--- title: Edit a dashboard description: Customize or edit a dashboard as needed by adding sections, filters, images, lists, process mining maps, and rich text. If the dashboard has been shared, any changes you make are applied globally. locale: en-US canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/it-business-management/strategic-planning/edit-dashboard-spw.html release: australia product: Strategic Planning classification: strategic-planning topic_type: task last_updated: "2026-03-12" reading_time_minutes: 4 breadcrumb: [Create a dashboard, Use, Dashboards, Strategic Planning, Strategic Portfolio Management] --- # Edit a dashboard Customize or edit a dashboard as needed by adding sections, filters, images, lists, process mining maps, and rich text. If the dashboard has been shared, any changes you make are applied globally. ## Before you begin Role required: sn\_align\_core.apw\_user ## About this task **Note:** - You can edit dashboards that you own or those you’ve been granted permission to edit. - Only an administrator can edit the out-of-the-box dashboards, including the Product Idea Dashboard, Feedback Dashboard, Strategy Execution Dashboard, and Execution Dashboard. However, you can [duplicate an out-of-the-box dashboard](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-business-management/strategic-planning/copy-dashboard-spw.md) and customize it as needed. You can use the following elements to create or edit your dashboard. |Element|Description| |-------|-----------| |Data visualization|Enables you to present a visual representation of current instance data or temporary data that you’ve imported. Data visualizations include visualizations that you create in the dashboard designer and data visualizations from the library.| |Filter|Enables you to filter the visualizations on a dashboard based on specified criteria. You can put filters either on the individual tabs or above the tabs so that the filter applies to elements every tab. Filters include both data filters and domain filters. You can create filters in the dashboard designer or select them from the library.| |Heading|Provides a place for text at the top of a dashboard or section of a dashboard. Formatting for headings is limited to six heading levels.| |Image|Holds static or animated images on the dashboard.| |List - Simple|Shows table data that you can customize for the dashboard audience.| |Process Mining - Map|Maps the different states that are part of your process and the transitions between those states. See which states the objects of the process are in and the speed with which they change state. Requires an existing Process Mining project.| |Rich text|Holds text that you can format either as text or as html, including font selection, text size, highlighting, and hyperlinks. To edit HTML markup, open the HTML editor from the Configuration panel and select the Code tags < > icon.| \[Omitted image "dashboard-elements-spw.png"\] Alt text: dashboard elements in strategic planning. ## Procedure 1. Navigate to **Workspaces** > **Strategic Planning Workspace** > **Dashboards**. By default, the Execution Dashboard appears on the Dashboards page. 2. From the Change dashboard drop-down, select the dashboard you want to edit. \[Omitted image "change-dashboard-drop-down.png"\] Alt text: select a dashboard in strategic planning. The selected dashboard appears. 3. From the dashboard header, select **Edit**.
For this Perform these steps
**Add a tab** 1. From the dashboard header, select **Add a tab**. A new tab appears with the default name New Tab. 2. Select the Edit tab label icon and enter a name for the tab. 3. Press Enter to update the name of the tab.
**Add a dashboard element** 1. From the dashboard header, select **Add new element**. A list of available elements appear in the drop-down. 2. \(For example\) Select **Data visualization** to present a visual representation. The Add Visualization window appears. 1. \(For a new visualization\) Select **New Visualization**. 2. \(For an existing visualization\) Select **Saved Visualization** and then select a saved visualization from the library. The visualization element appears in the tab and the **Configuration** side panel appears. 3. In the **Configuration** side panel, fill the required details in the **Visualization type**, **Header and border**, and **Data** and other relevant fields.
4. Drag to move the widget or resize it as required. 5. From the dashboard header, select **Save**. 6. From the dashboard header, select **Exit editing mode**. ## Result The dashboard is updated with the latest changes. ## What to do next - Add more elements and customize your dashboard as required. - For detailed instructions on editing a dashboard using the Platform Analytics experience in Strategic Planning, see [Edit Platform Analytics dashboards](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/now-intelligence/edit-db-in-ac.md). **Related topics** [View a dashboard](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-business-management/strategic-planning/view-dashboard-spw.md) [Create a dashboard](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-business-management/strategic-planning/create-dashboard-spw.md) [Duplicate a dashboard](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-business-management/strategic-planning/copy-dashboard-spw.md) [Share a dashboard](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-business-management/strategic-planning/share-dashboard-spw.md) [Add a Platform Analytics dashboard](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-business-management/strategic-planning/add-platform-dashboard-to-spw.md)