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title: "User Dashboards"
slug: "user-dashboards"
description: "Put users on the same page with a database-wide user dashboard."
updated: 2026-04-03T17:01:13Z
published: 2026-04-03T17:01:13Z
canonical: "knowledge.technolutions.net/user-dashboards"
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> ## Documentation Index
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# User Dashboards

A customizable **User Dashboard** appears in the **Featured tab** on every Slate page. User dashboards support exports that can be used as merge fields.

## Accessing user dashboards

On any Slate page, select the **Featured** icon at the top right of any Slate page immediately beneath the user icon. The Featured tab appears, along with any user dashboard content.

![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/cd8ea7a6-07f3-4846-a554-627ac016d3e3/Images/Documentation/Select featured tab(1).png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-09T11%3A04%3A03Z&se=2026-11-09T12%3A04%3A03Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=qiHhjn1rDq0YrJoLVOnA1nw09vetaxYLb%2Bb6fGnfPZE%3D)

Close the Featured tab by selecting the Featured icon again.

## Creating a user dashboard

To create a new user dashboard:

1. From the main navigation, select **Database.**
2. Select **Dashboards**.
3. Select **New Dashboard.** A popup appears.
4. Configure the following settings:
  - **Status:** Active
  - **Name**: Enter a short, descriptive name.
  - **Type**: User
  - **Base:** User

![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/cd8ea7a6-07f3-4846-a554-627ac016d3e3/Images/Documentation/New User Dashboard.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-09T11%3A04%3A03Z&se=2026-11-09T12%3A04%3A03Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=qiHhjn1rDq0YrJoLVOnA1nw09vetaxYLb%2Bb6fGnfPZE%3D)
5. Select **Save.**

You are redirected to the dashboard summary page.

## Configuring the user dashboard

Two tabs are available on the dashboard’s summary page: **Edit Dashboard** and **Edit Query**.

> [!WARNING]
> 📝 User dashboards appear to all database users.

#### Configure the query

To configure the user dashboard query:

1. Select the **Edit Query** tab.
2. Configure the **Exports** area to select the data points to display. In this example, we create a subquery aggregate export with a join to Application Reader Queue to pull a reader queue count for the signed-in user.

![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/cd8ea7a6-07f3-4846-a554-627ac016d3e3/Images/Documentation/Example export - Reader count subquery export.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-09T11%3A04%3A03Z&se=2026-11-09T12%3A04%3A03Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=qiHhjn1rDq0YrJoLVOnA1nw09vetaxYLb%2Bb6fGnfPZE%3D)
3. If desired, configure the **Filters** area to limit the displayed records.

#### Configure the dashboard

To configure the user dashboard appearance:

1. Select the **Edit Dashboard** tab.
2. The query exports added in the Edit Query tab appear on the right side of the page. Drag or double-click them to add them to the editor.

![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/cd8ea7a6-07f3-4846-a554-627ac016d3e3/Images/Documentation/Configure dashboard appearance.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-09T11%3A04%3A03Z&se=2026-11-09T12%3A04%3A03Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=qiHhjn1rDq0YrJoLVOnA1nw09vetaxYLb%2Bb6fGnfPZE%3D)
3. Add styling and liquid markup as necessary using the Source editor.
4. The end result appears in the dashboard:

![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/cd8ea7a6-07f3-4846-a554-627ac016d3e3/Images/Documentation/Final product - User Dashboard.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-09T11%3A04%3A03Z&se=2026-11-09T12%3A04%3A03Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=qiHhjn1rDq0YrJoLVOnA1nw09vetaxYLb%2Bb6fGnfPZE%3D)

#### 📖 Further reading

Learn more about [configuring dashboards](/docs/records-dashboards).

## Related

- [Getting Started with Liquid Markup](/getting-started-with-liquid-markup.md)