Add visual elements to an in-line dashboard

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title: Add visual elements to an in-line dashboard
description: Populate your dashboard with a selection of widgets, including data visualizations and filters.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/now-intelligence/add-elements-to-a-dashboard.html
release: australia
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-09-10"
reading_time_minutes: 3
breadcrumb: [Edit a dashboard, Working with in-line dashboards, Dashboards, Platform Analytics experience, Platform Analytics]
---

# Add visual elements to an in-line dashboard

Populate your dashboard with a selection of widgets, including data visualizations and filters.

## Before you begin

Role required: dashboard\_admin for all dashboards, or any role for dashboards that you own or ones that you have been given the right to edit. See [Platform Analytics dashboard roles](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/now-intelligence/pa-dashboard-roles.md) for more information about viewing and editing rights on dashboards. Users who only have viewing rights can make changes to the dashboard's content, but aren't able to save those changes.

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **All** > **Platform Analytics** > **Library** > **Dashboards**.

2.  Either [create a dashboard](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/now-intelligence/create-db-in-ac.md) or open the dashboard you want to edit.

3.  If the dashboard has an **Edit** button, press it.

    A new dashboard is automatically in editing mode. A technical dashboard has an **Open in UI Builder** button instead of an **Edit** button. For more information about technical dashboards, see [Technical dashboards](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/now-intelligence/technical-dashboards.md).

4.  Expand **Add New Element**.

    \[Omitted image "inline-db-elements.png"\] Alt text: Untitled dashboard with the Add new element menu expanded to show elements you can add to the dashboard

    Available [elements](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/now-intelligence/dashboards-glossary.md) include Data visualization, Divider, [Filter](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/now-intelligence/dashboards-glossary.md), Filter Group, Heading, Image, List, Process Mining - Map, Rich Text, and Workbench. Workbench elements can only be created in Core UI and are added to Platform Analytics experience in iframes.

5.  Select an element to add.

    For a brief overview of dashboard elements, see [Dashboard elements](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/now-intelligence/dashboard-elements.md).

6.  If you are adding a data visualization or a filter, select whether to create a new element or use one saved in the relevant library.

7.  If you are creating a new element, configure it, following one of these tasks:

    -   [Creating data visualizations](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/now-intelligence/creating-data-visualizations.md)
    -   [Create or add a filter on an inline dashboard](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/now-intelligence/select-workspace-filter-type.md)
    -   [Create a filter group](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/now-intelligence/create-filter-group.md)
    -   [Configure a Process Mining map on a dashboard](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/now-intelligence/configure-po-map.md)
    -   [Monitor a workflow with a workbench process widget](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/now-intelligence/performance-analytics/c_MonitorWorkflowWorkbenchWidget.md)

-   **[Add Workbench widgets to an in-line dashboard](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/now-intelligence/add-workbench-dashboard.md)**  
You can place Core UI workbench widgets on an inline dashboard. They are added in compatibility mode.
-   **[Add the ServiceNow Otto context menu to an in-line dashboard](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/now-intelligence/add-nacm.md)**  
Use the ServiceNow Otto context menu to enable ServiceNow Otto skills to be displayed directly in the dashboard.

**Parent Topic:**[Edit Platform Analytics dashboards](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/now-intelligence/edit-db-in-ac.md)