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Add a Dynamic Trend View to a Dashboard

Dynamic trend views let you create a trend chart for a selected metric. The view is termed dynamic because it has the following options:

• Displaying an individual chart for the selected metric for each item that you select.
• Displaying a single chart for all of the selected items, for a single metric.
• Displaying a single trend line for a selected metric that reflects aggregated data from all of the selected items.

To use dynamic trend views, add them to a new dashboard, or edit an existing dashboard to add these views. The dynamic view editing features let you quickly create copies of dynamic views, select items for reporting, and select view settings.

Follow these steps:

1. Open the dashboard page where you want to add a dynamic view.
2. Click Edit Dashboard from the More menu.

   The Edit Dashboard Layout page opens.

3. Expand the Dynamic Views category.
4. Select the Dynamic View, drag it to the Layout pane, and drop it where you want it to appear.

   Note: Dynamic views require a larger amount of page space than other types of views. Add a dynamic view to a wide (multiple-column) area in the dashboard layout. Do not add a dynamic view to a single-column section of the layout.

   The dynamic view type includes editing shortcut buttons. The view is empty until you edit it to select the items to include in the charts and the settings that you want to apply.

5. Click the Edit icon. It is highlighted to indicate that no items have been selected.

   

   The View Settings dialog opens.

6. Select settings and managed items for the view.
7. Click Save.

   The view refreshes to reflect your updates.

   The Edit Dashboard Layout page also lets you make copies of dynamic views.

8. Click More, Edit Dashboard.
9. In the area of the layout where the dynamic view appears, click the Copy icon to place a copy of the view just below the original view in the layout.

   Note: When you have edited the view to select items for reporting, you can change the view display option. Click the Edit icon , and select 'Show List of Selected Items' to switch between the chart view and a list of the items that you selected to include.