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Release: Australia · Updated: 2026-03-12 · Official documentation · View source

Communities dashboard

The Communities dashboard displays up-to-date status on community usage, membership, content type and activity, and trends by forum, topic, and admin.

Access the dashboard by navigating to All > Platform Analytics > Dashboards. On the dashboard page, search Communities Dashboard.

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Overview tab of the Communities Dashboard displaying activity reports in line graphs, trend lines, and pie charts.
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Content tab of the Communities Dashboard displaying monthly trend lines that are related to the new content and a bar graph of total content views.
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Forum tab of the Communities Dashboard displaying a list of KPIs and their details, like the number of views.
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Topic tab of the Communities Dashboard displaying a list of KPIs and their details, like social activities per content, new content, and views per content.
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Admin tab of the Communities Dashboard displaying trend lines that are based on the number of posts moved and the content featured per month.

End user and roles

End userRequired role
Community moderatorsn_communities.community_moderator
Moderation administratorsn_communities.moderation_admin
Community administratorsn_communities.admin
Forum administratorsn_communities.forum_admin
Forum moderatorsn_communities.forum_moderator
Content creatorpa_viewer, pa_admin

Indicators

The Communities dashboard presents the following key performance indicators:

  • # of members

    Total number of members.

  • # of Questions

    Number of questions created in the last 30 days.

  • % Marked as Solved

    Number of questions created in the last 30 days, which are marked as solved.

  • % Not Answered

    Number of questions created in the last 30 days, which were not answered.

  • # of Blogs, Documents, and Video

    Number of blogs, documents, and videos created in the last 30 days.

  • Non-question content

    Number of blogs, videos, and documents posted.

  • % With activity

    Percentage of primary or secondary community content with at least one response or feedback.

  • Avg. # of social activities per content

    Average number of activities (mark as helpful, upvote, comments, and replies) on any active primary or secondary community content.

  • # of contributors

    Number of contributors.

  • New content this month

    Number of new content posts in the last 30 days.

  • Avg. # of views per content

    Average number of views of the content.

  • Avg. # of comments per content

    Average number of comments of the content.

  • # of featured content

    Number of content posts that have been featured.

  • # of Content moved from activities

    Number of content posts moved from activities.

  • # of Content moved to activities

    Number of content posts moved to activities.

Breakdowns

The following breakdowns apply to the indicators on the dashboard:

  • Communities Content Type
  • Communities Forum
  • Communities Topic

Data visualizations

The dashboards include the following visualizations:

TitleTypeDescription
Community ActivityColumnView the number of new community members and total of sessions on the community per month.
New Content by MonthColumnView the number of new content posts per month.
Top 3 Forums by Social ActivityPieView forums that have received responses from other members. Social activity is any response \(answer, comment, blog, video, or document\) to a topic added by a user other than the user that originally posted the content.
Top 3 Topics by Social ActivityPieView topics that have received responses from other members.
New Content by MonthSingle ScoreView the amount of new content, forums, or topics created per month. For any chart, you can focus on the most popular content types, forums, or topics by selecting a Breakdown.
Total Content ViewsColumnView the number of views for each content type per month.
Forum KPIsSingle ScoreView different indicators for the forums.
Topic KPIsSingle ScoreView different indicators for the topics.
Number of Contents MovedSingle ScoreView the number of content posts that have been moved by community administrators and community moderators per month.
Featured ContentSingle ScoreView the number of posts featured by different users per month.

Parent Topic:Platform Analytics Solutions for Communities