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Dashboard Tab allow user to analyze and display ALM data in various formats.

Dashboard Tab contains "Dashboard View" and “Analysis View"

• Analysis View: It Contain the analysis tree using which project managers/QA can organize all of their analysis items which can be any one of the following viz - graphs, Excel reports and project reports.
• Dashboard View: It contain the dashboard tree in which managers/testers organize dashboard pages that can arrange multiple graphs that was created in the analysis tree and display them in a single view.

Analysis View:

Step 1: Go to "Analysis View" and click on "+" icon and select "Graph wizard". The "Graph Wizard" dialog opens as shown.

Step 2: Select "New Graph" and click "Next" as shown.

Step 3: Select the type of Entity against which the graph needs to be generated.

Entity types are Defects, runs, Test Case, Test Configuration.

Step 4: User can also "grouped by" based on a particular field and choose what needs to be mapped against X-Axis.

Step 5: The generated graph can be named and saved either as public or private and the added graph can now be accessed from "Dashboard" >> "Analysis View".

Dashboard View:

Step 1: Go to "Dashboard View" and create a "New Folder" 

Right click on the folder and add a "New Page".

Step 2: After creating a "New Dashboard" Page, along with various tabs are generated. "Configuration" tab is one of them and  users can add graphs which can be added to the dashboard.

Step 3: Users should use "View" Tab to view the added dashboard and click "refresh" to see latest data.