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# Standardize analysis across Runs

> Save your analysis setup once and apply it to any dataset without rebuilding from scratch.

When reviewing the same hardware or system after repeated tests, rebuilding the same Panel layout every time slows your team down. Panel Configurations let you save a Panel's Channel selection and chart settings once in order to apply them to any Run. The only thing that changes is the data source.

## Before you begin

* You have a Run with ingested telemetry data open in [Explore](/documentation/reference/explore-settings).

## How Panel Configurations work

A Panel Configuration saves a Panel's visualization setup, including Channel selection and chart settings, so it can be applied to any Panel in any future session. When you open Explore for a new Run, you apply the configuration and only swap the data source. Your Channels, layout, and settings are already in place.

### Example

For example, a team reviewing battery health after every engine test can save their standard voltage, current, and temperature Channels once and open the same layout for every new Run, without rebuilding it each time.

## Save a Panel Configuration

1. In **Explore**, plot the Channels you want to reuse in a Panel.
2. In the Panel, click <Icon icon="gear" /> to open the Panel settings and configure them as needed.
3. Click **Save configuration as...**.
4. In the **Panel Configuration Name** box, enter a name for the Panel Configuration.
5. Optional: Clear **Channel List & Settings** to exclude Channel selections from the configuration.
6. Optional: Clear **Timeseries Panel Settings** to exclude chart settings from the configuration.
7. Click **Save**.
   * If your standard Channel set or settings change, you can update the configuration. See [Overwrite a Panel Configuration](#overwrite-a-panel-configuration).

## Apply a Panel Configuration to a new Run

1. In **Sift's** homepage, search for the Run you want to analyze with a Panel Configuration.
2. In the **Runs** table, click the Run.
3. Click <Icon icon="arrow-up-right-from-square" /> **Explore**.
4. Click the <Icon icon="folder-gear" /> **Panel Configurations** tab.
5. Select the Panel Configuration you want to apply.
   * Only Panel Configurations that have at least one Channel name matching the selected data source are shown.
6. Select how you want to apply the configuration and click **Apply**.
7. Optional: To swap the data source without rebuilding the layout, right-click a data source in the <Icon icon="wave-pulse" /> **Channels** tab, select **Replace data source**, choose a replacement Run or Asset, click **Preview changes**, review any warnings, and click **Confirm replacement**.

## Overwrite a Panel Configuration

When your standard Channel set or settings change, overwrite the existing configuration to keep it up to date.

1. Apply a Panel Configuration to a Panel.
2. Update the Channels or settings in the Panel as needed.
3. In the Panel, click <Icon icon="gear" /> to open the Panel settings.
4. Click **Save configuration as...**.
   * The **Overwrite Existing** tab is selected by default with the last applied configuration pre-selected.
5. Optional: Select a different Panel Configuration to overwrite from the **Existing Configuration to Overwrite** list.
6. Click **Save**.

## Reference

* [Explore settings](/documentation/reference/explore-settings)