Custom dashboards
Yes, you can build a custom dashboard in PollPe. A custom dashboard is a reusable page where you arrange widgets that pull from one or more surveys, then share a read-only link with anyone who needs to see the numbers.
Three "dashboard" things, kept separate
PollPe uses the word dashboard in three places. They are different:
- The main dashboard at
/projectsis the home screen with your projects and survey cards. It is covered in Understanding the dashboard. - The Overview page under Dashboards > Overview is an auto-generated, workspace-wide summary. It shows total surveys, published versus drafts, response counts for today / last 7 days / last 30 days, a response time-series chart, and a top performing surveys table. You cannot edit it.
- Custom dashboards under Dashboards > Custom are the ones you build. They are the focus of this page.
A custom dashboard is also different from the per-survey Survey Summary at /help/results/survey-summary. Survey Summary lives inside one survey and visualises every question in that survey automatically. A custom dashboard sits above any survey and lets you pick exactly which questions or surveys to chart.
Where to find dashboards
In the left sidebar, click Dashboards. You will see:
- Overview at the top: the auto-generated workspace summary.
- A Custom section below it, with a
+button to create a new dashboard and one row per dashboard you have already created. - A three-dot menu on each custom dashboard for Rename and Delete.
Click any custom dashboard to open it.
What a custom dashboard contains
A custom dashboard is a 12-column grid of widgets. Widgets are drag-and-drop, so you can rearrange them by grabbing the handle and dropping them in a new position. Each widget remembers its column width and row span between sessions.
At the top of the dashboard you get:
- The dashboard title.
- A date range picker (DatePickerInput) that applies to every widget.
- A Share icon to generate a read-only link.
- An Add widget button to add another widget.
Widget types
PollPe supports five widget types in custom dashboards today:
| Widget | What it shows | Compatible question types |
|---|---|---|
| 90 Day Average | Trend of one numeric question over the last 90 days. | rating, likert scale, NPS, number, slider |
| Satisfaction Score | Headline metric from a single rating question. | rating |
| Response Over Time | Response volume for a survey, plotted over time. | works on a survey (no question pick) |
| Question Completion | Completion rate of one question in one survey. | single choice, multiple choice, short text, long text, rating |
| Net Promoter Score | NPS gauge with promoter / passive / detractor breakdown. | net promoter scale |
Some widgets ask you to pick a survey (Response Over Time, Question Completion). The others ask you to pick one or more questions across any of your surveys.
How sharing works
Sharing a custom dashboard creates a read-only public URL.
- Open the dashboard.
- Click the Share icon in the top right.
- Click Generate Link.
- Copy the link from the Share Link field.
Anyone with the link can open the dashboard at /dashboard/view/<dashboardId> and see the same widgets, in the same layout, with the same date range you chose. They cannot edit the dashboard, add widgets, or see anything else in your workspace.
To stop sharing, open the same dialog and click Revoke Link. After revoke, visitors to the link see an Access Denied screen with the message Ask admin to give access. You can generate a fresh link later, and revoking one link does not affect any other dashboards.
When to use a custom dashboard
- You want one page that combines KPIs from several surveys (NPS from one, Satisfaction from another, Response Over Time on a third).
- You want a shareable link to send to a stakeholder who should not log into PollPe.
- You want a recurring reporting view that you do not have to rebuild every month.
- You want to compare the same question across two or more surveys (use widgets like 90 Day Average or Question Completion).
For a one-shot look at the results of a single survey, the built-in Survey Summary is faster. Use a custom dashboard when you want to curate.
Limits to know
- The five widget types above are the ones available today. Other widget names you might see in older mockups are not enabled.
- Per-widget date filters are not exposed. The date range picker at the top of the dashboard applies to every widget on the page.
- The shared link is link-knows-all: anyone who has it can view. Treat it like a public report URL.