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description: When you’re ready to share Salesforce data with colleagues, build a dashboard. Dashboards let you curate data from reports using charts, tables, and metrics. If your colleagues need more information, they can view your dashboard’s data-supplying reports.
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# Build a Dashboard

When you’re ready to share Salesforce data with colleagues, build a dashboard. Dashboards let you curate data from reports using charts, tables, and metrics. If your colleagues need more information, they can view your dashboard’s data-supplying reports.

### 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 and Lightning Experience</td></tr><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: <strong>Essentials</strong>, <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="d30806e80 ">To build a dashboard:</td>

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1. **[Build a Lightning Experience Dashboard](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=analytics.dashboards_create_lex.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Build a Lightning Experience dashboard to provide a graphical view of the Salesforce data in reports.
2. **[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.