# Data Explorer feature: SQL query to Admin Dashboard Widget

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/data-explorer-feature-sql-query-to-admin-dashboard-widget/75303
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [December 4, 2017, 2:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/data-explorer-feature-sql-query-to-admin-dashboard-widget/75303 "2017-12-04T02:46:06Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![meglio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/meglio/32/71444_2.png) [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2017, 2:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/data-explorer-feature-sql-query-to-admin-dashboard-widget/75303/1 "2017-12-04T02:46:06Z")

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We already can build queries in the admin panel right from the [Data Explorer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/32566?silent=true) plugin.

The idea is a simple checkbox addition: “Show in admin panel”, one per query.

If checked, query results are shown as a widget in the Admin Dashboard.

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### Author: ![HAWK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/hawk/32/86627_2.png) [@HAWK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/HAWK)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2017, 6:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/data-explorer-feature-sql-query-to-admin-dashboard-widget/75303/2 "2017-12-04T06:27:25Z")

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Yup, we’ve talked this idea through and it is on the roadmap but won’t be in the first iteration of the dashboard redesign, which will launch with v2.0

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### Author: ![Mittineague](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mittineague/32/114259_2.png) [@Mittineague](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mittineague)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2017, 7:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/data-explorer-feature-sql-query-to-admin-dashboard-widget/75303/3 "2017-12-04T07:11:42Z")

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If not, or in addition to, widgets; I think having simple sparklines for some over-time data would be nice.

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### Author: ![meglio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/meglio/32/71444_2.png) [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)
#### Post date: [January 17, 2020, 2:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/data-explorer-feature-sql-query-to-admin-dashboard-widget/75303/4 "2020-01-17T14:22:09Z")

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Have this idea been considered since then?

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### Author: ![HAWK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/hawk/32/86627_2.png) [@HAWK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/HAWK)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2020, 11:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/data-explorer-feature-sql-query-to-admin-dashboard-widget/75303/5 "2020-01-19T23:57:28Z")

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It has. @markvanlan built this as his audition project. [Make data explorer available to moderators](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-data-explorer-available-to-moderators/90613)