What's my plan?

Available on Suite Professional plans and above Available on Explore Professional plans and above

In Explore, the dashboard builder is where you create dashboards, customizable spaces for organizing and sharing information. There are two versions of the dashboard builder: the classic version, and an improved beta version that is still evolving.

This article compares the features currently available in the two different dashboard builders. With this information, you can decide which dashboard builder meets your needs in terms of currently available functionality.

Tip: In a hurry? Check out the comparison of the most-used features to see which dashboard builder meets your needs.

This article will be updated as new features are released for the beta dashboard builder.

Classic dashboard builder

Beta dashboard builder

For more on creating dashboards with the classic dashboard builder, see Creating dashboards. For more on creating dashboards with the beta dashboard builder, see Working with the new dashboard builder (Beta).

This article contains the following topics:

  • Most-used features
  • Viewing and sharing
  • Components
  • Component options
  • Filters
  • Filter options
  • Layout
  • Dashboard options
  • Permissions
  • Auditing

Most-used features

Feature Classic dashboard builder Beta dashboard builder
Beta phase open to Explore Enterprise customers Beta phase expanded to Explore Professional customers (Current) General availability Post–general availability
Sharing Checkmark Checkmark Checkmark Checkmark Checkmark
Exporting Checkmark X X Checkmark Checkmark
Scheduling Checkmark X X Checkmark Checkmark
Filtered views (Bookmark) Checkmark X Checkmark Checkmark Checkmark
Drill in Checkmark Checkmark Checkmark Checkmark Checkmark
Importer tool X X X Checkmark (Beta) Checkmark

Viewing and sharing

Feature Classic dashboard builder Beta dashboard builder
Beta phase open to Explore Enterprise customers Beta phase expanded to Explore Professional customers (Current) General availability Post–general availability
Dashboard restrictions (New) X Checkmark X Checkmark Checkmark
Embeddable dashboards (New) X X X X Checkmark
Sharing Checkmark Checkmark Checkmark Checkmark Checkmark
Cloning Checkmark Checkmark Checkmark Checkmark Checkmark
External sharing Checkmark X Checkmark Checkmark Checkmark
Exporting Checkmark X X Checkmark Checkmark
Scheduling Checkmark X X Checkmark Checkmark

Components

Feature Classic dashboard builder Beta dashboard builder
Beta phase open to Explore Enterprise customers Beta phase expanded to Explore Professional customers (Current) General availability Post–general availability
Templates (New) X Checkmark Checkmark Checkmark Checkmark
Drill into live agent status (New) X X X Checkmark Checkmark
Tabs Checkmark X X Checkmark Checkmark
Text Checkmark Checkmark Checkmark Checkmark Checkmark
Image Checkmark X X X Checkmark
Filtered views (Bookmark) Checkmark X Checkmark Checkmark Checkmark
Change metric Checkmark X X X X
Change attribute Checkmark X X X Checkmark
Top/Bottom Checkmark X X X X
What if Checkmark X X X X
Shape Checkmark X X X X
Drill into reporting data Checkmark Checkmark Checkmark Checkmark Checkmark
Importer tool X X X Checkmark (Beta) Checkmark

Component options

Feature Classic dashboard builder Beta dashboard builder
Beta phase open to Explore Enterprise customers Beta phase expanded to Explore Professional customers (Current) General availability Post–general availability
Edit report Checkmark X Checkmark Checkmark Checkmark
Exclude filters Checkmark X X Checkmark Checkmark
Background and visualization color Checkmark X X Checkmark Checkmark
Tooltip Checkmark X X X X
Legend Checkmark X X X X
Send to back Checkmark X X X X
Other report settings Checkmark X X X X

Filters

Feature Classic dashboard builder Beta dashboard builder
Beta phase open to Explore Enterprise customers Beta phase expanded to Explore Professional customers (Current) General availability Post–general availability
Data filter Checkmark Checkmark Checkmark Checkmark Checkmark
Time filter Checkmark Checkmark Checkmark Checkmark Checkmark
Metric filter Checkmark X X X X

Filter options

Feature Classic dashboard builder Beta dashboard builder
Beta phase open to Explore Enterprise customers Beta phase expanded to Explore Professional customers (Current) General availability Post–general availability
Hide filters Checkmark X X

X
(Dashboard restrictions)

X
(Dashboard restrictions)
Link filters Checkmark X Checkmark Checkmark Checkmark

Layout

Feature Classic dashboard builder Beta dashboard builder
Beta phase open to Explore Enterprise customers Beta phase expanded to Explore Professional customers (Current) General availability Post–general availability
Single layer layout (New) X Checkmark Checkmark Checkmark Checkmark
Compaction type (New) X Checkmark Checkmark Checkmark Checkmark
Snap to grid (New) X Checkmark Checkmark Checkmark Checkmark
Height Checkmark
(Manual)		 Checkmark
(Dynamic)		 Checkmark
(Dynamic)		 Checkmark
(Dynamic)		 Checkmark
(Dynamic)
Undo/redo Checkmark Checkmark Checkmark Checkmark Checkmark
Paint size Checkmark X X X X
Paint format Checkmark X X X X
Automatically reorganize components Checkmark X
(Snap to grid)		 X
(Snap to grid)		 X
(Snap to grid)		 X
(Snap to grid)
Font Checkmark X X X X
Tab fill color Checkmark X X X X
Fit to one screen Checkmark X X X X

Dashboard options

Feature Classic dashboard builder Beta dashboard builder
Beta phase open to Explore Enterprise customers Beta phase expanded to Explore Professional customers (Current) General availability Post–general availability
Export options Checkmark X X X X
Interaction options Checkmark X X Gathering interest
Submit your comments and votes here.
Slide options Checkmark X X X X
Title options Checkmark X X X X

Permissions

Feature Classic dashboard builder Beta dashboard builder
Beta phase open to Explore Enterprise customers Beta phase expanded to Explore Professional customers (Current) General availability Post–general availability
Role per dashboard (New) X X X X Checkmark

Auditing

Feature Classic dashboard builder Beta dashboard builder
Beta phase open to Explore Enterprise customers Beta phase expanded to Explore Professional customers (Current) General availability Post–general availability
Dashboard activity (New) X X X X Checkmark
Version control (New) X X X X Checkmark
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