Dashboards

Dashboards are custom screens you build for your operators. Combine live status tiles with action buttons on a grid, then run the result fullscreen on a studio touchscreen or wall display. Operators see what matters and trigger heavy actions, like putting the studio on air, with one tap.

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How it works

1. Go to Settings → Broadcaster → Dashboards and click Add new
2. Name the dashboard, pick its station and click Create and go to designer
3. Add panels to the grid: status panes and action buttons
4. Set who can use the dashboard under Access
5. Click Save Dashboard, then Launch to open the live view

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Key concepts

Dashboard - A custom screen that belongs to a station, with an optional preferred studio. Opening a dashboard switches the operator to that studio automatically. Tab - A page within a dashboard. Each tab has its own grid size and can be marked as the default tab. Panel - A widget placed on the grid. Panels are either panes, which show live status, or buttons, which trigger actions. Each panel has a position, size and optional label. Grid - Every tab is a grid you size with Grid X and Grid Y. Click an empty cell to add a panel at that spot.

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Create a dashboard

Go to Settings → Broadcaster → Dashboards and click Add new. Give the dashboard a name, select the station it belongs to and click Create and go to designer. The list shows every dashboard with when and by whom it was last edited. Use the row menu to Open the live view, Edit the design or Delete the dashboard.

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Design your dashboard

The Dashboard Designer shows a 16:9 preview of the active tab. Click the + in an empty grid cell to add a panel there.

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Panel types

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Configure a panel

Every panel has a Panel Label, Width, Height and Position X and Position Y within the grid. Depending on the type there are extra options:

• Alias - a friendly display name for macro, camera and toggle buttons.
• Required confirm action - the operator must tap the button twice before it fires. Prevents accidental clicks on heavy actions.
• Station Wide Action - for state toggles, all studios in the station are triggered with this action.
• Upload Directory - for the media dump, choose where newly uploaded media is stored.

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Tabs

Add tabs with the + next to the tab bar to split a dashboard into multiple pages, like one tab for the presenter and one for the producer. Per tab you set the grid size, the Tab name, whether it is the Default Tab and whether it is Visible.

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Dashboard details

At the bottom of the designer, the Details section holds the dashboard name, whether it is Enabled, the default grid size, the preferred studio and the Studio Selector Visible setting: always, never or overlay. With overlay, studio status chips appear in the top bar of the live view.

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Use a dashboard live

Open a dashboard with Launch in the designer or Open in the dashboards list. The viewer runs at /dashboards/{id} and is built for touchscreens and wall displays.

• Toggle fullscreen with the fullscreen button in the top bar.
• Hide the top bar with the eye button. Double click the background to bring it back.
• Buttons with a required confirm action ask for a second tap before firing.
• Camera buttons are disabled when the Core server is not active.

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Who can access a dashboard

Creating and editing dashboards requires dashboard edit permissions. Which operators can use a dashboard is set per dashboard in the Access section of the designer:

• User Access - grant individual users from the station.
• Role Access - grant everyone with a station wide role at once.

To block a user again, edit their permissions in User Management. Managers can also set a Resource lock on a dashboard to prevent other operators from editing or deleting it.