Share charts and reports with public share links

This month we’ve added some new sharing capabilities. Previously you have been able to share dashboards via public share links and now you can do the same with custom charts and reports. With a public link, you can share any chart or report even with those who don’t have a Screenful account. You can invalidate the links at any time so you have full control on who gets to see what.

Sharing custom charts with a link

You can share any of your custom charts with a direct link. To get a link, go to the Charts tab and locate the chart that you want to share a link to (if you’re within a dashboard, you can get to this view by selecting exit dashboard under the main menu). The share feature can be found in the chart context menu:

When you select Share, a modal is shown and the share link is copied to the clipboard. You can send the link and the recipient can view the chart by following the link.

If you want to share the chart with someone who doesn’t have a Screenful account, you can reveal more options by clicking the Make this a public link.

If you check the Enable public sharing checkbox, the link is made public so that anyone can follow the link and see the chart in read-only mode. You can disable the link anytime by unchecking the “Enable public sharing” checkbox.

Sharing reports with a link

Notice that the Reports feature has limited availability, we introduced it in the July release notes

In addition to sharing via email or by sending to Slack, you can also share reports with a link.

To get a link, go to the Reports tab and locate the report that you want to share a link to (if you’re within a dashboard, you can get to this view by selecting exit dashboard under the main menu).

The share feature can be found in the report context menu:

When you select Share, a modal shown and the share link is copied to the clipboard. You can send the link and the recipient can view the chart by following the link.

If you want to share the report with someone who doesn’t have a Screenful account, you can reveal the more options by clicking the Make this a public link.

If you check the Enable public sharing checkbox, the link is made public so that anyone can follow the link and see the report in read-only mode.

You can disable the link anytime by unchecking the checkbox. Notice that if you disable a share link, it will be disabled permanently. If you enable sharing again, a new share link is always generated and the previously shared link remain disabled.

As of today, the public share links are available for dashboards and charts for all users, and the reports sharing has still limited availability but will be made available for all users later so stay tuned for the future releases!