# Dashboards

The Client Portal contains predefined dashboards that you can use to view the data. You can also create your custom dashboards.

The dashboards mainly consist of tiles displaying different information, such as the data about your preferred statistic, such as the number of invoices, orders, quotes, and more.

Each tile can have multiple functionalities; for example, they can display data and act as a shortcut. You can also configure the size of a tile and define how data is displayed in certain tiles. If there is no data for a specific tile, a message is displayed in the tile.

## Access dashboards

To access the predefined dashboards:

1. From the main menu, navigate to **Other tools >** **Dashboard**. The **Dashboard** page opens.
2. From **Choose a template**, choose the dashboard you want to view. The following dashboards are available:

| Dashboard                       | Availability                                               |
| ------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------- |
| Finance                         | Available to all users.                                    |
| Procurement                     | Available to all users.                                    |
| Software Asset Management (SAM) | Available only if you've purchased SAMSimple.              |
| Cloud                           | Available only if you've purchased Cloud Spend Management. |

## Create custom dashboards

You can create new dashboards, customize your dashboards, or remove a dashboard. Customized dashboards are displayed under **Choose a template.**

To create a new dashboard:

1. On the **Dashboard** page, click **Create New**.
2. On the **Create New Dashboard** page, click **New**.
3. Provide a name for your custom dashboard and then in **Add a tile,** choose the tile that you want to add.
4. Click **Save**.

## Customize a dashboard

To customize a dashboard:

1. On the **Dashboard** page, select **Edit this dashboard**. The dashboard opens in edit mode.
2. Make changes as necessary.
   * To remove a tile from your dashboard, select **Remove**. If the tile is too small to accommodate the full button, you'll only see the trash can icon.
   * To configure a tile, select **Configure** or the cogwheel icon and then choose the configuration options.
3. Save your customized dashboard to make it available under **Choose a template**.

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Each tile has different configuration options relevant to the function it serves. You can have multiple instances of the same tile with different configurations (for example, Invoices for last month and Invoices for the last six months).
{% endhint %}

## Remove a dashboard

To remove a dashboard permanently 

1. On the **Dashboard** page, click **Edit this dashboard**.
2. Click **Delete**.
3. Select the checkbox to grant consent.
4. Click **Delete** to confirm the deletion.

## Move and resize dashboard tiles

After you've added a tile to the dashboard,  you can move or resize it. Most of the tiles can be resized from their default size.

You can resize a tile by dragging the tile border. To move a tile, drag the whole tile.


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