Accessing dashboards

You can access the dashboards that have been published to you either from shortcuts in the Shortcut bar, or from the dashboard toolbar.

To add a shortcut to a specific dashboard:

1. Right-click the Shortcut bar, then click Add Component.
   The Component Maintenance dialog appears.
2. In the Select Component list, select Dashboard.
3. In the Launch as New Window list, select True or False to choose whether to open the dashboard in a separate window or within the currently open console window.
4. In the Is System Dashboard Page list, select True or False to select from System or Personal dashboards.
5. In the Dashboard list, select the dashboard that you want to add to the Shortcut bar.
   The dashboard is added to the Shortcut bar.

To access published dashboards from the toolbar:

1. On the toolbar, click the Select Dashboard button.
   
   The Dashboard menu appears.
2. Click the dashboard that you want to see.
   The selected dashboard appears.

If you want dashboards to open in a separate window, select the Open Dashboard in a new window when selected option.
You can also access the Dashboard designer from the Dashboard toolbar menu.