Visibility and sharing

❗ Important: The documentation in this topic refers to a feature or product that is currently in Early Availability status. Features in Early Availability status are only available in production to a limited number of customers based on fit with specific use cases. For more information about Early Availability status, see Product lifecycle phases. If you would like to use the product capabilities described here during the Early Availability phase, contact your AppDirect technical representative.

AppInsights can be used to promote a metrics-driven culture among your fellow users and colleagues. To do this effectively requires consistent interaction with your dashboards, with an open dialogue surrounding their content. The sections below outline the variety of methods available for dashboard sharing.

Preview mode

The most basic presentation feature we offer, Display mode allows users to hide AppInsights menus for a larger dashboard view that is ideal for group viewing around a single monitor or screen. If you have made the decision to hide the AppInsights dashboard header or footer—see our Basic styling tutorial—these changes will be reflected in Display mode. Click the eye icon at top left of the dashboards to toggle Display mode on and off.

Share links and collections

If you are interested in sharing a live dashboard with a colleague or customer without offering editing privileges, you will want to use our share link feature. Share links are also ideal for representing a dashboard permanently in a company lobby, conference room, or call center as they simply require an active browser tab for proper representation.

You can create share-links for individual dashboards—each with a unique URL—or create a dashboard collection with a corresponding share link that will cycle through each live dashboard at a specified interval.

Mobile access

Your dashboards are compatible on mobile devices with modern browsers such as Safari on iOS or Chrome on Android. Whether you are viewing a share-link or have logged in to the AppInsights application, your dashboard will automatically optimize to fit your screen.

📝 Note: Vertical stacking is not available for dashboards that are accessed from a mobile device. The layout of the dashboards will imitate what you are used to seeing on a standard computer or laptop screen.