Creating and Playing a Playlist

You can play a playlist of specific dashboards.

Creating a Dashboards Playlist

To create a dashboard playlist:

1. In the menu bar, select Dashboards > Playlists. The Saved Playlists window appears.

   

2. Click + New Playlist.

   A New Playlist window appears.

   

3. Give the new playlist a Name and configure the time Interval to wait while displaying each dashboard before advancing to the next one on the Playlist.

4. Add dashboards to the playlist as follows:

   1. Optionally search for dashboards by name (or use a regular expression) or you could add tags which will include all the dashboards that belongs to a tag when the playlist start playing. By default, your starred dashboards will appear as candidates for the Playlist.
   2. In the Available column, add a dashboard to the Playlist by clicking Add to playlist adjacent to the dashboard name.

   The dashboard you added appears in the Selected column.

   

5. Optionally rearrange the order in which the dashboards will be played, using the arrows in the Selected columns

   To remove a dashboard from the playlist, click the x button.

6. Click Create new playlist.

Playing a Dashboards Playlist

To play a dashboard playlist:

1. In the menu bar, select Dashboards > Playlists. The Saved Playlists window appears.

   

2. In the row displaying the desired playlist, click Play.

   The playlist start running. Note that most menu buttons and dashboard controls are hidden while the playlist is running.

3. Optionally control the playlist manually using the playlist controls appearing at the top of screen when in Playlist mode:

   • Click the stop button to stop the playlist, and exit to the current dashboard. A playlist continues running indefinitely until stopped.

   • Click the next button to advance to the next dashboard in the playlist.

   • Click the back button to rewind to the previous dashboard in the playlist.

Editing or Deleting a Dashboards Playlist

To edit or delete a dashboard playlist:

1. In the menu bar, select Dashboards > Playlists. The Saved Playlists window appears.

   

2. To edit the playlist, click Edit in the row displaying the playlist. An Edit Playlist window appears, similar to the New Playlist window. You can edit the playlist name, interval, list of dashboards or the order in which they will be played.

3. To delete a playlist, click the x in the row displaying the playlist. Confirm the deletion operation.