Different Default Dashboards Depending On User Groups #11748

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opened 2025-12-29 21:49:24 +01:00 by adam · 2 comments
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Originally created by @mr1716 on GitHub (Oct 19, 2025).

NetBox version

v4.4.4

Feature type

New functionality

Proposed functionality

This would provide the optional settings to have the default dashboard layout to be different for users depending on their group membership or some other user defined feature.

Use case

Not every users will have the same need in regards to Dashboard Widget configuration and there should to be a way to have admins have a different default dashboard than users.

With so many data models and different teams having and using different views of those data models, it would be helpful for users to have a more tailored Dashboard view for their use. For example, normal users won’t care about how many users have logged in, but for admins, having that information as a default widget for the team may be really helpful.

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Originally created by @mr1716 on GitHub (Oct 19, 2025). ### NetBox version v4.4.4 ### Feature type New functionality ### Proposed functionality This would provide the optional settings to have the default dashboard layout to be different for users depending on their group membership or some other user defined feature. ### Use case Not every users will have the same need in regards to Dashboard Widget configuration and there should to be a way to have admins have a different default dashboard than users. With so many data models and different teams having and using different views of those data models, it would be helpful for users to have a more tailored Dashboard view for their use. For example, normal users won’t care about how many users have logged in, but for admins, having that information as a default widget for the team may be really helpful. ### Database changes _No response_ ### External dependencies _No response_
adam added the type: feature label 2025-12-29 21:49:24 +01:00
adam closed this issue 2025-12-29 21:49:25 +01:00
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@arthanson commented on GitHub (Oct 23, 2025):

After conferring with other maintainers we decided not to pursue this due to the complexity involved. This could potentially be done in a plugin.

@arthanson commented on GitHub (Oct 23, 2025): After conferring with other maintainers we decided not to pursue this due to the complexity involved. This could potentially be done in a plugin.
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@mr1716 commented on GitHub (Oct 23, 2025):

@arthanson thanks for the honesty and transparency. Would’ve been a great feature to have. Hope that it’ll be something that will be supported by default down the road in the far future.

@mr1716 commented on GitHub (Oct 23, 2025): @arthanson thanks for the honesty and transparency. Would’ve been a great feature to have. Hope that it’ll be something that will be supported by default down the road in the far future.
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Reference: starred/netbox#11748