What is one benefit of creating dashboard panels from reports?

Question

Options

• AAny newly created dashboard will include that report.
• BThere are no benefits to creating dashboard panels from reports.
• CIt makes the dashboard more efficient because it only has to run one search string.
• DAny change to the underlying report will affect every dashboard that utilizes that report.

• A
  6% (1)
• B
  6% (1)
• C
  78% (14)
• D
  11% (2)

Explanation

Creating dashboard panels from reports is efficient because the dashboard panel references the same saved search that powers the report - the search runs once, and the results are shared, rather than the dashboard executing a duplicate search independently. Option A is wrong because dashboards don't automatically include reports; panels must be explicitly added. Option B is clearly incorrect - there is a concrete efficiency benefit. Option D is a tempting distractor and sounds reasonable, but it describes a drawback (or a side effect to manage), not a benefit - unintended changes propagating across multiple dashboards can actually cause problems.

Memory tip: Think of the report as a "cached recipe." When the dashboard pulls from that recipe instead of cooking from scratch, it saves work - one search feeds everything that references it.

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