Dashboard widget types
Key Takeaway
Match the business need to the right widget type, and know each type's limits.
A Lightning Experience dashboard is built from source reports, filters, and widgets. Widgets are its visual blocks, and the ones that show data get it from a source report.
Widget types
Each widget type fits a different question, so choose the type by what the dashboard needs to show.
| Widget type | Use it for |
|---|---|
| Chart | Comparing groups or showing a trend |
| Gauge | Tracking progress to a goal |
| Metric | Displaying one key value, such as the total number of support cases filed today |
| Table | Listing records |
| Rich text | Adding section titles, annotations for charts and tables, and narrative context |
| Image | Adding logos, arrows, flow diagrams, or animated gifs |