# How to build a marketing dashboard with AI URL: https://blackbox.plus/guides/build-a-marketing-dashboard Level 5: Grow (https://blackbox.plus/guides/grow) Updated: 2026-10-25 Time: about 5 minutes You'll end with: A dashboard of your own questions, sent as a PDF or slides, or shared as a read-only link Do it in Blackbox: https://blackbox.plus/app/dashboard > Ask a question about your posts or ads in plain words and keep the answer as a chart. Then export it to PDF or PowerPoint, or share a read-only link. ## Short answer To build a marketing dashboard with AI in Blackbox (blackbox.plus), click + next to Dashboards in the left menu, pick Blank (questions) and click Create. Type a question in plain words, such as Which posts got the most saves and shares?, and Blackbox answers it from your brand’s connected ad and social accounts as a draft chart. Change its chart or size if you like, then click Keep to save it to the dashboard. Add a standard widget adds a ready-made number, trend, top posts or campaign table without asking a question at all. Export PDF and Export PowerPoint download a title slide and one slide per kept widget, ready to send. Share gives a read-only link that anyone can open without signing in, showing each widget as it was last saved, and Revoke Link turns it off. Each person can ask 50 questions a day; standard widgets and changing the date range don’t count. ## You'll need - **An account connected.** Instagram, TikTok or an ad account, so there are numbers to ask about. (Guide: https://blackbox.plus/guides/connect-instagram) - **Access to the brand.** Admins can use every brand; a member makes dashboards for the brands they’re on. ## How to build a marketing dashboard with AI in Blackbox 1. **Start a dashboard.** In the left menu, click **+** next to **Dashboards**. You'll see: The **New dashboard** window, with the **Brand** it is for. Starts at: https://blackbox.plus/app/dashboard ![The Dashboards section of the left menu, with the plus button next to Dashboards ringed and two dashboards listed under it](https://blackbox.plus/guides/build-a-marketing-dashboard/01-new.png) 2. **Pick a blank dashboard.** Click **Blank (questions)**, then click **Create**. You'll see: Your new dashboard, with a box to ask a question. ![The New dashboard window for Daybreak Coffee Co.: Blank (questions) picked instead of Ads report, a title box, and the Create button ringed](https://blackbox.plus/guides/build-a-marketing-dashboard/02-blank.png) 3. **Ask a question.** Type a question in plain words, such as “Which posts got the most saves and shares?”, and press Enter. You'll see: A **Draft** card that fills in with the answer as a chart. ![The question box above a Draft card titled Saves and shares by post, a bar for each Daybreak post, with the chart and size buttons and Keep ringed](https://blackbox.plus/guides/build-a-marketing-dashboard/03-draft.png) 4. **Change how it looks.** On the draft, pick a chart such as **Bar** or **Table**, and a size: **S**, **M** or **L**. You'll see: The draft redrawn each time you pick, still marked **Draft**. 5. **Keep it.** Click **Keep**. You'll see: The widget saved on the dashboard, with **Export PDF**, **Export PowerPoint** and **Share** above it. ![The kept widget, ringed, under 1 widget and the Export PDF, Export PowerPoint, Share and Duplicate buttons](https://blackbox.plus/guides/build-a-marketing-dashboard/05-kept.png) 6. **Add a standard widget.** Click **Add a standard widget**, pick one such as **Top posts**, and click **Add draft**. You'll see: A new draft straight from your numbers, to keep the same way. ![The Add a standard widget window: KPI, Trend, By channel, Top posts picked, Campaign table, the What works widgets, and the Add draft button ringed](https://blackbox.plus/guides/build-a-marketing-dashboard/06-standard.png) 7. **Download it.** Click **Export PDF** or **Export PowerPoint**. You'll see: A file with a title slide, then one slide per widget. ![The Daybreak monthly report: Export PDF ringed next to Export PowerPoint and Share Link, above its reach, engagements and spend numbers](https://blackbox.plus/guides/build-a-marketing-dashboard/07-export.png) 8. **Share a read-only link.** Click **Share**, then **Copy**. Once a link exists, the button reads **Share Link**. You'll see: **Anyone with this link can view this dashboard (read-only).** ![The Share Dashboard window: anyone with this link can view this dashboard, read-only, the link with the Copy button ringed, and Revoke Link](https://blackbox.plus/guides/build-a-marketing-dashboard/08-share.png) 9. **Check what they see.** Open the link in a private window. You'll see: The title and widgets, with **Shared dashboard · Read-only view** at the bottom. ![The shared Daybreak monthly report as someone with the link sees it: its numbers and top posts, with no editing, and the read-only note at the bottom ringed](https://blackbox.plus/guides/build-a-marketing-dashboard/09-shared.png) 10. **Turn the link off.** Click **Share Link**, then **Revoke Link**. You'll see: **Share** on the button again, and the old link opens **Dashboard Unavailable**. ## Good to know - Questions only read the brand the dashboard is for: its connected ad and social accounts. - Each person can ask 50 questions a day. Standard widgets, keeping a draft and changing the date range don’t count. - Kept widgets follow the dashboard’s date range, Last 30 days to start. Change it above the widgets. - Exports are made in your browser from the kept widgets; drafts are left out. - A share link works for a year for anyone who has it. Anyone who can open the dashboard can share it or revoke the link. - Only an admin or the person who made a dashboard can delete it. - Ads report, in the same New dashboard window, is a ready-made report of spend and results with no questions to ask. ## Questions people ask **The draft shows Try asking instead of a chart** Blackbox couldn’t answer that from your data. Click the suggested question, or rewrite yours in the box below it and click Ask. **I don’t see Export PDF or Share** They appear once the dashboard has a kept widget. Click Keep on a draft first. **It says I’ve reached today’s question limit** You’ve asked 50 questions today. Kept widgets still update when you change the date range, and new questions open again tomorrow. **The + next to Dashboards opens the plans page** Dashboards need an active plan. Start one, or start it again — see [How to change or cancel your Blackbox subscription](https://blackbox.plus/guides/change-or-cancel-your-subscription). **The shared link says Dashboard Unavailable** The link was revoked or is over a year old. Open the dashboard, click Share for a new link and send that one. **I can’t delete a dashboard** Only an admin or the person who made it can. Point at its name in the left menu, click the bin, then Delete.