How can I customize or override the initial dashboard page (/admin/) in SQLAdmin for FastAPI?

[GiGaToS]

Hi! I’m using SQLAdmin (sqladmin==0.20.1) with FastAPI. I want to customize the default dashboard/index page shown at /admin/ (for example, to show business metrics or a custom welcome message instead of the usual SQLAdmin home page).

I read through the documentation and source code but couldn’t find a documented way to override or customize the main dashboard page. I tried subclassing BaseView and setting an is_index = True property (which I found in the source, not the docs), but this didn’t have any effect.

Is there an officially supported way to override the dashboard/index page in SQLAdmin?
If not, is there a workaround or recommended approach?
Are there plans to document or support this in future releases?
Minimal example of what I tried:

from fastapi import FastAPI
from sqladmin import Admin, BaseView, expose
from sqlalchemy import create_engine

engine = create_engine("sqlite:///test.db")

class MyDashboardView(BaseView):
    name = "Dashboard"
    # is_index = True  # I tried this, found in source, not docs

    @expose("/")
    async def index(self, request):
        from starlette.responses import HTMLResponse
        return HTMLResponse("<h1>My Custom Dashboard</h1>")

app = FastAPI()
admin = Admin(app, engine, base_url="/admin")
admin.add_view(MyDashboardView)
# ... other views ...

if __name__ == "__main__":
    import uvicorn
    uvicorn.run(app, port=8000)

But when I visit /admin/, I still see the default SQLAdmin dashboard.

How can I replace or customize this page?

I have find this https://github.com/aminalaee/sqladmin/discussions/921 but i don't want to completely replace the layout. I would like to keep the sidebar

Thanks in advance!

[x23n5902y]

Hello, in my approach
#921
the sidebar stays in place. An additional dashboard view is added, and it opens immediately after login instead of a blank page. I repeat, the sidebar stays in place )

[x23n5902y]

In my example, report.html is a Jinja template that inherits the rest of the sqladmin JS code, and my page looks like a unified whole with the base interface of sqladmin.

I can provide additional examples if necessary.

[x23n5902y]

[GiGaToS]

Thank you very much for your immediate response. I thought you had completely replaced the template.

[x23n5902y]

I just extended it in my custom page report.html

{% extends "sqladmin/layout.html" %}
{% block content %}

<div class="wrapper">

<!-- my JS stuff -->

</div>

{% endblock %}

This is all done inspired by the documentation, maybe a bit more boldly :)