Creation and Access Management of Published Links

You may need to display your saved dashboard(s) for your team across monitors or on a large screen for your call center. You can get a published link that will remove the sidebar menu and extra tabs, giving you a clear view of the dashboard data visualizations you are trying to display.

Brightmetrics also includes the ability to manage and restrict the systems that can access these dashboards through IP address filters. This is helpful for organizations that require the limitation of access to some of the information displayed on dashboards and is a special step to help observe compliance, regulatory, or security considerations.

Creating a published link

1. 1

   Navigate to Administrator Tools by clicking this option on the Sidebar Menu.

2. 2

   Select the Dashboards tab at the top of the screen.

3. 3

   Find the dashboard you want to publish, then click the link icon.

4. 4

   The Manage Dashboard Links pop-up will appear. Click Add New Link.

   

5. 5

   A link is auto-generated. From here you can:

   Copy	Copy the link to your clipboard.
   Preview	Opens the dashboard in a new browser tab.
   Toggle Dark Mode	Switch the dashboard display between light and dark mode.
   Name	Give the link a descriptive name for easy reference.
   IP Filter Parameters	Define IP filters to restrict which systems can access this link.

   

   Note

   You can configure multiple different links for any dashboard by clicking Add Link, and remove any link by clicking Remove.

6. 6

   Optional: Configure IP Filters to restrict access.

   Click the number under IP Filters to open the IP Filter dialog box. From there, you can add your own current system's IP with one click, or add specific IP addresses or ranges by clicking Add IP Address.

   

   Validated IP address formats will show a green checkbox. You can also add a description to each IP filter entry.

   

   Important

   The IP address our system sees is the external public IP address that your outgoing internet traffic is translated to — not the internal private IP address on your LAN. To verify your IP address, search for "my IP address" in a search engine.

Easily navigate back to these published links without logging into Brightmetrics by saving them as favorites in your browser. To edit a published link at any time, click the globe icon.

Questions or feedback? Please email us at support@brightmetrics.com.