What is session

A session is the current state of the dashboard, including:

• Opened charts with their size, position, and name
• Charts options
• Annotations
• Clipboard
• Custom colors for params
• Addresses to data sources

What can be shared

A session does not include the content of data sources, only URLs. That is why not everything is shareable.

• Static data sources (JSON file) uploaded on GitHub Gist or another server - can be shared as long as the file is accessible for the user
• Live data sources - works in most local networks. If you run connector on a publicly available server, then the session is also sharable
• Manually uploaded static data sources - not sharable

Any of the above is sharable using the new experimental feature Peer to Peer Sharing, but the mechanism is different.

Methods of saving and sharing

A Session is a JSON file, and Arena proposes three ways of sharing it.

• Auto save - each named session is saved automatically in your browser. You can open it in the Sessions menu.
• Download as file and save for later, upload it manually, or send to your friend
• Upload to GitHub Gist - Arena uploads session for you and returns a simple URL