---
title: Switching between visualizations in Custom Dashboards
description: Effortlessly toggle between different visualizations in **Custom Dashboards** without the need to recreate widgets from scratch.
url: https://coralogix.com/docs/user-guides/custom-dashboards/widgets/switch-between-visualizations/
product: dashboards
feature: Dashboards
feature_id: dashboards
feature_identifier: dashboards/dashboards
last_updated: '2026-07-06'
---

# Switching between visualizations in Custom Dashboards

Effortlessly toggle between different visualizations in **Custom Dashboards** without the need to recreate widgets from scratch. This allows you to view your data from various perspectives while maintaining your original query intact.

## How to switch visualizations

### Open widget options

Click the ellipsis (**...**) on the right side of any widget in **Custom Dashboards**.

### Enter edit mode

Select **Edit**. The **Switch Visualization** option will appear in the widget's top bar.

### Choose a new visualization

Pick an alternate visualization for your query.

[![](/docs/assets/images/select-a-widget-501a57d1bf2184d4ce59f1480a8b26a8.webp)](https://coralogix.com/docs/assets/images/select-a-widget-501a57d1bf2184d4ce59f1480a8b26a8.webp)

Once selected, the widget updates to the new visualization type, retaining your original query in the [Query Builder](https://coralogix.com/docs/user-guides/custom-dashboards/tutorials/query-builder.md). Parameters for the new widget will appear in the right-hand modal.

## Use case: CPU usage analysis

### Scenario

A user monitors the total CPU usage rate as a percentage for all containers running on specific Kubernetes nodes, using a [Gauge](https://coralogix.com/docs/user-guides/custom-dashboards/widgets/gauges/basic-gauges.md). Upon receiving an alert that CPU usage has exceeded a critical threshold, the user wants to analyze the trajectory leading up to the breach.

[![](/docs/assets/images/gauge-CPU-26a09f79580709dca0bb1c04f46b1967.webp)](https://coralogix.com/docs/assets/images/gauge-CPU-26a09f79580709dca0bb1c04f46b1967.webp)

### Solution

The user edits the widget and selects a [Line Chart](https://coralogix.com/docs/user-guides/custom-dashboards/widgets/line-charts.md) instead. By expanding the widget's time window, they can view the long-term trajectory and pinpoint when the threshold was breached.

[![](/docs/assets/images/line-chart-141297f94c41f901c5c0e5f227cb1354.webp)](https://coralogix.com/docs/assets/images/line-chart-141297f94c41f901c5c0e5f227cb1354.webp)

Switching to a time-series visualization provides deeper insights, replacing a snapshot with a detailed timeline.

## Next steps

Review the [permissions](https://coralogix.com/docs/user-guides/custom-dashboards/permissions.md) required to work with Custom Dashboards.