Build a dashboard
An end-to-end walkthrough — add and configure widgets, arrange your view, compare against a baseline, and share or export it.
Dashboards turn the live state of a project into something you can read at a glance — coverage, quality, risk burndown, verification progress. This guide builds one and shares it. For the concepts behind each step, see Configuring dashboards & widgets and Coverage, quality & compliance.
Add a widget
Before you start Open the dashboard you want to build — a module dashboard or a project view — and enter its edit mode.
- Choose Add Widget.
- Pick a widget from the library, or Create Custom Widget to define your own.
- For a custom widget, choose the Data source, the Metric to show, and how to Group by — by module, owner, status, or another field.
- Add it to the dashboard.
Result The widget appears on the dashboard, reading live data — it updates as the underlying work changes.
Arrange and configure
- Drag widgets to arrange the layout so the most important signals are where you'll see them.
- Open a widget's Configure options to refine its filters, range, or appearance.
- Save the layout when it reads the way you want.
Result A dashboard laid out for how you actually work, saved and ready to return to.
Compare against a baseline
A dashboard can show not just where you are, but how far you’ve moved since a known point.
- On a widget that supports it, choose to compare the current state against a Baseline.
- Read the Delta — what's changed since that baseline was taken.
Result Progress made visible — coverage gained, risks closed, tests passed since the baseline — not just the current total.
Share or export
- Export the dashboard for a status review or a stakeholder who doesn't work in the tool.
- For a recurring readout, pair it with a scheduled report (see Build & run a report).
Result The live view becomes a shareable snapshot, while the dashboard itself stays current for anyone working in the project. See Export.
Where to go next
To read what the coverage, quality, and compliance widgets are actually telling you, see Coverage, quality & compliance.