[[dashboard]]
= Dashboards

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Dashboards are the best way to visualize and share insights from your {es} data. 

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A **dashboard** is made of one or more **panels** that you can organize as you like. Each panel can display various types of content: _visualizations_ such as charts, tables, metrics, and maps, _static annotations_ like text or images, or even _specialized views_ for Machine Learning or Observability data.

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image:images/dashboard-overview.png[Example dashboard]

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There are several <<panels-editors,panel editors>> in {kib} that let you create and configure different types of visualizations.

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At any time, you can <<share-the-dashboard,share a dashboard>> you've created with your team, in {kib} or outside.

Some dashboards are created and managed by the system, and are identified as `managed` in your list of dashboards. This generally happens when you set up an integration to add data. You can't edit managed dashboards directly, but you can <<duplicate-dashboards,duplicate>> them and edit these duplicates.

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