# Create a Dashboard

Use dashboards to bring metrics, logs, and traces together in a single view. A new dashboard provides a blank canvas where you can add panels and configure layouts.

## Steps to create a dashboard

1. In the top navigation bar, click the **Dashboards** tab.
2. Click **\+ Create New Dashboard**.

3. Enter a **Name** for your dashboard.
4. [Add one or more panels](https://docs.kloudfuse.com/platform/latest/dashboards/usage/configure-panels/) to begin visualizing data.
5. Click **Save** to add the panel to the dashboard. Repeat to add as many panels you want.
6. After adding all required panels, click **Save Dashboard** to save it to the dashboard list.
7. (Optional) Add a **Description** to explain its purpose or audience.
8. (Optional) Select a **Folder** to organize it and apply RBAC permissions.

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### Panel types

Kloudfuse supports the following panel types for visualizing your data:

- [Timeseries](https://docs.kloudfuse.com/platform/latest/dashboards/panels/timeseries/) — Visualize metrics over time with line, point, or bar graphs.
- [Top List](https://docs.kloudfuse.com/platform/latest/dashboards/panels/top-list/) — Rank and display the highest or lowest metric values.
- [Pie Chart](https://docs.kloudfuse.com/platform/latest/dashboards/panels/pie-chart/) — Display metric proportions across categories.
- [Host Map](https://docs.kloudfuse.com/platform/latest/dashboards/panels/host-map/) — View host-level metrics in a color-coded grid.
- [Log Events](https://docs.kloudfuse.com/platform/latest/dashboards/panels/log-events/) — Display filtered log entries in real time.
- [Text](https://docs.kloudfuse.com/platform/latest/dashboards/panels/text/) — Add static or markdown-formatted content.
- [Row](https://docs.kloudfuse.com/platform/latest/dashboards/panels/row/) — Group related panels horizontally.

## Add a Panel to a Dashboard

Panels are the building blocks of a Kloudfuse dashboard. Each panel represents a visualization of your observability data—whether it’s time-series metrics, aggregated lists, log events, or static content.

Use panels to create focused, actionable views of infrastructure or application performance.

### Add a New Panel

1. Go to the **Dashboards** tab.
2. Open the dashboard where you want to add the panel.
3. Click **Add Panel** in the top action bar.

4. In the **Add Panel** screen:
   - Select a panel type that best fits your data.
   - Choose a **Data Source** (metrics, logs, or traces).
   - Configure visualization and query settings for that panel type.

5. Click **Save** to add the panel to your dashboard layout.

For more details, refer to [Dashboards](https://docs.kloudfuse.com/platform/latest/dashboards/usage/overview/)