<h2>Add breakdown sources to a dashboard</h2><br/><div style="overflow-x:auto"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en"><head><meta content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><meta name="copyright" content="(C) Copyright 2025" /><meta name="DC.rights.owner" content="(C) Copyright 2025" /><meta name="generator" content="DITA-OT" /><meta name="DC.type" content="task" /><meta name="DC.title" content="Add breakdown sources to a dashboard" /><meta name="abstract" content="To enable dashboard users to filter visualizations on a dashboard by breakdown element, add breakdown sources to the dashboard." /><meta name="description" content="To enable dashboard users to filter visualizations on a dashboard by breakdown element, add breakdown sources to the dashboard." /><meta name="DC.subject" content="dashboards, breakdown dashboards" /><meta name="keywords" content="dashboards, breakdown dashboards" /><meta name="DC.relation" scheme="URI" content="../../../use/performance-analytics/concept/c_SpecialDashboards.html" /><meta name="DC.relation" scheme="URI" content="../../../use/performance-analytics/concept/c_performanceAnalyticsAndReporting.html" /><meta name="DC.relation" scheme="URI" content="../../../use/performance-analytics/concept/r_PALandingPage.html" /><meta name="DC.relation" scheme="URI" content="../../../use/performance-analytics/concept/c_PAWidgetsAndDashboards.html" /><meta name="DC.relation" scheme="URI" content="../../../use/performance-analytics/concept/c_CreatingBreakdowns.html" /><meta name="DC.contributor" content="josephinesne.sokkula" /><meta name="DC.contributor" content="courtney.bradwell" /><meta name="DC.creator" content="ServiceNow" /><meta name="DC.date.created" content="2023-08-03" /><meta name="DC.date.modified" content="2023-08-03" /><meta name="DC.format" content="XHTML" /><meta name="DC.identifier" content="t_ExistingBreakdownDashboard" /><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../../../CSS/commonltr.css" /><title>Add breakdown sources to a dashboard</title></head><body id="t_ExistingBreakdownDashboard"> <div class="breadcrumb"><a class="link" href="../../../use/performance-analytics/concept/c_performanceAnalyticsAndReporting.html" title="Optimize processes and increase productivity with Reporting, Performance Analytics, User Experience Analytics, and Process Mining. 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You can apply a breakdown on the Analytics Hub, in KPI Details, and on dashboards.">Performance Analytics breakdowns</a> > </div> <h1 class="title topictitle1" id="ariaid-title1">Add breakdown sources to a dashboard</h1> <div class="body taskbody"><p class="shortdesc">To enable dashboard users to filter visualizations on a dashboard by breakdown element, add breakdown sources to the dashboard.</p> <div class="section prereq p">Role required: pa_admin, pa_power_user, or admin</div> <div class="section context"> </div> <ol class="ol steps"><li class="li step stepexpand"> <span class="ph cmd"><span class="ph">Navigate to <span class="ph menucascade"><span class="ph uicontrol">All</span> > <span class="ph uicontrol">Self-Service</span> > <span class="ph uicontrol">Dashboards</span></span> or <span class="ph menucascade"><span class="ph uicontrol">All</span> > <span class="ph uicontrol">Performance Analytics</span> > <span class="ph uicontrol">Dashboards</span></span>.</span></span> </li><li class="li step stepexpand"> <span class="ph cmd">Open the relevant dashboard.</span> </li><li class="li step stepexpand"> <span class="ph cmd">From the context menu, select <span class="ph uicontrol">Dashboard Properties</span>.</span> <div class="itemgroup info"> <img class="image" id="t_ExistingBreakdownDashboard__image_stg_3nz_m3b" src="../../performance-analytics/image/dashboard-context-menu.png" alt="Dashboard context menu" /> </div> <div class="itemgroup stepresult">The dashboard record opens.</div> </li><li class="li step stepexpand"> <span class="ph cmd">Click <span class="ph uicontrol">Edit</span> in the Breakdown Source related list.</span> <div class="itemgroup info"> <img class="image" id="t_ExistingBreakdownDashboard__image_hm4_tnz_m3b" src="../../performance-analytics/image/dashboard-breakdown-sources.png" alt="The Edit button on the Breakdown Source related list" /> </div> <div class="itemgroup stepresult">A dialog opens where you can move breakdown sources into and out of the list.</div> </li><li class="li step stepexpand"> <span class="ph cmd">Move the breakdown sources you want to apply to the Breakdown Source List.</span> </li><li class="li step stepexpand"> <span class="ph cmd">Click <span class="ph uicontrol">Save</span>.</span> </li></ol> <div class="section result">The breakdown sources are available on the dashboard. Users can group the dashboard on the selected elements. </div> <div class="section postreq" id="t_ExistingBreakdownDashboard__postreq_y4s_3yj_thb"> <ul class="ul" id="t_ExistingBreakdownDashboard__ul_ogb_q1x_vhb"><li class="li">You can configure the entries in the Breakdown Source related list so that reports on the dashboard can use the breakdown sources as interactive filters. You first create interactive filters that are based on the same tables as the breakdown sources. For more information, see <a class="xref" href="make-breakdown-interactive-filter.html" title="You can configure a Performance Analytics breakdown on a dashboard to act as an interactive filter for reports on the dashboard. The dashboard must be configured as a breakdown dashboard.">Make a breakdown act as an interactive filter</a>.</li><li class="li"><p class="p">Configure the <span class="ph">Performance Analytics</span> widgets on the dashboard so that users can filter them by selecting breakdown elements on the dashboard. For more information, see <a class="xref" href="../../performance-analytics/task/set-up-widgets-for-breakdown-dashboards.html" title="Configure each widget that goes on a breakdown dashboard. The configuration determines whether and how the widget follows the elements selected on the dashboard. For some widgets and indicators, you can select whether to show multiple element values separately or as an aggregate.">Configure widgets for breakdown dashboards</a>.</p> </li></ul> </div> </div> <div class="related-links"> <div class="familylinks"> <div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent Topic:</strong> <a class="link" href="../../../use/performance-analytics/concept/c_SpecialDashboards.html" title="You can add breakdown sources to a dashboard. Dashboard users then can select a breakdown source and one or more breakdown elements to filter scores in the visualizations on the dashboard.">Using breakdowns on dashboards</a></div> </div> </div></body></html></div>