Smarter Insights, Enhanced Dashboards

ArcGIS Dashboards unifies maps, data, and visuals on a single interface, empowering you to monitor activity, spot trends, and make informed decisions at a glance. The October 2025 release brings a host of improvements, including new features, bug fixes, and performance enhancements designed to make your dashboards even more powerful. This post highlights the key updates you can now leverage when creating or editing dashboards in ArcGIS Online.

Data Source & Dependency Management

As dashboards increasingly drive decision-making, ensuring resilient and transparent data connections is critical. ArcGIS Dashboards now includes a Data Source & Dependency Management feature. Dashboard authors can access all data sources—maps, layers, and data expressions—through the Data Sources panel in the action bar. This centralized view makes it easy to identify, replace, or repair broken data sources by reconnecting them to valid inputs.

Related: Learn more about this feature in our detailed blog!

Date Selector Slider

Dates are fundamental to many GIS workflows, whether tracking inspections, service requests, or events over time. The new slider option for the date selector provides a sleek, interactive way to filter temporal data. Users can now drag the slider to explore, analyze, and review data across different time periods. This feature offers a more intuitive experience for time-based exploration and record lookup.

Date Axis Label Spacing

Dashboard authors can now control the spacing of date axis labels in time series charts with Compact, Default, and Spacious options. This adjustment improves chart readability, optimizes screen space, and allows previously unused areas to display meaningful information.

We encourage you to explore these updates and see how they can transform your dashboards. These enhancements can streamline your workflows, inspire creative ways to visualize data, and help you get more value from every project. Start experimenting today and discover how these new tools elevate your dashboard experience.

For a comprehensive overview of all the updates in ArcGIS Online (October 2025), check out this blog.