Modifying the Simple XML directly

Let's take a look at the Simple XML that is behind the Website Monitoring dashboard. Ensure that the dashboard is displayed onscreen. Then, click on the Edit button as you did earlier, then click the Source toggle. The underlying Simple XML source code will now be displayed.

Dashboards in Simple XML consist of rows, panels, and visualization elements. Dashboards can have many rows (<row></row>), but around three rows is advisable. Within each row, you can have multiple panels (<panel></panel>), and within each panel, you can have multiple visualization elements (for example, <chart></chart> for a chart). On the Website Monitoring dashboard, you should see four row elements and multiple panels with a single ...

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