# Dashboard customization

**URL:** <https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/dashboard-customization/1495>\
**Category:** Get Help\
**Created:** [May 21, 2021, 5:30pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/dashboard-customization/1495 "2021-05-21T17:30:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![mcuma](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/discourse.openondemand.org/mcuma/32/171_2.png) [@mcuma](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/mcuma)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2021, 5:30pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/dashboard-customization/1495/1 "2021-05-21T17:30:48Z")

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I am playing with the dashboard widgets, hoping to highlight the apps icons first, and other things like the quota warnings, messages and XDMoD below. Though as far as I got is this:

 ![ood_dashboard](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/osc/original/1X/abb0ca3b241d4feb888e900b8f10639e93e58680.jpeg)

Things that I can’t figure out are:

- customize the position of the quota warning, e.g. move it below the app icons
- change the number of columns for the apps. I am trying the “pinned\_apps\_menu\_length” but it does not seem to have an effect (Firefox and Chrome)
- have different horizontal sections of the dashboard with different column layout, e.g. have the XDMoD in a 2 column layout rather than 1 column now.

I appreciate any comments in this regard.

Thanks,  
MC

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**Author:** ![jeff.ohrstrom](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/discourse.openondemand.org/jeff.ohrstrom/32/136_2.png) [@jeff.ohrstrom](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/jeff.ohrstrom)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2021, 7:21pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/dashboard-customization/1495/2 "2021-05-21T19:21:26Z")

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The first 2 aren’t available. (`pinned_apps_menu_length` modifies the dropdown menu) in the navbar.

The third, I think you want something like:

```auto
dashboard_layout:
  rows:
    - columns:
        - width: 12
          widgets: ['pinned_apps']
    - columns:
        - width: 12
          widgets: ['motd']
    - columns:
        - width: 6
          widgets: ['xdmod_widget_job_efficiency']
        - width: 6
          - widgets: ['xdmod_widget_jobs']

```

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**Author:** ![mcuma](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/discourse.openondemand.org/mcuma/32/171_2.png) [@mcuma](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/mcuma)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2021, 7:33pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/dashboard-customization/1495/3 "2021-05-21T19:33:05Z")

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Ah, good, that’s looking better now with the XDMoD 2 column layout.

Can I make a feature request to be able to move the quota warnings as well?

Thanks,  
MC

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**Author:** ![westburg.2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/0ea827/32.png) [@westburg.2](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/westburg.2)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2022, 3:42pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/dashboard-customization/1495/4 "2022-05-26T15:42:57Z")

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