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title: Visit a Link from a Dashboard Widget
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description: Dashboard builders can link dashboard widgets to Salesforce records or other websites. Visit a link to act on dashboard insights!
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# Visit a Link from a Dashboard Widget

Dashboard builders can link dashboard widgets to Salesforce records or other websites. Visit a link to act on dashboard insights!

### 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: Lightning Experience</td></tr><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: <strong>Essentials</strong>, <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="d30352e56 ">To visit a dashboard widget link:</td>
            <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d30352e56 ">Run Reports</td>
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1. Open a dashboard.
2. Expand a widget. Hover over a widget and click **![Expand component icon](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-analytics-analytics-264-0-0-production-enus/295fead5-b71d-4e1c-9886-4af4d53400b6/analytics/images/rd/rd_button_expand.png)**.
    
    A larger version of the dashboard widget overlays the dashboard.
3. Visit the link. From the expanded widget, click **![Visit link icon](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-analytics-analytics-264-0-0-production-enus/295fead5-b71d-4e1c-9886-4af4d53400b6/analytics/images/rd/rd_icon_dashboards_custom_link.png)\>**.

The linked widget’s destination opens.