# Dashboards

**Dashboards** are collections of [Insights](/docs/query-data/visualizations/insights.md), organized into a single view to monitor metrics, track KPIs, and share reports with your team.

## What are Dashboards?

Dashboards combine multiple [Insights](/docs/query-data/visualizations/insights.md) (visualizations, metrics, tables) into a unified layout:

- **Widgets**: add insights, text annotations, and grouped sections
- **Grid layout**: arrange and resize widgets freely
- **Variables**: filter all widgets at once with shared parameters

## Dashboard Variables

Variables let you parameterize your entire dashboard:

- **Shared filters**: apply date ranges or segments across all insights
- **Dynamic values**: switch between different dimensions or metrics
- **Variable mapping**: connect dashboard variables to individual insight parameters

When you change a variable, all linked widgets update together.

## Tasks on dashboards

Attach [Tasks](/docs/automation/tasks.md) to dashboards to monitor them on a schedule:

- **Trend detection**: get notified when metrics change significantly
- **Anomaly alerts**: receive notifications when data deviates from patterns
- **Scheduled reports**: generate periodic summaries

Tasks send [Notifications](/docs/automation/notifications.md) when they find something noteworthy.

## Creating Dashboards

1. Navigate to **Dashboards**
2. Click **New dashboard**
3. Add widgets from your existing [Insights](/docs/query-data/visualizations/insights.md)
4. Arrange the grid layout
5. Configure shared variables
6. Save and optionally attach a [Task](/docs/automation/tasks.md) for monitoring

## Learn More

- **[Insights](/docs/query-data/visualizations/insights.md)**: the building blocks of dashboards
- **[Tasks](/docs/automation/tasks.md)**: scheduled monitoring on dashboards and other contexts
- **[Notifications](/docs/automation/notifications.md)**: notifications from tasks on dashboards
- **[Memories](/docs/knowledge/memories.md)**: knowledge tasks build to improve monitoring over time