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title: 'New dashboard editor, and variables that belong to a section'
type: new_feature
date: '2026-11-03'
description: >-
  Editing a dashboard opens a conversation that walks you through each change
  one option at a time. Dashboard variables can also move out of the toolbar
  into a section, where they filter only that section's panels.
canonical: 'https://pydantic.dev/changelog/dashboard-editor'
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# New dashboard editor, and variables that belong to a section

## Edit a dashboard by picking what to change

We've streamlined the dashboard editor with a new conversational UI. Select **Edit** on a dashboard and a conversation opens beside it. It starts with one question: "What do you want to do with this dashboard?" Everything you can do on a dashboard is now easy to find, just by clicking on conversation options.

![The Edit dashboard conversation beside a dashboard, with a thread for the highlighted Checkout p95 latency panel that shows its title and options such as Change the query, Add threshold lines, and Change what kind of panel this is](https://pydantic.dev/assets/changelog/dashboard-editor/editor-panel-thread.png)

The conversation in the sidebar works in tandem with all your familiar drag-and-drop controls to move or resize panels, sections, and variables. You can click the **pencil** icon on a panel or variable to add it to your conversation, so you can easily work on multiple parts of your dashboard at once.

![A pink placeholder panel on the dashboard reading "Pick a panel type to get started", next to a Panel type list grouped into Time series, Stats, Comparisons, and Text and data](https://pydantic.dev/assets/changelog/dashboard-editor/editor-add-panel.png)

## Move variables into the section they filter

Dashboard variables no longer have to sit in the toolbar. Move one into the grid and it becomes a control next to the panels it drives, and where you put it decides what it filters. A control in a titled section applies only to the panels in that section. For example, this Checkout section and a Search section each carry their own **Route** picker, with different options and different selections. Variables in the toolbar, and controls in the untitled group at the top of the dashboard, still apply everywhere.

![Storefront health dashboard with an Environment variable in the toolbar, and separate Route controls inside the Checkout and Search sections, each set to a different route](https://pydantic.dev/assets/changelog/dashboard-editor/section-controls.png)

In edit mode, drag a variable by its label out of the toolbar and onto the dashboard. The grid opens a space under the pointer and pushes neighboring panels aside the way a panel move does, so the control lands where the preview showed it. To send a control back, drag it by the handle along its top edge into the toolbar. If you prefer buttons, hover a toolbar variable and select **Move to dashboard**, or hover a control and select **Pin to toolbar**.

![The Environment variable being dragged out of the toolbar into the Checkout section, with a highlighted space open beside the Route control](https://pydantic.dev/assets/changelog/dashboard-editor/drag-variable.png)

_Where to find it_: open a custom dashboard and select **Edit**. [Open Dashboards in Logfire](https://logfire.pydantic.dev/-/redirect/latest-project/dashboards). See the [dashboards guide](https://pydantic.dev/docs/logfire/guides/web-ui/dashboards/).