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# Create a dashboard tab template

# Create a dashboard tab template {#ariaid-title1}

* Release version: Xanadu
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* Updated August 1, 2024
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* ![](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/portal-asset/ico-clock) 1 minute to read

To reuse a dashboard tab design, create a template from that tab.

## Before you begin

Create a dashboard with a tab populated with canvases.

Role required: sn_kpi_composer.user (own project), sn_kpi_composer.admin (any project), admin. No role required for responsible user or user with edit access from project sharing.

Prerequisites
:   [Add a dashboard](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/y7lu~5wUm1h~BfW4EscGzQ#add-dashboard-kpi-comp "As the first step in designing your dashboards, add an empty dashboard to the KPI Composer Dashboard Visualization tab.")
:   [Add tabs and rows to a dashboard](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/Alu9BJI9gmqtWpN50~_SwQ "A dashboard mock-up in KPI Composer requires you to lay out the tabs and rows before adding visual components.")
:   [Add canvases to a dashboard tab](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/gSa86weHeqPV27TJNBgREA "Combine analytics artifacts and widgets to create visual components, called canvases, on a KPI Composer dashboard mock-up. \"Widgets\" include reports, interactive filters, Spotlight, and content blocks.")

## Procedure

1. Open the menu on the dashboard tab and select Save as Template.  
2. Give the template a meaningful title and description.
3. Select Save.
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## Result

You have a personal template that you can use to create new tabs on dashboards. You cannot edit this template.

## What to do next

For this template to be available to other users, ask a KPI Composer admin to set the Template global value to <kbd class="ph userinput">true</kbd> in KPI ComposerDashboard tab templates.
**Previous topic:** [Add canvases to a dashboard tab](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/gSa86weHeqPV27TJNBgREA "Combine analytics artifacts and widgets to create visual components, called canvases, on a KPI Composer dashboard mock-up. \"Widgets\" include reports, interactive filters, Spotlight, and content blocks.")  
**Next topic:** [Defining indicators and reports](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/fg79fAegmFL8vrhOkoCGCg "On the KPI Composer Data Definition tab, you further specify the artifacts you defined during analysis and link them to indicator and report definitions.")

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