How to add a dashboard in Asana
Learn how to open the Dashboard tab in an Asana project and add a chart widget, so you can track task counts and progress without leaving the project.
Quick answer
Open a project in Asana, select the Dashboard tab, and click Add widget. Choose Chart, review the chart setup, including the chart style, and click Add chart. The new chart appears on the project dashboard alongside the default widgets, so you can track task counts without leaving the project.
Steps at a glance
- Open the project from the sidebar
- Select the Dashboard tab
- Click Add widget
- Choose Chart from the menu
- Review the chart style and setup
- Click Add chart
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Summary
Every Asana project has a Dashboard tab that shows charts built from the project's tasks. You can add more chart widgets to it. A dashboard turns task data into a quick visual summary of how the work is going.
Step-by-step guide
Step 1
Open the project
In the sidebar, click the project you want to build the dashboard for. This guide uses Q1 content calendar. The project opens with its tabs along the top.
Step 2
Open the Dashboard tab
Click the Dashboard tab next to Overview, List, Board, and Timeline. The dashboard loads with default widgets, such as Total completed tasks and Total incomplete tasks.
Step 3
Click Add widget
Click Add widget at the top left of the dashboard. A small menu opens so you can pick the type of widget to add.
Step 4
Choose Chart
Select Chart from the menu. The Add chart window opens with a preview on the left and the data source and chart settings on the right.
Step 5
Pick a chart style
In the Chart setup section, look at the Chart style field. It starts as Bar. Open it to see the other styles, and review the X-axis and Y-axis settings below it.
Step 6
Click Add chart
Click Add chart at the bottom right of the window. The new chart is added to the project dashboard, below the existing widgets.
Why this matters
You are running a project and keep opening the list to count what is done and what is still open. A dashboard chart shows that at a glance, so you can report progress without counting tasks by hand.
Frequently asked questions
Do I have to create the Dashboard tab first?
In this capture the project already had a Dashboard tab, so you only open it and add widgets.
Which widget types can I add?
The Add widget menu offered Chart and Text. This guide covers Chart.
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