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# Technical dashboards compared to inline dashboards

# Technical dashboards compared to inline dashboards {#ariaid-title1}

* Release version: Xanadu
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* Updated November 5, 2024
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* ![](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/portal-asset/ico-clock) 1 minute to read

The inline editor produces dashboard components with events and page properties preconfigured. The technical editor allows for a full range of UIB components but requires more backend configuration.
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| Dashboard created inline | Technical dashboard |
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| Can be created with any role. | Can only be created with the ui_builder_admin role. |
| Can contain the following: * Data visualizations * Filters * Headings * Images * Simple lists * Rich text {#technical-vs-inline-dashboards__ul_u2z_zms_31c} | Can contain any component that is supported in UI Builder, including all components available for a dashboard created inline. |
| Can be duplicated. | Cannot be duplicated. |
| Data visualizations and filters support only predefined data sources. | Manual JSON data sources and local data instances are supported. (True for UI Builder pages in general.) |
| No event configuration for drilldowns. Default and preconfigured drilldowns are available as Chart interactions. | If you want viewers to drill down from a visualization, you have to configure a drilldown event on that visualization. You may need to configure other events. Chart interactions are not available. |
| Filter events are preconfigured to affect the relevant elements on the dashboard. | Filter event handlers must be configured manually. |
| If the viewer selects filter values and leaves the dashboard, those values are preselected for that viewer when they reopen the dashboard. | Filter values do not persist between user sessions. |
| Can be shared with or without editing rights depending on the roles of the sharer and what rights have been shared with them. | Same as dashboards created inline. |
| Can specify dashboard details, including exposing the dashboard in other experiences or configurable workspaces. The rights to edit dashboard details are limited to dashboard admins and the dashboard owner. | Same as dashboards created inline. |
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**Related concepts**   

* [Chart interactions in a data visualization](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/yGWWEWTqYeAHuGDmdBgpgw "You can set what occurs when a user interacts with a chart, such as by selecting a bar column. Possibilities include navigating to a URL, opening another data visualization, and filtering all visualizations on the dashboard by the selected value.")  
**Related tasks**   

* [Create a technical dashboard in UI Builder](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/kh7K6HSd1o~EuMbfBoRQkg "Follow the Technical Editor option to create a dashboard using UI Builder. In UI Builder, you can use a wider range of features than the inline editor, including scripting and data binding.")
* [Add a drilldown event to a data visualization in a technical dashboard](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/Z1oNn2RmExZLyjlEROqYbw "Technical dashboards do not support preconfigured destinations for drilling down from a data visualization. If you want a viewer to open a more detailed view of the data when they interact with a visualization, configure a custom drilldown event.")
* [Configure an event handler for a Filter component](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/YcSy5Ll8pBkxYPTQTrAdMg "On a technical dashboard, configure a special client script-based event handler for a Filter component so it can be followed by any Lists or Data Visualizations. It is not necessary to configure an event handler for filters on inline dashboards.")
* [Use a local data instance with a data visualization](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/mAzftPtXzyvdwJ1wxcMBaw#dv-local-data-instance "For finer grained control of the data source than you have with preconfigured data sources, create a local data instance. Then bind the local data instance to the dataPassthrough property of the data visualization.")
* [Create a filter on a technical dashboard in UI Builder](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/JyUuRAjLX8MzauPuYcS93g "To filter data visualizations and simple lists in a technical dashboard, add a filter component in UI Builder and configure event handlers.")