# Dashboards

You must setup the dashboard platform before you can use the dashboards and Dashboard designer.  

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Before you Start

You must have **Dashboards** and **Designer** enabled in your **Dashboard Management** security role.
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### Dashboard Server Settings

To enable Dashboards in ASM, you first need to configure the dashboard server settings:

1. Application URL - Enter the URL of the Dashboard server
2. User ID - Enter the User ID for the dashboard Server.  This will likely be a system account.
3. User Password - As above, the password for the system account on the dashboard server
4. Validation Key - You will obtain the validation key from the server.
5. Decryption Key - You will obtain the decryption key from the server config file.
6. Once you have entered all the relevant data, press the Connection test icon and ensure the connection is successful. 

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