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Change the Context for a Dashboard

You can customize a dashboard by selecting a different data context for the data. The default group setting for the views that are shown on all dashboards is 'All Groups'. When you select another group for a standard dashboard, you apply a new filter to all views on the page. From a context page, such as details about a single router, you can select another managed item as the view context.

You can also view dashboards in multiple windows and apply a different data context to each dashboard.

Follow these steps:

1. Navigate to the dashboard that you want to modify.
2. (Optional) Change the time frame, if necessary.
3. Click the [change] link above the time period selectors.

   [change] link

   Lets you select another group or managed item context for reporting.

   A dialog opens with filtering options.

4. Click to select another managed item. Or expand nodes in the Groups tree to select a group context.

   Data from the new item or group will be shown in the view.

5. Click OK.

   All views on the page are refreshed to reflect the new data context. The change applies until you log out. To change the context so that the change persists across login sessions, edit the dashboard.

6. (Optional) Open another browser instance, log in, and open the same dashboard.

   You can now compare the same views with two different item context settings.

More information:

Permission Groups and Context Groups

Change the Data Context for a View