title: "Dashboard & Query Builder" date: 2019-03-13T18:28:09-07:00 draft: false
Manually typing SQL is not always the most efficient way to explore a dataset. Dashboards offer visual explorations without typing code.
They consist in 3 types:
This application is getting improved via SQL Dashboards and Query Builder HUE-3228.
[dashboard]
# Activate the Dashboard link in the menu.
## is_enabled=true
# Activate the SQL Dashboard (beta).
## has_sql_enabled=false
# Activate the Query Builder (beta).
## has_query_builder_enabled=false
# Activate the static report layout (beta).
## has_report_enabled=false
# Activate the new grid layout system.
## use_gridster=true
# Activate the widget filter and comparison (beta).
## has_widget_filter=false
# Activate the tree widget (to drill down fields as dimensions, alpha).
## has_tree_widget=false
[[engines]]
# [[[solr]]]
# Requires Solr 6+
## analytics=true
## nesting=false
# [[[sql]]]
## analytics=true
## nesting=false