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Protecting Dashboards and Charts from AI

Use Protect from AI to mark a dashboard or chart so the AI agent can never modify it, even when the relevant tool permission is set to Always approved. This gives admins a per-item lock independent of global tool settings.

Required Permissions

Only an Admin role with the global data scope can set or clear AI protection on a dashboard or chart. Protection cannot be set or cleared through the AI agent, including in an Admin's own chat session.

Protecting a Dashboard

  1. Open the dashboard you want to protect.
  2. Open the dashboard menu (the ... or gear icon next to the dashboard name).
  3. Select Protect from AI.

A Protected from AI badge appears next to the dashboard name to confirm the change.

Protecting a Chart

  1. Open the chart you want to protect.
  2. Open the chart menu (the ... icon on the chart).
  3. Select Protect from AI.

A lock icon appears on the chart when the AI chat panel is open.

Removing AI Protection

  1. Open the protected dashboard or chart.
  2. Open the dashboard or chart menu.
  3. Select Remove AI Protection.

The badge or lock icon is removed, and the AI agent can modify the item again.

How the Agent Responds to Protected Items

When a user asks the AI agent to modify a protected dashboard or chart, the agent refuses the change before showing an approval card. No approval card is offered for any write operation on a protected item. Instead, the agent offers to create a duplicate of the dashboard or a new chart with the same configuration.

When the agent lists dashboards or charts, it shows whether each item is protected.

Activity Log

Axonius records a log entry each time an admin sets or removes AI protection on a dashboard or chart.

Limitations

The following items are never protected automatically, regardless of whether the source dashboard or chart is protected:

  • A new chart created by the agent
  • A duplicate of a protected dashboard or chart
  • An export of a protected dashboard or chart
  • An import of a dashboard or chart

Protection of saved queries, enforcement sets, and the saved queries that a protected chart uses is planned for a future release.

Updated 4 days ago

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