{"id":58264,"date":"2020-01-09T08:23:06","date_gmt":"2020-01-09T16:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/devops\/?p=58264"},"modified":"2020-01-09T09:11:04","modified_gmt":"2020-01-09T17:11:04","slug":"create-dashboards-without-a-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/devops\/create-dashboards-without-a-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Create Dashboards without a Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Now you can create a dashboard without needing to have a team first. Create and share cross-team dashboards, and personalize who can edit them.<\/p>\n<p>Dashboards in <a href=\"https:\/\/azure.com\/devops\">Azure DevOps<\/a> are a great collaboration tool for the team. But what if you wanted create a dashboard that was either cross-team or not associated with a team? With <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/devops\/release-notes\/2019\/sprint-162-update\">Sprint 162 Update<\/a>, we&#8217;ve introduced <strong>Project Dashboards<\/strong>. Project Dashboards can be created with no association to a team. Use them for cross-team tracking, for virtual-team collaboration, or for special projects not tied to a team.<\/p>\n<h3>Creating a Project Dashboard<\/h3>\n<p>To create a Project Dashboard, select <strong>New Dashboard<\/strong> to display the <strong>Create a dashboard<\/strong> panel. After setting the name and description, under <strong>Dashboard Type<\/strong>, select <strong>Project Dashboard<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/devops\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/12\/create-project-dashboard.png\" alt=\"By selecting a Dashboard Type of Project Dashboard, you don't have to select a team.\" width=\"466\" height=\"605\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-58268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/devops\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/12\/create-project-dashboard.png 466w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/devops\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/12\/create-project-dashboard-231x300.png 231w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 466px) 100vw, 466px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>By default, the creator is the owner and administrator of the dashboard. To give others admin permissions, navigate to the dashboard and select the gear icon in the upper right corner to display the <strong>Settings for My Dashboard<\/strong>. Then, select <strong>Manage permissions for this dashboard<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/devops\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/12\/settings-project-dashboard.png\" alt=\"Dashboard Settings - To control who can edit the Project Dashboard, select 'Manage permission for this dashboard'\" width=\"471\" height=\"634\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-58266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/devops\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/12\/settings-project-dashboard.png 471w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/devops\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/12\/settings-project-dashboard-223x300.png 223w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 471px) 100vw, 471px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A Project Dashboard is public. Everyone in the project can view the dashboard. But only those with admin rights can modify it.<\/p>\n<h3>Selecting a Project Dashboard<\/h3>\n<p>Since a Project Dashboard does not have a team, the <strong>Owner<\/strong> shows up in the Dashboard picker:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/devops\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/12\/project-dashboard-picker.png\" alt=\"Dashboard picker - Owner displays next to dashboard name\" width=\"410\" height=\"218\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-58265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/devops\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/12\/project-dashboard-picker.png 410w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/devops\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/12\/project-dashboard-picker-300x160.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 410px) 100vw, 410px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And in the Dashboard directory:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/devops\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/12\/project-dashboard-directory.png\" alt=\"Dashboard directory- Owner displays in the table\" width=\"1045\" height=\"352\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-58269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/devops\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/12\/project-dashboard-directory.png 1045w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/devops\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/12\/project-dashboard-directory-300x101.png 300w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/devops\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/12\/project-dashboard-directory-1024x345.png 1024w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/devops\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/12\/project-dashboard-directory-768x259.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1045px) 100vw, 1045px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>While a Project Dashboard can have several administrators, it has only one <strong>Owner<\/strong>. The <strong>Owner<\/strong> can be changed in the Settings panel if needed.<\/p>\n<h3>Widgets on a Project Dashboard<\/h3>\n<p>All Azure DevOps widgets that require a team context have been updated to let you select a team in their configuration. You can add these widgets to Project Dashboards and select the specific team you want.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/devops\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/12\/widget-team-selector.png\" alt=\"Dashboard widget configuration - select a Team\" width=\"425\" height=\"142\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-58267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/devops\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/12\/widget-team-selector.png 425w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/devops\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/12\/widget-team-selector-300x100.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 425px) 100vw, 425px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>NOTE: For custom or 3rd party widgets, a Project Dashboard will pass the default team&#8217;s context to those widgets. If you have a custom widget that relies on team context, you should update the configuration to let you select a team.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Read more about the new Project Dashboards in <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/azure\/devops\/report\/dashboards\/dashboards?view=azure-devops#add-a-dashboard\">the documentation<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now you can create a dashboard without needing to have a team first. Create and share cross-team dashboards. Personalize who can edit them. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":58345,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,250],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-devops","category-reporting"],"acf":[],"blog_post_summary":"<p>Now you can create a dashboard without needing to have a team first. Create and share cross-team dashboards. 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