Add breakdown sources to a responsive dashboard
To enable dashboard users to filter visualizations on a Core UI dashboard by breakdown element, add breakdown sources to the dashboard.
Before you begin
Role required: pa_admin, pa_power_user, or admin
About this task
Procedure
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Navigate to All > Self-Service > Dashboards or All > Performance Analytics > Dashboards.
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Open the relevant dashboard.
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From the context menu, select Dashboard Properties.
[Omitted image "dashboard-context-menu.png"] Alt text: Dashboard context menu
The dashboard record opens.
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Click Edit in the Breakdown Source related list.
[Omitted image "dashboard-breakdown-sources.png"] Alt text: The Edit button on the Breakdown Source related list
A dialog opens where you can move breakdown sources into and out of the list.
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Move the breakdown sources you want to apply to the Breakdown Source List.
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Click Save.
Result
The breakdown sources are available on the dashboard. Users can group the dashboard on the selected elements.
What to do next
- You can configure the entries in the Breakdown Source related list so that reports on the dashboard can use the breakdown sources as interactive filters. You first create interactive filters that are based on the same tables as the breakdown sources. For more information, see Make a breakdown act as an interactive filter.
- Configure the Performance Analytics widgets on the dashboard so that users can filter them by selecting breakdown elements on the dashboard. For more information, see Configure widgets for breakdown dashboards.
Parent Topic:Using breakdowns on responsive dashboards
Related topics
Configure widgets for breakdown dashboards
Showing multiple elements separately or aggregated in Core UI
---
title: Add breakdown sources to a responsive dashboard
description: To enable dashboard users to filter visualizations on a Core UI dashboard by breakdown element, add breakdown sources to the dashboard.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/now-intelligence/performance-analytics/t\_ExistingBreakdownDashboard.html
release: brazil
product: Performance Analytics
classification: performance-analytics
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-09-10"
reading_time_minutes: 2
breadcrumb: [Using breakdowns on responsive dashboards, Create and use Core UI dashboards, Responsive dashboards in the Core UI, Reporting, dashboards, and Performance Analytics in the Core UI, Platform Analytics]
---
# Add breakdown sources to a responsive dashboard
To enable dashboard users to filter visualizations on a Core UI dashboard by breakdown element, add breakdown sources to the dashboard.
## Before you begin
Role required: pa\_admin, pa\_power\_user, or admin
## About this task
## Procedure
1. Navigate to **All** > **Self-Service** > **Dashboards** or **All** > **Performance Analytics** > **Dashboards**.
2. Open the relevant dashboard.
3. From the context menu, select **Dashboard Properties**.
\[Omitted image "dashboard-context-menu.png"\] Alt text: Dashboard context menu
The dashboard record opens.
4. Click **Edit** in the Breakdown Source related list.
\[Omitted image "dashboard-breakdown-sources.png"\] Alt text: The Edit button on the Breakdown Source related list
A dialog opens where you can move breakdown sources into and out of the list.
5. Move the breakdown sources you want to apply to the Breakdown Source List.
6. Click **Save**.
## Result
The breakdown sources are available on the dashboard. Users can group the dashboard on the selected elements.
## What to do next
- You can configure the entries in the Breakdown Source related list so that reports on the dashboard can use the breakdown sources as interactive filters. You first create interactive filters that are based on the same tables as the breakdown sources. For more information, see [Make a breakdown act as an interactive filter](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/brazil/markdown/now-intelligence/core-ui-interactive-filters/make-breakdown-interactive-filter.md).
- Configure the Performance Analytics widgets on the dashboard so that users can filter them by selecting breakdown elements on the dashboard. For more information, see [Configure widgets for breakdown dashboards](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/brazil/markdown/now-intelligence/performance-analytics/set-up-widgets-for-breakdown-dashboards.md).
**Parent Topic:**[Using breakdowns on responsive dashboards](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/brazil/markdown/now-intelligence/performance-analytics/c_SpecialDashboards.md)
**Related topics**
[Configure widgets for breakdown dashboards]()
[Showing multiple elements separately or aggregated in Core UI]()
[Same breakdown on widget and dashboard]()
[Showing breakdown relations on dashboards]()
| title | Add breakdown sources to a responsive dashboard |
| description | To enable dashboard users to filter visualizations on a Core UI dashboard by breakdown element, add breakdown sources to the dashboard. |
| locale | en-US |
| canonical_url | https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/now-intelligence/performance-analytics/t\_ExistingBreakdownDashboard.html |
| release | brazil |
| product | Performance Analytics |
| classification | performance-analytics |
| topic_type | task |
| last_updated | 2026-09-10 |
| reading_time_minutes | 2 |
| breadcrumb | Using breakdowns on responsive dashboardsCreate and use Core UI dashboardsResponsive dashboards in the Core UIReportingdashboardsand Performance Analytics in the Core UIPlatform Analytics |