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# Playlist Guide
## About the Playlist
Playlists are sets of Dashboards that automatically and periodically switch between each other. They can be a great way to build situational awareness or just show off your metrics to your team or visitors.
The Playlist is a special type of Dashboard that rotates through a particular list of two or more Dashboards. They can be a great way to build situational awareness or just show off your metrics to your team or visitors. Since Dashboards in Grafana automatically scale to any resolution they're perfect for big screens!
Since Dashboards in Grafana automatically scale to any resolution, Playlists are perfect for big screens!
## Configuring the Playlist
## Creating a new Playlist
The Playlist can be accessed from the main Dashboard picker. Click the 'Playlist' button at the bottom of the picker to access the Playlist functionality.
Playlists can be accessed from the main Dashboard picker. Click the 'Playlists' button at the bottom of the picker to access the Playlist functionality.
Since the Playlist is basically a list of Dashboards, ensure that all the Dashboards you want to appear in your Playlist are added here. You can search Dashboards by name (or use a regular expression).
You can search Dashboards by name (or use a regular expression), and add them to your Playlist.
You can search Dashboards by name (or use a regular expression), and add them to your Playlist. By default, your starred dashboards will appear as candidates for the Playlist.
### Configuring the Playlist
Be sure to click the right arrow appearing next to the Dashboard name to add it to the Playlist.
## Starting and controlling Playlists
You can configure a time interval for Grafana to wait on a particular Dashboard before advancing to the next one on the Playlist.
Playlists can also be manually controlled utilizing the controls at the top of screen when in Playlist mode.
## Starting and controlling the Playlist
Click the stop button to pause on that particular Dashboard.
To start the Playlist, click the green "Start" button
Playlists can also be manually controlled utilizing the Playlist controls at the top of screen when in Playlist mode.
Click the stop button to stop the Playlist, and exit to the current Dashboard.
Click the next button to advance to the next Dashboard in the Playlist.
Click the back button to rewind to the previous Dashboard in the Playlist.
