Are your end users losing filter context every time they switch dashboards?
Summary: Mia Isaacson introduces the Dashboard Navigator from QBeeQ, a free plugin designed to improve navigation within Sisense dashboards, particularly for large environments. The plugin provides filter-aware navigation, allowing users to switch between dashboards without losing their current filter settings. Key features include customizable navigation, multi-layered hierarchies, and embedded dashboard support, all configured without coding. Dashboard Navigator is ideal for environments with multiple dashboards or embedded Sisense deployments, offering a seamless, brand-aligned navigation experience. It's part of the free QBeeQ Starter PowerUp bundle.
We hear a few questions come up regularly from Sisense users managing larger dashboard environments:
"When my users switch between dashboards, do they lose their filter context?"
"Is there a way to build navigation that feels like part of the dashboard, not a sidebar bolted onto it?"
"If Sisense is embedded in our product, can the navigation actually look like ours?"
If any of those sound familiar, this post is for you. The Dashboard Navigator from QBeeQ is a free plugin that brings fully embedded, filter-aware navigation directly inside your Sisense dashboards, built for teams who've outgrown the default navigation pane.
What is the Dashboard Navigator?
The Dashboard Navigator is a free, partner-supported plugin from QBeeQ that adds a customizable navigation widget inside any Sisense dashboard. Users can move between dashboards without leaving the current view and without losing their active filter context. Designers control the structure, styling, and filter scoping, all from the Sisense widget editor panel, with no code required. It works alongside your existing Sisense environment and can be added to any dashboard without rebuilding your layout.
Key features
Sticky filter inheritance: Active filters carry from the origin dashboard to the destination, so users stay in context no matter where they navigate.
1 or 2-layer hierarchy: Group dashboards at the parent level with nested sub-dashboards underneath, making large environments feel organized and easy to browse.
Three display modes: Choose between buttons, links, or tabs to match your dashboard layout and audience.
Per-group filter scoping: Assign specific filters to specific navigation groups so only the relevant context passes when users navigate within that group, preventing filter bleed between unrelated areas.
Embedded dashboard support: In embedded mode, control panel visibility (right panel, left panel, toolbar, header) is directly from the widget settings with no URL engineering required.
Automatic active state detection: The navigator reads the current URL and highlights the correct group and tab automatically, so users always know where they are, even when arriving via a shared link.
Zero-code configuration: Layout, hierarchy, styling, filter scoping, and embed settings are all managed through the Sisense widget editor panel.
A few use cases where it shines
Multi-department environments: Group finance, sales, and operations dashboards into separate navigation sections so users can move across the full ecosystem without touching the sidebar.
Embedded analytics products: Build a fully branded, seamless navigation experience inside your product, hiding native Sisense chrome for a polished, white-labeled result.
Executive dashboard suites: Organize summary views, regional breakdowns, and trend details into a clean two-layer navigator so leadership always lands in the right place.
Client-facing reporting: Structure navigation to guide the story — Summary, Detail, Trends — in a layout that reflects your brand, not the default Sisense interface.
Who is it for?
Dashboard Navigator is a strong fit if you're managing a Sisense environment with many dashboards across departments, regions, or business units — especially if filter context or screen real estate are pain points. It's also purpose-built for embedded Sisense deployments where the navigation needs to feel native to your product, not like a BI tool sidebar.
It's free — part of the QBeeQ Starter PowerUp
The Dashboard Navigator is included in QBeeQ's Starter PowerUp, a free bundle of plugins built specifically for Sisense. No cost, actively maintained and supported by the QBeeQ team.
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🔗 Dashboard Navigator Product Page · 📄 Documentation
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