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# Different approaches to dashboards

# Different approaches to dashboards {#ariaid-title1}

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* Updated February 24, 2025
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Depending on your needs, you have four different ways to present a collection of data visualizations and filters.

* Create the data visualizations and the dashboards entirely inside the Platform Analytics experience. This approach does not require a developer role or special technical knowledge, and probably should be explored before you try a more complex solution.
* Create data visualization components in a generic UI Builder page, along with filters and other components. This approach gives you the most freedom as a developer, but also requires the most configuration.
* Create the data visualizations and the dashboards inside the Platform Analytics experience, but then place the dashboards inside UI Builder pages using the Dashboard page template. This approach lets you use the convenience of the Platform Analytics experience to create dashboards, data visualizations, and filters in your own experiences/workspaces. It also gives you the freedom to customize the page configuration partially. For more information, see [Creating Platform Analytics pages in your own workspace](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/IhOmaUoDdG5ffE1HwBabBA "You can either create a new workspace with preconfigured Platform Analytics pages in App Engine Studio, or add Platform Analytics pages to your own workspace.").
* Create a technical dashboard and populate it inside UI Builder. This approach is almost the same as creating your own UI Builder page from scratch, but the dashboard is available in the dashboard library, has dashboard details, and can be shared like other dashboards. For more information, see [Technical dashboards](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/DuAAeQUB49LJD263HknMIg "If you need more advanced or customized features in a dashboard than you can get through the inline editor, you can create a UI Builder page that is exposed as a dashboard. Such pages are called technical dashboards.").
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