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Configure the Dashboard Layout

A layout template provides a guideline for your displayed dashboard. A template layout determines the number of portlets appearing in a row and the percentage width for each portlet position. If a portlet is large (a grid portlet with many columns), it can exceed the space allotted to it in a row. In this case, the portlet is not truncated. However, you can accommodate a larger size by moving portlets to another row when the dashboard displays. As a result, a displayed dashboard does not look exactly the way you design it in the Content and Layout section.

To lay out a dashboard, select a template layout and then add portlets and drag them to the position in the Content and Layout section. Use the Dashboard Details page to complete the dashboard layout. From the details page, you can also complete the following tasks:

You can configure the dashboard layout in the following ways: