Short answer: Most DFS tools give you one fixed view. But every player watches a slate differently, so the useful idea is a customisable live dashboard: a board you build yourself from a library of widgets, keeping the panels you care about and dropping the ones you do not. In LiveSlates everyone gets ready-made boards, and building your own is a Pro feature. This guide explains what that looks like and why it matters.
Why a fixed view is not enough
A cash-game player and a big-field GPP player want different things on screen. One cares about a single lineup's pace, the other about exposure across two hundred entries. A tracker with one locked layout forces both to squint at the same board. Letting you build your own means the live view actually fits how you play.
What goes on a DFS dashboard
A good live board is assembled from a mix of pieces:
- KPIs: single numbers you want at a glance, like your live total, your pace, or your best player.
- Panels: richer views, like a live leaderboard, a player list, or a top-ten.
- Scorecards: the live game scoreboards, with the fantasy angle baked in.
- Graphs: how your lineup or your pace is trending through the slate.
- The wire: a live feed of every score and big fantasy moment.
You choose which of these to show, arrange them how you like, and save it as your board.
How it works in LiveSlates
LiveSlates ships with ready-made layouts that everyone gets, including on the free tier. Building your own board from the full widget library, dragging the pieces you want onto a grid and saving it per sport, is a Pro feature. If there is a stat or a panel you wish existed, that is exactly the kind of request the tool is built to take. For the step-by-step, see Creating your dashboard and the KPI and panel library.
See it live
See a live board on a replayed slate at the NFL demo.
Common questions
Do I have to build a board from scratch? No. Everyone gets ready-made layouts. On Pro you can start from one and tweak it, or build your own from empty.
Can I have a different board for each sport? Yes. Your custom boards are saved per sport on Pro.
Is building a custom dashboard free? The ready-made boards are free. Building your own custom board from the widget library is a Pro feature, as are the multi-entry and exposure widgets.