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title: 'application:dashboard'
url: 'https://docs.danami.com/sentinel/command-line-interface/application/application-dashboard'
markdown: 'https://docs.danami.com/sentinel/command-line-interface/application/application-dashboard.md'
date: '2026-09-22'
description: 'Configure the default dashboard. sentinel --task=application:dashboard --oper=<widget_directory|update|reset|reset_all> --layout=<1-5> --column1=<string,string2> Option Value Description --oper <string> The operation you want to perform. Operations: widget_directory - ge…'
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# application:dashboard

Configure the default dashboard.

```
sentinel --task=application:dashboard --oper=<widget_directory|update|reset|reset_all> --layout=<1-5> --column1=<string,string2>
```

| Option | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `--oper` | <string> | The operation you want to perform. Operations: widget\_directory - get a list of widgets, update - update the default dashboard, reset - reset the default dashboard, reset\_all - reset the dashboards for all users. |
| `--layout` | <1-5> | The layout to use for the default dashboard. Layouts: 1 - 1 column, 2 - 2 columns, 3 - 2 columns with the right column larger, 4 - 2 columns with the left column larger, 5 - 3 columns. |
| `--column1` | <string1,string2> | The widgets to use for the first column. |
| `--column2` | <string1,string2> | The widgets to use for the second column. |
| `--column3` | <string1,string2> | The widgets to use for the third column. |

## Examples

```
// get a list of available dashboard widgets
sentinel --task=application:dashboard --oper=widget_directory

// update the default dashboard
sentinel --task=application:dashboard --oper=update --layout=2 --column1=Services,Reports,Malwarehits --column2=Scanprocesses,Announcements,Signatures

// reset the default dashboard back to default
sentinel --task=application:dashboard --oper=reset

// reset the dashboard for all users
sentinel --task=application:dashboard --oper=reset_all
```

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