# Dashboard objects

When building your sheets and dashboards, you can use dashboard objects to format your sheets to best present the analytic information in other charts.

The following dashboard objects are available:

* the Animator icon : You can animate changes in your visualizations over a period of time.

  [Animator](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/sense/May2026/Subsystems/Hub/Content/Sense_Hub/Visualizations/DashboardBundle/animator.htm)

* the Button icon : You can use buttons to add quick links for easy selection and navigation in your application.

  [Button](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/sense/May2026/Subsystems/Hub/Content/Sense_Hub/Visualizations/Button/button.htm)

* the Date picker icon : You can select a single date or a range of dates from a calendar.

  [Date range picker](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/sense/May2026/Subsystems/Hub/Content/Sense_Hub/Visualizations/DashboardBundle/date-range-picker.htm)

* the Layout container icon : Add and arrange visualizations in a container.

  [Layout container](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/sense/May2026/Subsystems/Hub/Content/Sense_Hub/Visualizations/DashboardBundle/layout-container.htm)

* the Line icon : Add vertical and horizontal lines to a sheet.

  [Line](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/sense/May2026/Subsystems/Hub/Content/Sense_Hub/Visualizations/DashboardBundle/line.htm)

* the Navigation menu icon : The navigation menu adds a sheet navigation options into your sheet.

  [Navigation menu](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/sense/May2026/Subsystems/Hub/Content/Sense_Hub/Visualizations/Navigation-menu/navigation-menu.htm)

* the NL insights icon : The NL insights visualization displays natural language insights about data in the form of a chart.

  [NL insights](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/sense/May2026/Subsystems/Hub/Content/Sense_Hub/Visualizations/NLInsights/nl-insights.htm)

* the Tab container icon : You can add visualizations in a limited space and show or hide the visualizations inside the container based on conditions.

  [Tab container](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/sense/May2026/Subsystems/Hub/Content/Sense_Hub/Visualizations/Container/container-object.htm)

* the Text icon: You can use the text visualization to add text and links to webpages.

* the Trellis container icon : Creates a trellis chart based on a master visualization.

  [Trellis container](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/sense/May2026/Subsystems/Hub/Content/Sense_Hub/Visualizations/VisualizationBundle/trellis-container.htm)

* the Variable input icon : You can set the value of a variable

  [Variable input control](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/sense/May2026/Subsystems/Hub/Content/Sense_Hub/Visualizations/DashboardBundle/variable-input.htm)

* the Video player icon : You can add a video to your sheet.

  [Video player](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/sense/May2026/Subsystems/Hub/Content/Sense_Hub/Visualizations/DashboardBundle/video-player.htm)