--- title: "Multiple dashboards" description: "Multiple powerful and configurable dashboards in Home Assistant." related: - docs: /integrations/logbook/ title: Logbook integration - docs: /integrations/history/ title: History integration - docs: /integrations/todo/ title: To-do list integration - docs: /dashboards/views/ title: Views - docs: /dashboards/iframe/ title: Webpage card --- You can define multiple dashboards in Home Assistant. Each dashboard can be added to the sidebar. This makes it possible to create separate control dashboards for each individual part of your house. Under {% my lovelace_dashboards title="**Settings** > **Dashboards**" %}, you can see your own dashboards and some of the predefined ones.

Screenshot of the dashboard list Screenshot of the Dashboard list.

## Home Assistant default dashboards Home Assistant ships with some dashboards out of the box: - Overview - Energy - [Map](#map-dashboard) - Logbook - History - To-do lists Not all of the predefined dashboards are listed under {% my lovelace_dashboards title="**Settings** > **Dashboards**" %}. The **Logbook** and **History** dashboards are powered by their respective integrations. ### Map dashboard The predefined **Map** dashboard is populated by the [Map card](/dashboards/map/). You can edit this dashboard like any other dashboard. For example, you can edit the [view](/dashboards/views/) to use the **Sidebar** instead of the default **Panel** view type if you like. #### Maps and presence detection If you see a [person](/integrations/person/) on the map, it means you have connected a device that allows [presence detection](/integrations/#presence-detection). This is the case for example if you have the [Home Assistant Companion App](https://companion.home-assistant.io/) on your phone and allowed location tracking. ### Logbook dashboard The predefined **Logbook** dashboard is powered by the [Logbook integration](/integrations/logbook/). To control which events to show or filter out, refer to the documentation of the Logbook integration. ### History dashboard The predefined **History** dashboard is powered by the [History integration](/integrations/history/). To learn about the data sources used and how to export data, refer to the documentation of the History integration. ### To-do lists dashboard The predefined **To-do lists** dashboard is powered by the [To-do integration](/integrations/todo/). To learn how to use to-do and shopping lists, refer to the documentation of the to-do list integration. ## Webpage dashboard Another available (but not default) dashboard is the webpage dashboard. The webpage dashboard allows you to add and embed a webpage to your dashboard. This could be a web page from the internet or a local web page from a local machine or device like your router or NAS. The webpage dashboard uses the [webpage card](/dashboards/iframe/). Screenshots showing addition of a new webpage dashboard to Home Assistant, embedding the Home Assistant website. This dashboard replaces the old iFrame panel (`iframe_panel`). If you have existing panels configured in your YAML configuration, Home Assistant will automatically migrate them to the new webpage dashboard on upgrade. Screenshot showing the Home Assistant website embedded into the Home Assistant frontend using a webpage dashboard. Note that not every webpage can be embedded due to security restrictions that some sites have in place. These restrictions are enforced by your browser and prevent embedding them into a Home Assistant dashboard. ## Creating a new dashboard The default **Overview** dashboard updates itself when you add new devices, as long as you do not edit the default dashboard. If you want a customized dashboard, it is recommended not to change the **Overview** dashboard, but to create a new dashboard instead. This will leave the default dashboard intact. 1. Go to {% my lovelace_dashboards title="**Settings** > **Dashboards**" %}. 2. Select **Add dashboard**. ![Screenshot of the dashboard list](/images/dashboards/dashboard-manage-02.png) 3. In the dialog, choose one of the options: - If you want to start with a pre-populated dashboard, choose **Default dashboard**. - If you want to start with a completely empty dashboard, choose **New dashboard from scratch**. 4. In the **Add new dashboard** dialog, enter a name and select an icon. - Define if this dashboard should be visible only to the admin user. - Define if you want the dashboard to be listed in the sidebar. - Select **Create**. - **Result**: The dashboard is added. 5. Open your new dashboard and in the top right of the screen, select the Edit icon button. 6. If you chose **Default dashboard**, you need to take control before you can edit it: - The **Edit dashboard** dialog appears. - By editing the dashboard, you are taking over control of this dashboard. - This means that it is no longer automatically updated when new dashboard elements become available. - To continue, in the dialog, select the three dots {% icon "mdi:dots-vertical" %} menu, then select **Take control**. 7. You can now [add a card](/dashboards/cards/#adding-cards-to-your-dashboard) or [add a view](/dashboards/views/#adding-a-view-to-a-dashboard). ## Deleting a dashboard If you do not use one of the predefined dashboards, or created a dashboard you no longer need, you can delete that dashboard. It will then no longer show in the sidebar. 1. Go to {% my lovelace_dashboards title="**Settings** > **Dashboards**" %}. 2. From the list of dashboards, select the dashboard you want to delete. 3. In the dialog, select **Delete**. ![Deleting a dashboard](/images/dashboards/delete_dashboard.png) ## Using YAML for the Overview dashboard To change the **Overview** dashboard, create a new file `ui-lovelace.yaml` in your configuration directory and add the following section to your `configuration.yaml` and restart Home Assistant: ```yaml lovelace: mode: yaml ``` A good way to start this file is to copy and paste the "Raw configuration" from the UI so your manual configuration starts the same as your existing UI. - In your sidebar, select **Overview**. - In the top-right corner, select the pencil icon. - Select the three dots {% icon "mdi:dots-vertical" %} menu and select **Raw configuration editor**. - There you see the configuration for your current dashboard. Copy that into the `/ui-lovelace.yaml` file. Once you take control of your UI via YAML, the Home Assistant interface for modifying it won't be available anymore, and new entities will not automatically be added to your UI. When you make changes to `ui-lovelace.yaml`, you don't have to restart Home Assistant or refresh the page. Just hit the refresh button in the menu at the top of the UI. To revert back to using the UI to edit your dashboard, remove the `lovelace` section from your `configuration.yaml` and copy the contents of your `ui-lovelace.yaml` into the raw configuration section of Home Assistant and restart. ## Adding more dashboards with YAML It is also possible to use YAML to define multiple dashboards. Each dashboard will be loaded from its own YAML file. ```yaml lovelace: mode: yaml # Include external resources only add when mode is yaml, otherwise manage in the resources in the dashboard configuration panel. resources: - url: /local/my-custom-card.js type: module - url: /local/my-webfont.css type: css # Add more dashboards dashboards: lovelace-generated: # Needs to contain a hyphen (-) mode: yaml filename: notexist.yaml title: Generated icon: mdi:tools show_in_sidebar: true require_admin: true lovelace-hidden: mode: yaml title: hidden show_in_sidebar: false filename: hidden.yaml ``` You can also add YAML dashboards when your main dashboard is UI configured: ```yaml lovelace: mode: storage # Add yaml dashboards dashboards: lovelace-yaml: mode: yaml title: YAML icon: mdi:script show_in_sidebar: true filename: dashboards.yaml ``` {% configuration dashboards %} mode: required: true description: "In what mode should the main dashboard be, `yaml` or `storage` (UI managed)." type: string resources: required: false description: "List of resources that should be loaded. Only use this when mode is `yaml`. If you change anything here, click the three dots {% icon "mdi:dots-vertical" %} menu (top-right) and click on `Reload resources` to pick up changes without restarting Home Assistant. You can also call `lovelace.reload_resources` action directly." type: list keys: url: required: true description: The URL of the resource to load. type: string type: required: true description: "The type of resource, this should be either `module` for a JavaScript module or `css` for a StyleSheet." type: string dashboards: required: false description: Additional YAML dashboards. The key is used for the URL and should contain a hyphen (`-`) type: map keys: mode: required: true description: "The mode of the dashboard, this should always be `yaml`. Dashboards in `storage` mode can be created in the configuration panel." type: string filename: required: true description: "The file in your `config` directory where the configuration for this panel is." type: string title: required: true description: "The title of the dashboard, will be used in the sidebar." type: string icon: required: false description: The icon to show in the sidebar. You can use any icon from [Material Design Icons](https://pictogrammers.com/library/mdi/). Prefix the icon name with `mdi:`, ie `mdi:home`. type: string show_in_sidebar: required: false description: Should this dashboard be shown in the sidebar. type: boolean default: true require_admin: required: false description: Should this dashboard be only accessible for admin users. type: boolean default: false {% endconfiguration %} As a super minimal example of a dashboard config, here's the bare minimum you will need for it to work: ```yaml views: # View tab title. - title: Example cards: # The markdown card will render markdown text. - type: markdown title: Dashboard content: > Welcome to your **dashboard**. ``` A slightly more advanced example: ```yaml views: # View tab title. - title: Example # Unique path for direct access /lovelace/${path} path: example # Each view can have a different theme applied. Theme should be defined in the frontend. theme: dark-mode # The cards to show on this view. cards: # The filter card will filter entities for their state - type: entity-filter entities: - device_tracker.paulus - device_tracker.anne_there state_filter: - 'home' card: type: glance title: People that are home # The picture entity card will represent an entity with a picture - type: picture-entity image: https://www.home-assistant.io/images/default-social.png entity: light.bed_light # Specify a tab icon if you want the view tab to be an icon. - icon: mdi:home-assistant # Title of the view. Will be used as the tooltip for tab icon title: Second view cards: # Entities card will take a list of entities and show their state. - type: entities # Title of the entities card title: Example # The entities here will be shown in the same order as specified. # Each entry is an entity ID or a map with extra options. entities: - light.kitchen - switch.ac - entity: light.living_room # Override the name to use name: LR Lights # The markdown card will render markdown text. - type: markdown title: Dashboard content: > Welcome to your **dashboard**. ```