71d-4e1c-9886-4af4d53400b6/images/icon_note.png)
    
    Note
    
    - Custom forecast and lead reports that you created using a standard report may not be available in the Custom Report list.
    - To use a tabular report on a dashboard, first limit the row count by setting the Rows to Display option, the sort column, and the order on the Select Criteria page of the report. You can't use gauge or metric widgets on dashboards using tabular reports.
4. Enter the appropriate settings for the component type you selected:Choose settings on the Formatting tab for the component type you selected:
    
    - [Formatting Settings for Dashboard Bar Chart Components](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=analytics.dashboards_component_bar_chart_format_settings.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Horizontal bar and vertical column charts are useful for comparing the values of one or more report groupings. Set the scale and sorting to help you make sense of the data you are displaying.")
    - [Formatting Settings for Dashboard Scatter Chart Components](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=analytics.dashboards_component_scatter_chart_format_settings.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Scatter charts are useful to show one or two groups of report data plus summaries. These settings for the scatter chart are available in the dashboard component editor under Formatting.")
    - [Formatting Settings for Dashboard Gauge Components](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=analytics.dashboards_component_gauge_format_settings.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Set the breakpoints and colors on your gauge component to help users interpret the current value of the field you are tracking.")
    - [Formatting Settings for Dashboard Metric Components](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=analytics.dashboards_component_metric_format_settings.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "A metric component displays one value at a point in time. Use color to help users make sense of the data in the metric component.")
    - [Formatting Settings for Dashboard Table Components](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=analytics.dashboards_component_table_format_settings.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "A table component shows columns of data from a custom report in a dashboard. You can use color and scale to help users interpret the report data the table displays.")
5. Click **Save**.

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

Note Metric components placed directly above and below each other in a dashboard column are displayed together as a single component.

#### See Also

- [Chart Types](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=analytics.chart_types.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "You can show data in reports and dashboards in the form of bars, columns, lines, shapes, or other elements. Which is right depends on what the data is about and what you want to show with 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.")