diff --git a/docs/dashboards/share-dashboard-outside-org.md b/docs/dashboards/share-dashboard-outside-org.md index 12b708abf3..c2bf3e21d9 100644 --- a/docs/dashboards/share-dashboard-outside-org.md +++ b/docs/dashboards/share-dashboard-outside-org.md @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ This page has information about sharing dashboards with users who do not have a Dashboards often contain sensitive information, so you usually share them only with people within your organization. But sometimes you may want to allow people outside your organization to view a dashboard without logging in. For example, if your dashboard is displayed on a monitor in your operations center or if you want to send an external person a link to a dashboard that reveals a critical problem. :::note -Sharing outside an organization is always view-only and need auto-refresh enabled. Also, if this is the first time that auto-refresh is being enabled, it may take some time to backfill the data depending on your queries and timeranges. See [About Dashboards](about.md). +Sharing outside an organization is always view-only. ::: You can share a dashboard with all external users (“the world”), or with a selected set of external users that you specify in the service allowlist.  @@ -59,10 +59,10 @@ The URL that external users can use to access the dashboard appears under the ** ## Restrictions and limitations for external sharing  -* Sharing outside an organization is always view-only and you must enable auto-refresh. When enabling auto-refresh for the first time, it may take some time to backfill the data, depending on your queries and time ranges. See [About Dashboards](about.md). +* Sharing outside an organization is always view-only. * Panels that are incompatible with auto-refresh will only show data for viewers who have a login. * Panels must use relative time ranges (such as Last 15 Minutes, Last 24 Hours). Absolute time ranges are not currently supported. -* Unauthenticated viewers will see dashboards with auto-refresh enabled as well as default time range and default template variable values applied. To share a dashboard with a different set of template variable values, create a copy of the dashboard and set the time range and variable value as desired. +* Unauthenticated viewers will see dashboards with default time range and default template variable values applied. To share a dashboard with a different set of template variable values, create a copy of the dashboard and set the time range and variable value as desired. * If **User's data access level** is enabled for a dashboard, you cannot share it outside your organization. * Spans, Traces, and Service maps panels are not supported in public dashboards.