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Each dashboard in the listing shows the actions your effective dashboard permission allows. See Permissions for how effective permission is calculated.

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View

Opening a dashboard in view mode makes the configuration read-only. You cannot:
  • Change the dashboard title
  • Change the description
  • Add charts
  • Remove charts
  • Modify the dashboard layout
  • Modify chart configuration through the dashboard
You consume the dashboard’s content according to your chart permissions — which are evaluated separately from your dashboard permission.

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Edit

Edit mode lets you change:
  • Dashboard title
  • Dashboard description
  • Which charts are on the dashboard — add existing charts you have access to, or remove charts
  • The dashboard layout
You can edit an existing chart from within a dashboard only if you hold the required chart permission for that chart.
Example A user holds Dashboard 1 = Editor and Chart 1 = Viewer. They can edit Dashboard 1 — retitle it, rearrange it, add and remove charts — but cannot edit Chart 1.
Adding an existing chart to a dashboard requires access to that chart. Creating a new chart requires chart Full Access.

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Duplicate

Only a user with Full Access can duplicate a dashboard. The duplicate:
  • Receives a new unique dashboard ID
  • Uses a default name such as Dashboard 1 - Copy
  • Is owned by the user who performed the duplication
  • Is Private by default
  • Does not inherit the original dashboard’s sharing permissions
Duplicating is useful when forking a dashboard for a different team, time period, or experiment. The same principle applies when duplicating charts.

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Delete

Deleting shows a confirmation dialog that clearly identifies the dashboard being deleted. On confirmation, the dashboard is removed from the project.
Deleting a dashboard does not delete the charts it contained. Those charts remain available in Saved Charts unless you delete them explicitly.

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Enforcement

Action visibility in the UI is not the only control. Every permission-sensitive operation is validated at the backend and API level using the same model, so a Viewer cannot call an edit API, an Editor cannot call the delete API, and a private dashboard cannot be reached through a manually constructed URL.

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