> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://cubed3-feat-druid-driver-streaming.mintlify.site/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Widgets

> Building blocks for dashboards — charts, text, controls, and AI summaries that you arrange on the canvas to tell your data story.

Widgets are the building blocks of a dashboard. Each tile placed on the canvas in the [dashboard builder][ref-workbooks] is a widget — a chart, a block of text, a control that viewers interact with, or an AI-generated summary. Combine them to assemble polished, interactive views of your data.

## Widget types

The dashboard builder supports the following widget types:

* [Charts](/docs/explore-analyze/dashboards/widgets/charts) — Visualize reports from your workbook
* [Text](/docs/explore-analyze/dashboards/widgets/text) — Add titles, descriptions, and rich formatting in Markdown
* [Controls](/docs/explore-analyze/dashboards/widgets/controls) — Let viewers filter the data or switch the time granularity
* [AI summary](/docs/explore-analyze/dashboards/widgets/ai-summary) — Generate narrative summaries of dashboard data on demand

In the dashboard builder, add widgets using the toolbar at the top of the canvas: pick reports from the **Charts** picker to add charts, click **Add Text** or **Add AI Summary**, or add a **Filter** or **Time Granularity** control from the **Add Controls** group.

[ref-workbooks]: /docs/explore-analyze/workbooks