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title: "Create and configure a dashboard"
canonical: "https://support.appfire.com/space/RDD/2117271741/Create%20and%20configure%20a%20dashboard"
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## How to create a dashboard

1. At the top right, select the **…** menu.
2. Select **Create Dashboard** to create a blank dashboard or use one of the provided templates. In this menu, you’ll find (as soon as you have at least one dashboard created) several other options like Clone Dashboard or Delete Dashboards, and others.
3. Name, describe, and set the access restriction for your dashboard.
4. Select whether you want to start with a blank template or select one of the provided templates.
5. Click **Create**.

![image](media://ae676007-e8ee-4d41-b664-74ce8edbe72d)

See [https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/RDD/pages/146310002](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/RDD/pages/146310002) for more information. 

## How to configure a dashboard

The main components of a dashboard are the **gadgets** (see [https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/RDD/pages/2117009907/Overview#Gadgets](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/RDD/pages/2117009907/Overview#Gadgets)) that display the information you need, in the format you want. These gadgets have to be configured with a **datasource** (see [https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/RDD/pages/146309293](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/RDD/pages/146309293) and [https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/RDD/pages/146309943](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/RDD/pages/146309943)), which is the element that connects the tool you extract the information from (or where the data is).

If a gadget is not configured:

1. Click the settings cog to open the configuration menu, or click **Config**.
2. Name your gadget.
3. Select a datasource, **Current** for the default datasource of the current instance, or any other (see [https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/RDD/pages/146309293](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/RDD/pages/146309293)).
4. Indicate if you want to use the current gadget configuration for compatible gadgets still without configuration.
5. Click **Save**.

![image](media://0fe48fa6-06de-4dd2-b03c-54e5b3b76bda)

## How to create and share a Dashboard for Jira in less than a minute

> Macro (iframe)

## Next steps

1. [https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/RDD/pages/2117009907/Overview#Dashboards](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/RDD/pages/2117009907/Overview#Dashboards) and [https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/RDD/pages/2117009907/Overview#Gadgets](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/RDD/pages/2117009907/Overview#Gadgets)
2. [https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/RDD/pages/146310002](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/RDD/pages/146310002)
3. [https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/RDD/pages/146310019](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/RDD/pages/146310019)
4. [https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/RDD/pages/146310013](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/RDD/pages/146310013)