# Build a dashboard (https://www.getfounderhq.com/docs/analytics/guides/build-a-dashboard)

A dashboard is a page of charts your whole team sees. Each chart is called
an insight. You do not build an insight by hand: you describe it, and
Astro makes it. About 5 minutes for a first dashboard.

<Callout title="Before you start">
You need events arriving in Analytics, and an
[AI provider](/account/ai-providers) for Astro.
</Callout>

## 1. Create the dashboard

Open [Analytics → Dashboards](https://app.getfounderhq.com/analytics/dashboards) and press **New dashboard**.
Give it a name, such as "Weekly growth", and press **Create dashboard**.

Everyone on your team sees this brand's dashboards.

## 2. Ask Astro for an insight

Press **Ask Astro** on the empty dashboard. Describe the chart:

- "Add an insight on visitors this month"
- "Add where visitors come from, last 30 days"
- "Show signups by week for the last quarter"

Astro builds the insight and adds it to the dashboard.

You can also build an insight in [Analytics → Chats](https://app.getfounderhq.com/analytics/chats), then
choose **Add to dashboard** from its menu.

## 3. Arrange the cards

Open the dashboard's menu and choose **Edit layout**. Drag a card to move
it. Drag its corner to resize it.

**Add text** adds a note for your team. Type `/` in it for headings and
lists.

## 4. Set the period and filters

The bar at the top sets one period and one set of filters for every card.
Press **Save as default** to keep them for the team.

A card says so when it keeps its own period, or cannot follow the
dashboard's filters.

## Verify

Reload the dashboard. Your cards are there with current numbers.
**Refresh all** reads them again.

## Change an insight

Open the menu on a card.

| Action | What it does |
| --- | --- |
| **Edit insight** | Opens the editor: series, filters, breakdown, period, and how it is drawn |
| **Ask Astro about this** | Attaches the insight to your next message, so you can ask why a number moved |
| **Show definition** | Shows exactly what the insight counts |
| **Download CSV**, **Download PNG** | Takes the numbers or the picture with you |
| **Remove from dashboard** | Takes it off this dashboard. The insight itself is kept. |

Changing an insight that is on a dashboard changes it for your team, so
Astro asks you to approve it first. See
[Approve changes](/astro/approve-changes).

### In the editor

| Section | What you set |
| --- | --- |
| **Series** | What is counted: total events, unique people, unique visits, or a sum or average of a property |
| **Filters** | Which events, people, or visits to keep |
| **Breakdown** | A property to split the result by |
| **Display** | Line, area, bars, table, a single number, funnel, retention, pie, or map |

Press **Apply** to keep your changes.

An insight Astro built from a custom query cannot be changed in the
editor. Ask Astro to change it.

## Limits

| Limit | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Cards on a dashboard | 60 |
| Longest period for one insight | 365 days |
| Hourly charts | Up to 7 days |
| Series in one insight | 5 |
| Steps in a funnel | 20 |

An insight cannot show days older than your plan keeps events. See
[Subscription](/account/subscription#what-each-plan-includes).