Feature request: ability to make a dashboard read-only

[MagicFab]

It would be useful as a regular user (or superadmin) to be able to set a Dashboard settings (including optionally the period and segment) as read-only.
This would prevent changes to widget position and other settings in context where such dashboards are built for a specific audience (other staff, management, etc.) where any wrong manipulation could accidentally mean unwanted changes difficult or impossible to revert.

[MagicFab]

Also mentioned here: http://forum.piwik.org/read.php?17,129146

[mattab]

There is a small workaround:

• One can change the "default layout" of the dashboard to the desired one
• If one moves or changes dashboard, a click on "reset dashboard" will restore the desired layout
• one can already export a given widget to a user who can only "Read" the piwik reports, for example using widgetized https://piwik.org/docs/embed-piwik-report/#embed-the-piwik-dashboard-in-a-html-page . If using the token of a user with 'view' access then it is basically "read only" besides the fact the user can also create scheduled reports, move widget around the dashboard, etc.

[mattab]

Likely we won't implement this feature in the future, however this may be done as part of: #6964