Visualizing Test Data on a Dashboard
- Updated2025-10-28
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Create a dashboard to visualize test results from the Test Monitor API or TestStand. Test Monitor installs a default dashboard to help you visualize test data immediately. Edit the default dashboard or create a new one to visualize test data that is important to you.
- In the SystemLink web application, click Test Insights.
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On the sidebar, hover over Dashboard and click
+.
Note If you want to use an existing dashboard as a template for a new dashboard, click . Complete the prompts and proceed to step 5.
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For Source, select how you want
to generate the dashboard. Refer to the following table to choose the dashboard
you want to generate.
Source option Description Create new dashboard Build a dashboard from scratch. Add existing dashboard Access a dashboard in Test Insights under Dashboards. Import dashboard file Upload a dashboard from another server as an .fpg file. -
Depending on what you selected for the Source,
complete one of the following tasks:
- Enter a name for the dashboard and click OK.
- Select the dashboard you want to access in Test Insights and click OK.
The dashboard editor opens. The dashboard also appears under Dashboard on the sidebar. -
At the top of the editor, click
Panel Size and select
the type of device on which you want to monitor the dashboard.
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Considering your goals and the type of dashboard you generated, customize the
dashboard in any of the following ways.
Note Refer to Visualizing Data on a Tile Dashboard and SystemLink Predefined Properties in this manual for more information about creating a dashboard.
- Click New Tile and select the tile type you want to use to visualize data.
- Select a tile on the dashboard and modify its data sources or properties.
- Move a tile to another position on the panel.
- Select an existing tile and delete it.
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Disable the Edit toggle to view your dashboard.
Note The dashboard editor automatically saves your dashboard whenever you make a change.
- To make more changes, enable the Edit toggle.
- Optional: To make this dashboard the default dashboard in Test Insights, hover over it in the sidebar and click .
Test Insights Dashboards
Find more dashboards you can use in Test Insights on GitHub.
Related Information
- Analyzing and Interacting with Test Results
Filter, generate, and visualize test results to analyze your test and measurement data.
- Visualizing Data on a Tile Dashboard
Create a dashboard comprised of tiles to visualize tag, test, system, or asset data your distributed systems generate.
- SystemLink Predefined Properties
Predefined properties are user-facing key-value pairs that install with SystemLink and SystemLink APIs.
- Selecting a Tile Type
Choose which tile you need to use based on the data source you want to visualize.
- Selecting a Data Source for a Tile
Add a data source, such as a tag, asset, test, or notebook, to display on a tile.
- SystemLink Server Examples

