diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index cffef98..c8bd509 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -20,4 +20,5 @@ src/**/*.css
 *.orig
 
 # private files
-*.private.*
\ No newline at end of file
+*.private.*
+!*sample.basic.private.js
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/server/dashboards/sample.basic.private.js b/server/dashboards/sample.basic.private.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..de332e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/dashboards/sample.basic.private.js
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+return {
+    id: "basic_sample",
+    name: "Basic Sample",
+    icon: "extension",
+    url: "basic_sample",
+    description: "A basic sample to see how data is connected to graphs",
+    preview: "/images/bot-framework-preview.png",
+    config: {
+        connections: {  },
+        layout: {
+            isDraggable: true,
+            isResizable: true,
+            rowHeight: 30,
+            verticalCompact: false,
+            cols: { lg: 12,md: 10,sm: 6,xs: 4,xxs: 2 },
+            breakpoints: { lg: 1200,md: 996,sm: 768,xs: 480,xxs: 0 }
+        }
+    },
+    dataSources: [
+        {
+            id: "samples",
+            type: "Sample",
+            params: { 
+        samples: { 
+          data_for_pie: [
+            { name: "value1",value: 60 },
+            { name: "value2",value: 10 },
+            { name: "value3",value: 30 }
+          ],
+          scorecard_data_value: 3000000,
+          scorecard_data_subvalue: 4000
+        } 
+      }
+        }
+    ],
+    filters: [],
+    elements: [
+        {
+            id: "pie_sample1",
+            type: "PieData",
+            title: "Pie Sample 1",
+            subtitle: "Description of pie sample 1",
+            size: { w: 5,h: 8 },
+            dependencies: { values: "samples:data_for_pie" },
+            props: { showLegend: true }
+        },
+    {
+            id: "pie_sample2",
+            type: "PieData",
+            title: "Pie Sample 2",
+            subtitle: "Hover on the values to see the difference from sample 1",
+            size: { w: 5,h: 8 },
+            dependencies: { values: "samples:data_for_pie" },
+            props: { showLegend: true, compact: true }
+        },
+    {
+      id: "scorecard_sample1",
+      type: "Scorecard",
+      title: "Value",
+      size: { w: 1, h: 3},
+      dependencies: {
+        value: "samples:scorecard_data_value",
+        color: "::#2196F3",
+        icon: "::av_timer"
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      id: "scorecard_sample2",
+      type: "Scorecard",
+      title: "Same Value",
+      size: { w: 1, h: 3},
+      dependencies: {
+        value: "samples:scorecard_data_value",
+        color: "::#2196F3",
+        icon: "::av_timer",
+        subvalue: "samples:scorecard_data_subvalue"
+      },
+      props: {
+        subheading: "Value #2"
+      }
+    }
+    ],
+    dialogs: []
+}