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title: "Overview"
canonical: "https://support.appfire.com/space/DHDC/2802647184/Overview"
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> A dashboard is a visualization tool that helps your team to track their work: Monitor environments, visualize sales, detect incidents, analyze performance, track projects, and so on.

1. **Dashboard selector**: Here, you’ll find all the dashboards you have access to, including those accessible to the whole organization and your private ones.
2. **Jira *****Apps***** menu**: This is the main access point for your dashboards. Once your admin installs the app, Dashboard Hub will appear there. You can always bookmark your main dashboard URL in your browser.
3. **Slideshow controls**: If your dashboard has more than one slide, these controls will allow you to move from one slide to the next one or play the slideshow. See [https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DHDC/pages/2802649235](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DHDC/pages/2802649235).
4. **Dashboard options**:
  1. Dark mode. Switch between the light and dark versions of the theme.
  2. Share dashboard. Share your dashboard within your organization or externally. See [https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DHDC/pages/2802649322](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DHDC/pages/2802649322).
  3. Access restrictions. Set who can view and or edit your dashboards within the organization. See [https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DHDC/pages/2802649557](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DHDC/pages/2802649557).
  4. Edit mode. Use Edit mode to configure your gadgets or add new ones.
  5. More actions menu. Find additional actions for your dashboards or datasources. See [https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DHDC/pages/2802649032](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DHDC/pages/2802649032).
  6. Help. Access our [Support portal](https://appf.re/support) to get information or help.

> ✅ See our [live dashboards](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DHDC/pages/2802648837/Live+dashboard+demos?ref=docs) page to see examples of how our templates can be used for different teams.

# Gadgets

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> Gadgets are small components in a dashboard that transmit data visually through graphs, tables, images, and text.

It is important to choose the right visualization metaphor to represent your data in the most meaningful way and communicate the intended information to your audience. 

To choose the appropriate gadget, you need to:

- Identify your metrics, KPIs, or problem to solve.
- Identify your audience.
- Select the relevant gadget to display on your dashboard.

## See also

- [https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DHDC/pages/2802649150](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DHDC/pages/2802649150)
- [https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DHDC/pages/2802654553](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DHDC/pages/2802654553)
- [https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DHDC/pages/2802648837](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DHDC/pages/2802648837)