Working with responsive dashboards

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title: Working with responsive dashboards
description: Responsive dashboards enable you to share widgets such as reports and Performance Analytics visualizations in the classic environment. An easy-to-use drag and drop canvas helps you create, edit, and arrange content, and then share it with colleagues.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/now-intelligence/performance-analytics/c\_ResponsiveDashboards.html
release: australia
product: Performance Analytics
classification: performance-analytics
topic_type: concept
last_updated: "2026-09-10"
reading_time_minutes: 2
breadcrumb: [Create and use Core UI dashboards, Responsive dashboards in the Core UI, Reporting, dashboards, and Performance Analytics in the Core UI, Platform Analytics]
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# Working with responsive dashboards

Responsive dashboards enable you to share widgets such as reports and Performance Analytics visualizations in the classic environment. An easy-to-use drag and drop canvas helps you create, edit, and arrange content, and then share it with colleagues.

**Note:** This topic refers to Core UI dashboards. If you are looking for information about the newer Platform Analytics dashboards, see [Dashboards in Platform Analytics](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/now-intelligence/analytics-center-dashboards.md).

The ServiceNow AI Platform platform supports two dashboard technologies:

-   The newer Platform Analytics dashboards, described in [Dashboards in Platform Analytics](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/now-intelligence/analytics-center-dashboards.md)
-   The older Core UI Responsive Dashboards

Starting in Australia, you can access all dashboards of either type through the [Dashboards library](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/now-intelligence/find-dashboard-library.md). However, you have Core UI dashboards only on instances that were originally created before the Xanadu release.

**Note:**

Owners of Core UI responsive dashboards have the option to migrate these dashboards to Platform Analytics experience. For more information, see [Migrate dashboards that you own](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/now-intelligence/data-migration-migrate-dbs-you-own.md).

Use Core UI dashboards to:

-   Create and edit Performance Analytics visualizations and other widgets directly from the dashboard.
-   Quickly find and preview widgets, then add them to the dashboard from the Add Widget pane.
-   Easily share dashboards with other users from the integrated Sharing pane.
-   Snap the widgets into a predefined layout, then adjust the layout as desired.
-   Access information that you use frequently by setting dashboards as your **Home**.

Watch this three-minute video to learn more about flexible layouts, multiple tabs, sharing, converting homepages to dashboards, and enabling responsive dashboards. \[Omitted video\] Description: How to get started using responsive dashboards

## Benefits

-   Optimize performance with configurable widget loading. For more information on the benefits of configurable widget loading, see [Optimize widget rendering time on responsive dashboards](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/now-intelligence/performance-analytics/t_optimizeWidgetRenderingTime.md).
-   Use the **Restrict to roles** field to [specify roles required to access the dashboard](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/now-intelligence/performance-analytics/restrict-dashboard-access-to-certain-roles.md). Users with any of the specified roles can access the dashboard if they have been given access on the dashboard's **Share** panel.

## Limitation

ServiceNow mobile apps don’t give access to dashboards as dashboards aren’t optimized for mobile screen sizes. You can access dashboards on a tablet using the standard web interface. It’s possible to create mobile apps that display reports and Performance Analytics visualizations, but these aren’t full responsive dashboards. For more information, see [Configure an analytics UI section](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/mobile/sg-ui-section-config-reports.md).

**Related topics**  


[Set responsive dashboards as your home](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/now-intelligence/performance-analytics/t_SetDashboardsAsHome.md)

[Differences between Core UI and Platform Analytics dashboards](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/now-intelligence/differences-between-core-ui-ne-dbs.md)