Summary: Every dashboard in Alta has a Share button that lets you grant access to specific users or teams, open the dashboard to your whole account, or publish a view-only public link that anyone on the web can open — no Alta login required.
Who this is for: Anyone who owns a dashboard and wants teammates — or people outside Alta, like execs or clients — to see it.
Before you start
You need sharing permission on the dashboard. If you don't have it, the Share button is disabled with the tooltip "You do not have permission to share this dashboard."
Sharing works at the dashboard level. Saved views, filters, and widgets all come along with it.
Share with specific users or teams
Open your dashboard and click Share in the top bar. (The button also shows the avatars of the first people who already have access.)
In the "Add users or teams" field, pick one or more users or teams from your account. You can't invite external email addresses here — recipients must already be in your Alta account.
Choose a role in the dropdown next to the field. It defaults to Viewer; each role in the list shows a short description of what it allows (Viewer, Editor, Admin).
Click Share. The people you added appear under Users with access and teams under Teams with access.
To change someone's access later, reopen the dialog and use the role dropdown on their row. The same dropdown includes Remove access to revoke them entirely.
Set General access for your whole account
Below the user list, the General access section controls the dashboard's default visibility:
Restricted — "Only people with permission can access this resource." Only the users and teams you added above can open it.
Your account — "Anyone in your account can access this resource." Everyone in the account gets access, at the default role you pick in the dropdown that appears next to it (Viewer is the safe default).
Publish a public, view-only link
In the Share dialog, find the Share publicly section at the bottom — "Create a link with a view only access to share with anyone on the web."
Flip the toggle on. A link appears in the format
https://app.altahq.com/p/dashboards/<token>.Click Copy Link. You'll see the confirmation "Copied link to clipboard."
Anyone with the link sees the dashboard's name, description, and widgets — live. The public page opens on the dashboard's default view and automatically refreshes its data every 20 minutes, which makes it handy for wallboards and TV displays.
Tips and common pitfalls
Public links are strictly view-only. Visitors can't edit widgets, change filters permanently, or see anything outside that dashboard.
Turning the toggle off kills the link. The link is tied to a token; disabling Share publicly invalidates it immediately. Re-enabling generates a working link again.
You can't remove the last Admin. If a dashboard has only one Admin, their role dropdown is locked — assign a second Admin first if you want to hand it off.
Don't see someone in the picker? Only users and teams that exist in your Alta account appear. Invite them to Alta first, then share.
Public link vs. scheduled delivery: use the public link for always-on, live access; use Send → Email or Slack on the dashboard if you want a snapshot delivered on a schedule instead.
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