---
alias: user-guide-view-material-dashboards
tags:
- reports
description: "This documentation details generating and viewing dashboards related to material data analysis"
---

# View Material Dashboards

:lock: Material.**CostHistoryReport**

## Overview

This operation is used to generate and visualize dashboards on **Material** cost history.

## Setup

No setup is required other than to meet the preconditions of the transaction.

## Preconditions

* Material exists and it is Active in the system.

!!! note
    For the user to have access to the reports tree, permission must be granted in the report server. For more information, see [[user-guide-security-report-folders]].

## Sequence of Steps

1. Select a **Material** and choose **View Dashboards**.
2. Select the dashboards on the specific **Material**, namely:
      * Cost History Report (for more information, see [[user-guide-material-cost-history-report]])
      * If you created or cloned a dashboard, it will appear here too
3. Select one of the options, fill in the blank fields with the required information and set the buttons to true or false according to your preferences.
4. The system will generate the dashboard. To save it, select the **Export** icon which will enable you to export and save the dashboard in different formats.

![Screenshot showing the "View Dashboards" option in the material page.](images/view_material_dashboard.png)

!!! info
    For more information, see [[user-guide-analytics-view-index]].