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title: "Create a Summary Dashboard"
slug: "create-a-summary-dashboard"
updated: 2026-02-23T08:32:52Z
published: 2026-02-23T08:32:52Z
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> ## Documentation Index
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# Create a Summary Dashboard

You can create a summary dashboard composed of dash link panes each of which links to a specific dashboard as shown in the example below.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/87d11426-6b1f-4b19-b593-b71e55a81af3/Images/Documentation/summary_dash_link_open.png)

You can choose to display the following on a summary Dash Link pane:

- Alternate between displaying a description of the dashboard and a stylized thumbnail
- Alternate between displaying a dashboard description and summary data from a grid, chart, or gauge
- Display only summary data from a Grid, Chart, or Gauge with no alternating description

![](https://cdn.document360.io/87d11426-6b1f-4b19-b593-b71e55a81af3/Images/Documentation/summary_dash_example1.png)

## Create a Summary Dashboard for Linked Dashboards

1. [Define a Dash Link block](/documentation/docs/define-a-dash-link) on your workspace for each dashboard to which you wish to link.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/87d11426-6b1f-4b19-b593-b71e55a81af3/Images/Documentation/summary_dash_builder.png)
2. Optionally, display summary data on a Dash Link pane:

> [!NOTE]
> **NOTE**: If you do not define Summary Data for your dashboard, a stylized thumbnail will display for the Dash Link pane.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/87d11426-6b1f-4b19-b593-b71e55a81af3/Images/Documentation/Summary_tab_build.png)

> [!NOTE]
> **NOTE**: You can use multiple data blocks (Grid, Chart and Gauge) and have the Summary Dashboard pane cycle between these multiple data sets.
  1. Open the dashboard to which you wish to link, and click the **Summary** tab.
  2. Using the Data blocks available ([Query Data](/documentation/docs/define-a-query-data-block), [Managed Data](/documentation/docs/define-a-managed-data-block), [Grid](/documentation/docs/define-a-grid), [Chart](/documentation/docs/define-a-heat-chart), or [Gauge](/documentation/docs/define-a-gauge) blocks) in the Summary tab Toolbox, build a dashboard for the summary information that you wish to display.
3. If you wish to display a description for your dashboard link, enter a description in the **Description** field on the **Dashboard** tab for the dashboard to which you are linking (as shown below).

![](https://cdn.document360.io/87d11426-6b1f-4b19-b593-b71e55a81af3/Images/Documentation/Dash_description.png)

> [!NOTE]
> **NOTE**: If you do not enter a **Description** for the dashboard, then the Dash Link block will only show the summary data.
4. Optionally, click the **Dashboard Summary Color** button to select a color to use as the background color for the Dashboard Link Pane.
5. Click **Apply** to save your changes.
6. Repeat steps 2 - 5 for each dashboard to which you wish to link from a Dash Link block.

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