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Create a new dashboard

Each personal dashboard is an independent canvas — its own layout, its own widget set, its own URL. You can have as many as you need (e.g. one per project, one per workflow, one per role).

Goal​

Create a new personal dashboard by forking the one you're on, then rename it and land on it ready to customise.

How "Add dashboard" works

The + Add dashboard button forks the dashboard you're currently viewing into a fresh personal copy — it does not open a blank-name modal. The new dashboard is created immediately, named "My copy of <current name>", seeded with a copy of the current dashboard's widgets, and activated. Rename it afterwards via Dashboard configuration…. This means a new dashboard always starts from a working layout rather than an empty grid.

Prerequisites​

  • Personal dashboards must be enabled by your admin. If the + Add dashboard button is hidden in the sidebar, it has been switched off — see your administrator (or the admin guide).

Steps​

1. Open the dashboard you want to base the new one on​

The fork copies this dashboard's widgets, so start from whichever layout is the best starting point.

2. Open the sidebar and click + Add dashboard​

Add dashboard button

A new dashboard named "My copy of <current name>" is created and activated immediately — no modal, no Save step. You land on it at its own URL.

3. Rename it (and set an icon)​

Open the active dashboard's cog menu → Dashboard configuration… and edit the Name, optional Description, and Icon (a searchable Material Design Icons picker plus a Custom tab for a URL/upload). See Rename or delete a dashboard.

Dashboard configuration modal

You can now add more widgets, reposition them, or pin this as your default.

Verification​

  • The sidebar shows the new "My copy of …" dashboard, highlighted as active.
  • The URL bar reads /apps/launchpad/<auto-slug> — the slug is auto-derived from the name.
  • The grid contains a copy of the widgets from the dashboard you forked.

Common issues​

SymptomFix
+ Add dashboard button is missingPersonal dashboards are disabled by your admin.
The new dashboard has the wrong widgetsIt copied the dashboard you were viewing — fork from a different one, or remove the unwanted widgets.
Two dashboards share a slugRename via Dashboard configuration; the slug re-derives from the new name.

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