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# Charts

The **Charts** page is a standalone library for building and managing reusable chart cards. Every chart created here is stored in your card library and can be added to any dashboard — use this page to browse, create, and maintain those cards without opening a specific dashboard.

Access **Charts** from the sidebar. Requires the `charts:view` permission and the dynamic-dashboards feature, available from the **Pro** plan (\[Chapter 17, section 17.1]).

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### What is a Chart?

In FullSession, a **chart** is a reusable card — the same kind of widget you build in the dashboard card builder ([Chapter 9, section 9.6](/dashboards.md)). Charts created on this page appear in the **Add charts** panel when composing a dashboard, so you can reuse the same chart across as many dashboards as you like.

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### The Charts List

The main view is a searchable, paginated table of all charts on your site.

| Column      | Shows                                                        |
| ----------- | ------------------------------------------------------------ |
| **Name**    | Chart title, optional description, and a chart-type icon     |
| **Type**    | Card type — Metric, Time Series, Breakdown, Pages, and so on |
| **Owner**   | Email of the team member who created the chart               |
| **Updated** | Date the chart was last modified                             |

Click any row to open that chart in the builder and edit it.

#### Searching

Type in the **Search by chart name** field above the table to filter the list in real time.

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### Creating a Chart

#### From a template

A strip of **template cards** at the top of the page lets you start with a chart type already selected. Click a template to open the chart builder with that type pre-filled.

#### From scratch

Click **Create Chart** (top-right) to open the builder with a blank configuration.

The builder is the same one used inside Dashboards ([Chapter 9, section 9.6](/dashboards.md)) — choose a measure, aggregation, group-by dimension, visualization, and up to five filtered series, with a live preview that updates as you configure.

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### Editing a Chart

Click any row in the table to open the chart builder in **edit mode**. Saving updates the chart everywhere it is used — dashboards that already include the chart reflect the change immediately.

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### Deleting a Chart

Open the row's actions menu (⋮) and choose **Delete**. A confirmation dialog warns that the chart will be permanently removed and detached from every dashboard currently using it.

> **This action cannot be undone.**

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### Previewing a Chart

Click the eye icon on a row to open a read-only preview without entering edit mode.

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### Permissions

| Permission      | Allows                                  |
| --------------- | --------------------------------------- |
| `charts:view`   | Access the Charts page and see the list |
| `charts:create` | Create new charts and use templates     |
| `charts:edit`   | Edit existing charts                    |
| `charts:delete` | Delete charts                           |

Permissions are governed by your role ([Chapter 16, section 16.3](/team-account-management.md)). If you don't see the **Create Chart** button or the template strip, your role doesn't include `charts:create`.

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> **See also:** [Chapter 9 — Dashboards](/dashboards.md) for how to add charts to a dashboard and arrange them on the grid, and [Chapter 10 — Page Statistics & Building Cards](/page-statistics-engagement-building-cards.md) for the full reference on measures, aggregations, and breakdowns.