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title: Add visual elements to an in-line dashboard
description: Populate your dashboard with a selection of widgets, including data visualizations and filters.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/now-intelligence/add-elements-to-a-dashboard.html
release: australia
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-03-12"
reading_time_minutes: 3
breadcrumb: [Edit a dashboard, Working with in-line dashboards, Dashboards, Platform Analytics experience, Platform Analytics]
---

# Add visual elements to an in-line dashboard

Populate your dashboard with a selection of widgets, including data visualizations and filters.

## Before you begin

Role required: dashboard\_admin for all dashboards, or any role for dashboards that you own or ones that you have been given the right to edit. See [Platform Analytics dashboard roles](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/now-intelligence/pa-dashboard-roles.md) for more information about viewing and editing rights on dashboards.

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **All** > **Platform Analytics** > **Library** > **Dashboards**.

2.  Either [create a dashboard](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/now-intelligence/create-db-in-ac.md) or open the dashboard you want to edit.

3.  If the dashboard has an **Edit** button, press it.

    A new dashboard is automatically in editing mode. A technical dashboard has an **Open in UI Builder** button instead of an **Edit** button. For more information about technical dashboards, see [Technical dashboards](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/now-intelligence/technical-dashboards.md).

4.  Expand **Add New Element**.

    \[Omitted image "inline-db-elements.png"\] Alt text: Untitled dashboard with the Add new element menu expanded to show elements you can add to the dashboard

    Available elements include Data visualization, Divider, Filter, Filter Group, Heading, Image, List, Process Mining - Map, Rich Text, and Workbench. Workbench elements can only be created in Core UI and are added to Platform Analytics experience in iframes.

5.  Select an element to add.

    For a brief overview of dashboard elements, see [Dashboard elements](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/now-intelligence/dashboard-elements.md).

6.  If you are adding a data visualization or a filter, select whether to create a new element or use one saved in the relevant library.

7.  If you are creating a new element, configure it, following one of these tasks:

    -   [Creating data visualizations](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/now-intelligence/creating-data-visualizations.md)
    -   [Create or add a filter on an inline dashboard](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/now-intelligence/select-workspace-filter-type.md)
    -   [Create a filter group](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/now-intelligence/create-filter-group.md)
    -   [Configure a Process Mining map on a dashboard](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/now-intelligence/configure-po-map.md)
    -   [Monitor a workflow with a workbench process widget](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/now-intelligence/performance-analytics/c_MonitorWorkflowWorkbenchWidget.md)

-   **[Add Workbench widgets to an in-line dashboard](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/now-intelligence/add-workbench-dashboard.md)**  
You can place Core UI workbench widgets on an inline dashboard. They are added in compatibility mode.
-   **[Add the ServiceNow Otto context menu to an in-line dashboard](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/now-intelligence/add-nacm.md)**  
Use the ServiceNow Otto context menu to enable ServiceNow Otto skills to be displayed directly in the dashboard.

**Parent Topic:**[Edit Platform Analytics dashboards](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/now-intelligence/edit-db-in-ac.md)