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# Same breakdown on widget and dashboard

# Same breakdown on widget and dashboard {#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

If a widget uses the same breakdown as the dashboard, the dashboard breakdown does not
apply.

When you design a widget, you can specify up to two levels of breakdown to apply to that
widget. Then you can add that widget to any dashboard, including a breakdown dashboard. If one of
the breakdowns for the dashboard is the same as one of the breakdowns of the widget, that
dashboard breakdown does not affect the widget. The behavior for that breakdown is the same as
though Follow element was disabled for this widget.

If you add a breakdown type widget with interactive breakdown selection to a dashboard, this
limitation does not fully apply. When the user selects the same breakdown on the widget and on
the dashboard, the dashboard breakdown is ignored. However, when the user selects any other
combination of widget and dashboard breakdowns, both breakdowns apply.  

## Breakdown widget on a breakdown dashboard

In the following animation, you have a breakdown widget on a breakdown dashboard. The widget has Follow element selected in its configuration. Both the dashboard and the widget are using elements of the Category breakdown. When you select elements on the dashboard, it has no effect on the widget. Then you select the Urgency breakdown on the widget. Now selecting elements on the dashboard does affect the widget. If you had changed the breakdown source on the dashboard instead of the breakdown on the widget, selecting elements on the dashboard also would have affected the widget.Figure 1. Widget with interactive breakdown selection on a breakdown dashboard
**Related concepts**   

* [Showing multiple elements separately or aggregated](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/p7K28vzH4ZGDFu_j7azE0w "When you select multiple elements on a dashboard, widgets that follow these elements can show their values either separately or as an aggregate.")
* [Showing breakdown relations on dashboards](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/mpaq9ueL1cN0WpoTzNCyNg "A breakdown widget can display 1st level breakdown elements that are related to the element selected for the dashboard. The widget must be on a breakdown dashboard, and that dashboard must include the breakdown sources of the related breakdowns.")
* [Interacting with breakdown widgets on dashboards](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/aZXNU~A5d9GdPuuNMEoYpQ "Performance Analytics users can interact with individual breakdown widgets on dashboards to change the visualization or breakdown.")  
**Related tasks**   

* [Add breakdown sources to a dashboard](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/WKIQbspSL34vdM9YhMRYlg "To enable dashboard users to filter visualizations on a dashboard by breakdown element, add breakdown sources to the dashboard.")
* [Configure widgets for breakdown dashboards](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/288O~J_EmIfcuvnirSmKyw "Configure each widget that goes on a breakdown dashboard. The configuration determines whether and how the widget follows the elements selected on the dashboard. For some widgets and indicators, you can select whether to show multiple element values separately or as an aggregate.")