Many pages in Rhythm can show an embedded analytics dashboard next to the page’s regular content after your organization turns one on for that page. This article explains how to open the dashboard, how Rhythm decides which one you see, and how to choose a personal dashboard without changing what your colleagues see.
Use this when you want to view your organization’s data on a dashboard-enabled page, or you want your own personal view of that page’s dashboard instead of the shared one. This does not cover building or changing a dashboard yourself; see Build Your Own Dashboards on a Page for that.
Prerequisites
- Your organization must have turned on a dashboard for the page you’re viewing. Not every page has one, and Rhythm does not turn dashboards on automatically for every page.
- You need to be signed in to your Rhythm account. You do not need special permission just to view a dashboard your organization has already turned on for a page.
Open a Page's Dashboard
- Open the Rhythm page where your organization has turned on a dashboard.
- Look for the dashboard area on that page. If your organization has turned on a dashboard there, it loads automatically; you do not need to select anything to start it.
- If the page lets you choose which dashboard or workbook you personally see there, use that option to switch to a different one. Your choice applies only to you and only on that page; it does not change what your colleagues see.
- To return to your organization’s chosen dashboard after picking your own, clear your personal choice if the page offers that option.
Result
The page shows an analytics dashboard built only from your organization’s own data. You never see another organization’s data in a dashboard, no matter which page you’re on.
Which Dashboard You Actually See
Rhythm decides what to show in this order:
- If your organization has not turned on a dashboard for the page, you see no dashboard there, no matter what anyone has personally chosen.
- If the page is turned on and you have made a personal choice for that page, you see your own choice.
- If you have not made a personal choice, you see your organization’s chosen dashboard for that page, if it has set one.
- If your organization has not chosen a dashboard for that page, you see Rhythm’s own default dashboard for that page, if one exists.
A personal choice does not turn on a dashboard for a page by itself; it only changes which dashboard you see after your organization has already turned that page on. If you leave your organization, any personal choice you made for a page is not automatically removed, though it no longer takes effect for you once you can’t sign in.
flowchart TD
A[Open a Rhythm page] --> B{Organization turned page on?}
B -- No --> C[No dashboard shown]
B -- Yes --> D{Personal choice for this page?}
D -- Yes --> E[Your personal dashboard]
D -- No --> F{Organization chose a dashboard?}
F -- Yes --> G[Organization's dashboard]
F -- No --> H{Rhythm has a default for this page?}
H -- Yes --> I[Rhythm's default dashboard]
H -- No --> C
A page can also show a workbook instead of a dashboard. You choose and view a workbook the same way; the difference is the kind of analytics content it presents.
Themes and Draft Versions
A dashboard appears in Rhythm’s own visual theme, or in a different theme the page is set up to use. You cannot choose a theme for yourself. Some pages can also open a dashboard on a draft, in-progress version instead of the version everyone normally sees. If your personal choice for a page pins it to a draft version, you may see content that is still being worked on and could change or disappear later.
If Nothing Shows
- The dashboard area is empty or missing. Your organization most likely has not turned on a dashboard for that page, or has not chosen one yet. Ask your administrator to check the page’s dashboard setting.
- You see an older version of the page with no dashboard at all. Pages keep their previous appearance until your organization switches on a dashboard for them; an empty dashboard area is not itself an error.
- You were expecting your organization's data and are unsure whose data you're looking at. You only ever see your own organization’s data in an embedded dashboard. If a number looks wrong, it is more likely a data or configuration question than a cross-account mix-up.
Related
See Build Your Own Dashboards on a Page if you want to create or change what a dashboard shows, and Ask the AI Dashboard Agent a Question if you want to ask questions about the dashboard in plain language after it opens.