How to Use Dashboard Studio
Dashboard Studio is Nova's drag-and-drop dashboard builder. Create custom dashboards that combine metrics, logs, traces, and incident data into a single, real-time view. Share them with your team via link or embed them on internal portals.
Steps
Create a new dashboard
Go to Dashboards > New Dashboard. Give it a name and optional description. Choose a layout: freeform grid or auto-flow columns.
Add widgets
Click Add Widget and choose from the available types:
- Time Series — line/area charts for metrics over time
- Single Value — big number display (e.g., current error rate)
- Table — tabular data from logs or metrics
- Heatmap — latency distribution visualization
- Service Map — live topology of your services
- Incident List — active incidents feed
- Log Stream — real-time log tail
Configure each widget
Click on a widget to open its editor. Write a query, choose the visualization type, set colors and thresholds. The preview updates in real time as you edit.
Arrange and resize
Drag widgets to reposition them. Grab the corner handles to resize. The grid snaps to help keep things aligned.
Add template variables
Create dropdown filters at the top of your dashboard so viewers can switch between environments, services, or time ranges without editing queries.
Use the AI Layout feature to describe what you want in plain English ("show me API latency, error rate, and active incidents for the checkout service") and Nova will build the dashboard for you.
Share and collaborate
Click Share to generate a link or embed code. You can set permissions: view-only, edit access, or public (no login required). Dashboards support real-time collaboration — multiple people can edit simultaneously.
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