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Can Dashboards be used as new custom page?

 
John Unnever
Can Dashboards be used as new custom page?
von John Unnever – Thursday, 25. October 2018, 07:58
Gruppe Partners

Is it possible to create new dashboards and then link to them directly via URL so that they can be used as a new page within the system?   For instance, our team has created a new main menu tab called "Help" and we have a dashboard created with an HTML block on it with information for our users that want to reach our help desk.   In essence, this would allow our functional staff the ability to create new custom site pages without requiring our developers to add code.  

The issue arises in that you seemingly can't link directly to the dashboard via  /dashboard/layout.php?id=X   as regular site users get "Access Denied".    Site admins are able to get away with this method obviously.  It's simple enough to create our own custom help.php page, but I can certainly see the value in a power user being able to create a new custom page / menu item with content on it.

David
Re: Can Dashboards be used as new custom page?
von David Shaw – Friday, 26. October 2018, 06:49
 

Hi John,

Yes you can.  The reason you are seeing that error is that the link you are using links to the dashboard template (the one the admin uses to set the default blocks) and not the one that learners have access to.  The number of times I've done this myself is beyond counting.

The link you are looking for ends with /dashboard/index.php?id=X

David

John Unnever
Re: Can Dashboards be used as new custom page?
von John Unnever – Friday, 26. October 2018, 09:09
Gruppe Partners

Thank you very much!