# Add a diagram to a Jira dashboard

To add a diagram to a Jira dashboard, edit the dashboard, add the **Capable Diagram** gadget, and replace the sample flowchart it starts with by your own diagram. Select **Save** and the diagram shows on the dashboard for everyone who can see it. The diagram is stored in the gadget itself, not on an issue.

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## Before you start

* You can edit the dashboard.
* Capable Diagrams for Jira is installed on your site.

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## Steps

1. Open the dashboard and switch it to edit mode.
2. Add a gadget and search for **Capable Diagram**.
3. Add it to the dashboard. It opens in edit mode with a sample flowchart.
4. Replace the sample with your own diagram.
5. Select **Save**.

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## What happens next

* The gadget shows the rendered diagram. Use its **Edit** and **View** toggle to change it later.
* The gadget has no refresh control. Reload the dashboard to see changes someone else saved.

## If it does not work

* The sample flowchart you did not create is expected on a new gadget. See [Newly added Capable Diagram gadget already shows a flowchart I did not create](https://help.gocapable.com/jira-diagrams/newly-added-capable-diagram-gadget-already-shows-a-flowchart-i-did-not-create.html).
* Nothing shows on a shared or anonymous dashboard: see [Dashboard gadget on a shared or anonymous dashboard shows nothing](https://help.gocapable.com/jira-diagrams/dashboard-gadget-on-a-shared-or-anonymous-dashboard-shows-nothing-where-a-mermaid-plantuml-or-graph.html).

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## Related

### [Capable Diagram (dashboard gadget)](https://help.gocapable.com/jira-diagrams/capable-diagram-dashboard-gadget.html)

The gadget in full.

### [Diagrams on Jira dashboards](https://help.gocapable.com/jira-diagrams/diagrams-on-jira-dashboards.html)

How dashboard diagrams behave.

### [Gadget diagram is out of date after someone changed it](https://help.gocapable.com/jira-diagrams/gadget-diagram-is-out-of-date-after-someone-changed-it.html)

Why a change does not show yet.

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_The big picture, on the board everyone already looks at._