Our April update introduces a powerful new way to manage dashboards in YouthCenter. The release includes a new Dashboard Manager, giving you greater control over how dashboards are created, shared, and customized—including the ability to create multiple dashboards for different data views. This update is scheduled to go live on 4/27/2025 at 11 PM EDT (Click here to see the time in your timezone).
Dashboard Manager
The Dashboard Manager was designed to assist in managing the dashboards of your users—providing a way to push dashboards to your users. Along with offering control over dashboards, the Dashboard Manager allows you to create multiple dashboards with different widgets to display various views of data that matter most to your team. For example, you can set up a dashboard that shows each JPO’s caseload broken out individually, helping supervisors quickly assess workloads across staff. Detention centers can create dashboards per unit, displaying key information like unit census, programs, medications, and more—providing staff with quick access to the data they need to support daily operations.
Your existing dashboard will be migrated to the new Dashboard Manager system.
Creating a new dashboard
To create a new dashboard, simply select Add Dashboard in the menu.
Next, give your dashboard a name and press save.
Your new dashboard will appear in the dashboard list on the left.
Sharing a Dashboard
To share a dashboard, you must have the “Dashboard Manager” permission assigned to your user group in Permissions.
Set this by going to Administration > User Manager > Permissions > Dashboard Manager
Once you have that permission, you can select “Manage Dashboard” from the dashboard you want to share.
Then select “More” and “Share”
You can then select which user groups you want to share the dashboard with:
Press save.
The next time a user logs in or changes pages, the new shared dashboard will appear. You can easily identify if a dashboard is shared by the group icon after the name:
What can a user do with a shared dashboard? Shared dashboards can only be edited by the user who created them or other users with the Dashboard Manager permission. If a user wants to customize the dashboard, they will need to duplicate it to make it their own.
Duplicating a Dashboard
If you want to make a shared dashboard your own, or maybe just want to have a slightly different version of your current dashboard, you can now duplicate a dashboard. To duplicate a dashboard, use the dropdown next to the dashboard name and select “duplicate dashboard.”
Setting a Default Dashboard
Have a favorite dashboard you want to show up when you log in to YouthCenter? Simply select the Set As Default button next to the dashboard name!
Deleting a Dashboard
To delete unwanted dashboards, select “Manage Dashboard,” then “Delete” under More:
Note: Deleting shared dashboards will delete the dashboard for all users.
New Form Part – Image Labeler
A new Form Builder Form Part has been created for forms. The Image Labeler allows you to annotate on top of an image. The feature has been requested by many detention centers to allow for body char mapping of identifying marks and tattoos.
The Image Labeler form part can be found in the Form Builder, under the Advanced form parts tab.
Once the form has been saved and permissions have been setup, the part can be filled out in the form. Click “Add Label” then click to set a location, set the font size and color.
If the location is not correct, simply click on the label and drag to move it.
Additional Bug Fixes
In addition to the outlined updates, this release includes various bug fixes to improve overall system stability and performance. These fixes address minor issues and enhance the user experience across different modules within the application.
Providing Feedback
As always, YouthCenter continues to be a solution built for and directed by your needs as caseworkers, JPOs, administrators, and more. Your feedback is very valuable. If you have any thoughts or ideas on how we can improve the software, please contact us via our suggestion form. New ideas are reviewed on a bi-weekly basis.
