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description: A dashboard viewer sees data based on the assigned privileges and access of the dashboard’s running user. A static dashboard displays data using the configured user’s privileges. A dynamic dashboard displays data based on the logged-in user.
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# Dashboard Data Visibility Considerations

A dashboard viewer sees data based on the assigned privileges and access of the dashboard’s running user. A static dashboard displays data using the configured user’s privileges. A dynamic dashboard displays data based on the logged-in user.

Because the privileges of the running user determine the data displayed in the dashboard, it’s possible to give dashboard viewers access to more data than they normally have. For example, if the running user is an admin or an internal user, viewers could see personally identifiable information (PII).

When setting the running user, users with View My Team’s Dashboards permission can view the dashboard as any user below them in the role hierarchy. Users with View All Data permission can edit the dashboard and view it as any user in the organization.

A user with one of these licenses can’t view a static dashboard if the running user has a different license type.

- Chatter
- Force.com Lightning Platform
- Customer Community
- Partner Community

A user can’t view a dynamic dashboard if the dashboard creator or initial running user has a different license type. To allow visibility, change the dashboard’s running user to a user with the same license type or grant the viewing user the Manage Dashboards in Public Folders permission.

If a dashboard widget uses Visualforce, the running user’s permissions aren’t considered. The content displays only if the viewing user has access to the Visualforce page.

## Locale Considerations

If the running user and the viewer are in different locales, report content is presented based on the viewer’s locale. However, for a static dashboard, the date/time fields use the running user’s locale. For a dynamic dashboard, date/time fields are localized depending on the dashboard’s configuration.

These examples show how the viewing perspective can vary for users in different locales.

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            <th scope="col" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" id="d57466e85">Data Context</th>
            <th scope="col" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" id="d57466e88">Running User Toni (in California)</th>
            <th scope="col" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" id="d57466e91">Viewing User Mia (in New York)</th>
            <th scope="col" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" id="d57466e94">Viewing User Sri (in India)</th>
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            <td data-label="Data Context" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" headers="d57466e85 ">Report</td>

            <td data-label="Running User Toni (in California)" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" headers="d57466e88 ">
              <p>11 AM (PT)</p>
              <p style="margin-bottom:0;"><span style="vertical-align:text-bottom;display:inline-block;"><img style="margin-bottom:0;" src="https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-analytics-analytics-264-0-0-production-enus/295fead5-b71d-4e1c-9886-4af4d53400b6/analytics/images/clock_11am.png" alt="Clock image showing 11 am"></span></p>
            </td>

            <td data-label="Viewing User Mia (in New York)" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" headers="d57466e91 ">
              <p>2 PM (ET)</p>
              <p style="margin-bottom:0;"><span style="vertical-align:text-bottom;display:inline-block;"><img style="margin-bottom:0;" src="https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-analytics-analytics-264-0-0-production-enus/295fead5-b71d-4e1c-9886-4af4d53400b6/analytics/images/clock_2pm.png" alt="Clock image showing 2 pm"></span></p>
            </td>

            <td data-label="Viewing User Sri (in India)" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" headers="d57466e94 ">
              <p>11:30 PM (IT)</p>
              <p style="margin-bottom:0;"><span style="vertical-align:text-bottom;display:inline-block;"><img style="margin-bottom:0;" src="https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-analytics-analytics-264-0-0-production-enus/295fead5-b71d-4e1c-9886-4af4d53400b6/analytics/images/clock_11-30pm.png" alt="Clock image showing 11:30 pm"></span></p>
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            <td data-label="Data Context" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" headers="d57466e85 ">Static dashboard</td>

            <td data-label="Running User Toni (in California)" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" headers="d57466e88 ">
              <p>11 AM (PT)</p>
              <p style="margin-bottom:0;"><span style="vertical-align:text-bottom;display:inline-block;"><img style="margin-bottom:0;" src="https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-analytics-analytics-264-0-0-production-enus/295fead5-b71d-4e1c-9886-4af4d53400b6/analytics/images/clock_11am.png" alt="Clock image showing 11 am"></span></p>
            </td>

            <td data-label="Viewing User Mia (in New York)" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" headers="d57466e91 ">
              <p>11 AM (PT)</p>
              <p style="margin-bottom:0;"><span style="vertical-align:text-bottom;display:inline-block;"><img style="margin-bottom:0;" src="https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-analytics-analytics-264-0-0-production-enus/295fead5-b71d-4e1c-9886-4af4d53400b6/analytics/images/clock_11am.png" alt="Clock image showing 11 am"></span></p>
            </td>

            <td data-label="Viewing User Sri (in India)" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" headers="d57466e94 ">
              <p>11 AM (PT)</p>
              <p style="margin-bottom:0;"><span style="vertical-align:text-bottom;display:inline-block;"><img style="margin-bottom:0;" src="https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-analytics-analytics-264-0-0-production-enus/295fead5-b71d-4e1c-9886-4af4d53400b6/analytics/images/clock_11am.png" alt="Clock image showing 11 am"></span></p>
            </td>

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          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Data Context" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" headers="d57466e85 ">Dynamic dashboard (View dashboard as me, the running user)</td>

            <td data-label="Running User Toni (in California)" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" headers="d57466e88 ">
              <p>11 AM (PT)</p>
              <p style="margin-bottom:0;"><span style="vertical-align:text-bottom;display:inline-block;"><img style="margin-bottom:0;" src="https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-analytics-analytics-264-0-0-production-enus/295fead5-b71d-4e1c-9886-4af4d53400b6/analytics/images/clock_11am.png" alt="Clock image showing 11 am"></span></p>
            </td>

            <td data-label="Viewing User Mia (in New York)" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" headers="d57466e91 ">
              <p>11 AM (PT)</p>
              <p style="margin-bottom:0;"><span style="vertical-align:text-bottom;display:inline-block;"><img style="margin-bottom:0;" src="https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-analytics-analytics-264-0-0-production-enus/295fead5-b71d-4e1c-9886-4af4d53400b6/analytics/images/clock_11am.png" alt="Clock image showing 11 am"></span></p>
            </td>

            <td data-label="Viewing User Sri (in India)" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" headers="d57466e94 ">
              <p>11 AM (PT)</p>
              <p style="margin-bottom:0;"><span style="vertical-align:text-bottom;display:inline-block;"><img style="margin-bottom:0;" src="https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-analytics-analytics-264-0-0-production-enus/295fead5-b71d-4e1c-9886-4af4d53400b6/analytics/images/clock_11am.png" alt="Clock image showing 11 am"></span></p>
            </td>

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          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Data Context" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" headers="d57466e85 ">Dynamic dashboard (View dashboard as another person, Sri)</td>

            <td data-label="Running User Toni (in California)" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" headers="d57466e88 ">
              <p>11:30 PM (IT) when viewing the dashboard</p>
              <p style="margin-bottom:0;"><span style="vertical-align:text-bottom;display:inline-block;"><img style="margin-bottom:0;" src="https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-analytics-analytics-264-0-0-production-enus/295fead5-b71d-4e1c-9886-4af4d53400b6/analytics/images/clock_11-30pm.png" alt="Clock image showing 11:30 pm"></span></p>
            </td>

            <td data-label="Viewing User Mia (in New York)" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" headers="d57466e91 ">
              <p>11:30 PM (IT)</p>
              <p style="margin-bottom:0;"><span style="vertical-align:text-bottom;display:inline-block;"><img style="margin-bottom:0;" src="https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-analytics-analytics-264-0-0-production-enus/295fead5-b71d-4e1c-9886-4af4d53400b6/analytics/images/clock_11-30pm.png" alt="Clock image showing 11:30 pm"></span></p>
            </td>

            <td data-label="Viewing User Sri (in India)" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" headers="d57466e94 ">
              <p>11:30 PM (IT) </p>
              <p style="margin-bottom:0;"><span style="vertical-align:text-bottom;display:inline-block;"><img style="margin-bottom:0;" src="https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-analytics-analytics-264-0-0-production-enus/295fead5-b71d-4e1c-9886-4af4d53400b6/analytics/images/clock_11-30pm.png" alt="Clock image showing 11:30 pm"></span></p>
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          </tr>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Data Context" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" headers="d57466e85 ">Dynamic dashboard (View dashboard as the dashboard viewer)</td>

            <td data-label="Running User Toni (in California)" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" headers="d57466e88 ">
              <p>11 AM (PT)</p>
              <p style="margin-bottom:0;"><span style="vertical-align:text-bottom;display:inline-block;"><img style="margin-bottom:0;" src="https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-analytics-analytics-264-0-0-production-enus/295fead5-b71d-4e1c-9886-4af4d53400b6/analytics/images/clock_11am.png" alt="Clock image showing 11 am"></span></p>
            </td>

            <td data-label="Viewing User Mia (in New York)" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" headers="d57466e91 ">
              <p>2 PM (ET)</p>
              <p style="margin-bottom:0;"><span style="vertical-align:text-bottom;display:inline-block;"><img style="margin-bottom:0;" src="https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-analytics-analytics-264-0-0-production-enus/295fead5-b71d-4e1c-9886-4af4d53400b6/analytics/images/clock_2pm.png" alt="Clock image showing 2 pm"></span></p>
            </td>

            <td data-label="Viewing User Sri (in India)" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" headers="d57466e94 ">
              <p>11:30 PM (IT) </p>
              <p style="margin-bottom:0;"><span style="vertical-align:text-bottom;display:inline-block;"><img style="margin-bottom:0;" src="https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-analytics-analytics-264-0-0-production-enus/295fead5-b71d-4e1c-9886-4af4d53400b6/analytics/images/clock_11-30pm.png" alt="Clock image showing 11:30 pm"></span></p>
            </td>

          </tr>
        </tbody>
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