Data tiles

Data tiles are the central component of your dashboards, and are used to display visualizations of the data from your data sources.

To add a new data tile, hover over a blank tile on a dashboard and click the

that appears, then select Data

to access the tile editor.

To edit an existing tile, do one of the following:

On a dashboard, click Edit
, then select Edit
at the top of a tile.
On a dashboard, over a tile and select More options
> Edit
.

You can also add data tiles from the data explorer by clicking Save to dashboard

Data tiles with various visualizations configured

Configuring a data tile

Data tiles are configured using the tile editor - the interface that lets you retrieve, filter, shape and visualize your data.

Using the tile editor, you can create visualizations for:

Tables
Scalars
Line graphs
Bar charts
Blocks
Donuts
Embedded tiles
Gauges

Tile settings

Tile settings are accessed via a tile's header. Hover over a tile to display the full row of settings.

Additional settings are accessed by hovering over a tile and selecting More options

Header settings

Option	Description
KPI	Displays when a tile has been published to a KPI.
Fixed timeframe	Any tiles that have a fixed timeframe display a grey pill icon indicating the fixed timeframe value.
Scope limit	You can view tile scope limit information by hovering over the info button when it appears. This button is present on out of the box dashboards and alerts you to the number of objects automatically selected for that tile.
Fullscreen	Click to expand the tile in fullscreen mode.
Refresh Data	Click to imemdiately refreshes the the tile.
More options	Click to display additional setting options.

More options

Option	Description
Edit	Click to edit the tile and open the tile editor.
Clone	Click to create a copy of the tile on the current dashboard.
Full screen	Opens the tile in fullscreen mode.
Explore data	Click to open the tile in the data explorer, where you're free to edit it without affecting the original.
Copy to	Create a copy of the tile to another workspace or dashboard. This also copies any data sources and monitoring to the newly created tile.
Export	Downloads a .png image of the tile in its current state.
Copy data	Copies the current Data table information for the tile.
Force refresh	Immediately refreshes the tile.
Delete	This permanently removes the tile and cannot be undone.

Tiles can occasionally display a warning as a result of an issue when trying to fetch data from the data source. Typically a warning will be shown if multiple requests are being made to the underlying data source and some of those requests encounter an issue.

See Troubleshooting tiles for detailed descriptions of the most common errors.

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