diff --git a/examples/cloud-operations/network-dashboard/cloud-function/main.py b/examples/cloud-operations/network-dashboard/cloud-function/main.py
index e5763b37..a3ec9834 100644
--- a/examples/cloud-operations/network-dashboard/cloud-function/main.py
+++ b/examples/cloud-operations/network-dashboard/cloud-function/main.py
@@ -18,13 +18,14 @@ from code import interact
 import os
 from pickletools import int4
 import time
+import http
 import yaml
 from collections import defaultdict
 from google.api import metric_pb2 as ga_metric
-from google.api_core import protobuf_helpers
+from google.api_core import exceptions, protobuf_helpers
 from google.cloud import monitoring_v3, asset_v1
 from google.protobuf import field_mask_pb2
-from googleapiclient import discovery
+from googleapiclient import discovery, errors
 
 # Organization ID containing the projects to be monitored
 ORGANIZATION_ID = os.environ.get("ORGANIZATION_ID")
@@ -66,6 +67,9 @@ def main(event, context):
   get_l4_forwarding_rules_data(
       metrics_dict, l4_forwarding_rules_dict,
       limits_dict['internal_forwarding_rules_l4_limit'])
+  get_l7_forwarding_rules_data(
+      metrics_dict, l7_forwarding_rules_dict,
+      limits_dict['internal_forwarding_rules_l7_limit'])
   get_vpc_peering_data(metrics_dict,
                        limits_dict['number_of_vpc_peerings_limit'])
   dynamic_routes_dict = get_dynamic_routes(
@@ -366,6 +370,11 @@ def get_gce_instances_data(metrics_dict, gce_instance_dict, limit_dict):
 
     current_quota_limit = get_quota_current_limit(f"projects/{project}",
                                                   metric_instances_limit)
+    if current_quota_limit is None:
+      print(
+          f"Could not write number of instances for projects/{project} due to missing quotas"
+      )
+
     current_quota_limit_view = customize_quota_view(current_quota_limit)
 
     for net in network_dict:
@@ -519,6 +528,12 @@ def get_l4_forwarding_rules_data(metrics_dict, forwarding_rules_dict,
     current_quota_limit = get_quota_current_limit(
         f"projects/{project}", L4_FORWARDING_RULES_LIMIT_METRIC)
 
+    if current_quota_limit is None:
+      print(
+          f"Could not write L4 forwarding rules to metric for projects/{project} due to missing quotas"
+      )
+      continue
+
     current_quota_limit_view = customize_quota_view(current_quota_limit)
 
     for net in network_dict:
@@ -545,6 +560,55 @@ def get_l4_forwarding_rules_data(metrics_dict, forwarding_rules_dict,
         f"Wrote number of L4 forwarding rules to metric for projects/{project}")
 
 
+def get_l7_forwarding_rules_data(metrics_dict, forwarding_rules_dict,
+                                 limit_dict):
+  '''
+    Gets the data for L7 Internal Forwarding Rules per VPC Network and writes it to the metric defined in forwarding_rules_metric.
+
+      Parameters:
+        metrics_dict (dictionary of dictionary of string: string): metrics names and descriptions.
+        forwarding_rules_dict (dictionary of string: int): Keys are the network links and values are the number of Forwarding Rules per network.
+        limit_dict (dictionary of string:int): Dictionary with the network link as key and the limit as value.
+      Returns:
+        None
+  '''
+  for project in MONITORED_PROJECTS_LIST:
+    network_dict = get_networks(project)
+
+    current_quota_limit = get_quota_current_limit(
+        f"projects/{project}", L7_FORWARDING_RULES_LIMIT_METRIC)
+    if current_quota_limit is None:
+      print(
+          f"Could not write number of L7 forwarding rules to metric for projects/{project} due to missing quotas"
+      )
+      continue
+
+    current_quota_limit_view = customize_quota_view(current_quota_limit)
+
+    for net in network_dict:
+      set_limits(net, current_quota_limit_view, limit_dict)
+
+      usage = 0
+      if net['self_link'] in forwarding_rules_dict:
+        usage = forwarding_rules_dict[net['self_link']]
+
+      write_data_to_metric(
+          project, usage, metrics_dict["metrics_per_network"]
+          ["l7_forwarding_rules_per_network"]["usage"]["name"],
+          net['network_name'])
+      write_data_to_metric(
+          project, net['limit'], metrics_dict["metrics_per_network"]
+          ["l7_forwarding_rules_per_network"]["limit"]["name"],
+          net['network_name'])
+      write_data_to_metric(
+          project, usage / net['limit'], metrics_dict["metrics_per_network"]
+          ["l7_forwarding_rules_per_network"]["utilization"]["name"],
+          net['network_name'])
+
+    print(
+        f"Wrote number of L7 forwarding rules to metric for projects/{project}")
+
+
 def get_pgg_data(metric_dict, usage_dict, limit_metric, limit_dict):
   '''
     This function gets the usage, limit and utilization per VPC peering group for a specific metric for all projects to be monitored.
@@ -564,14 +628,25 @@ def get_pgg_data(metric_dict, usage_dict, limit_metric, limit_dict):
     #   project_id, network_name, network_id, usage, limit, peerings (list of peered networks)
     #   peerings is a list of dictionary (one for each peered network) and contains:
     #     project_id, network_name, network_id
+    current_quota_limit = get_quota_current_limit(f"projects/{project}",
+                                                  limit_metric)
+    if current_quota_limit is None:
+      print(
+          f"Could not write number of L7 forwarding rules to metric for projects/{project} due to missing quotas"
+      )
+      continue
+
+    current_quota_limit_view = customize_quota_view(current_quota_limit)
 
     # For each network in this GCP project
     for network_dict in network_dict_list:
+      if network_dict['network_id'] == 0:
+        print(
+            f"Could not write {metric_dict['usage']['name']} for peering group {network_dict['network_name']} in {project} due to missing permissions."
+        )
+        continue
       network_link = f"https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/{project}/global/networks/{network_dict['network_name']}"
 
-      current_quota_limit = get_quota_current_limit(f"projects/{project}",
-                                                    limit_metric)
-      current_quota_limit_view = customize_quota_view(current_quota_limit)
       limit = get_limit_network(network_dict, network_link,
                                 current_quota_limit_view, limit_dict)
 
@@ -590,9 +665,15 @@ def get_pgg_data(metric_dict, usage_dict, limit_metric, limit_dict):
         if peered_network_link in usage_dict:
           peered_usage = usage_dict[peered_network_link]
 
-        peering_project_limit = customize_quota_view(
-            get_quota_current_limit(
-                f"projects/{peered_network_dict['project_id']}", limit_metric))
+        current_peered_quota_limit = get_quota_current_limit(
+            f"projects/{peered_network_dict['project_id']}", limit_metric)
+        if current_peered_quota_limit is None:
+          print(
+              f"Could not write metrics for peering to projects/{peered_network_dict['project_id']} due to missing quotas"
+          )
+          continue
+
+        peering_project_limit = customize_quota_view(current_peered_quota_limit)
 
         peered_limit = get_limit_network(peered_network_dict,
                                          peered_network_link,
@@ -681,6 +762,11 @@ def count_effective_limit(project_id, network_dict, usage_metric_name,
   # Get usage: Sums usage for current network + all peered networks
   peering_group_usage = network_dict['usage']
   for peered_network in network_dict['peerings']:
+    if 'usage' not in peered_network:
+      print(
+          f"Can not add metrics for peered network in projects/{project_id} as no usage metrics exist due to missing permissions"
+      )
+      continue
     peering_group_usage += peered_network['usage']
 
   network_link = f"https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/{project_id}/global/networks/{network_dict['network_name']}"
@@ -694,12 +780,21 @@ def count_effective_limit(project_id, network_dict, usage_metric_name,
   for peered_network in network_dict['peerings']:
     peered_network_link = f"https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/{peered_network['project_id']}/global/networks/{peered_network['network_name']}"
 
-    limit_step2.append(
-        max(peered_network['limit'],
-            get_limit_ppg(peered_network_link, limit_dict)))
+    if 'limit' in peered_network:
+      limit_step2.append(
+          max(peered_network['limit'],
+              get_limit_ppg(peered_network_link, limit_dict)))
+    else:
+      print(
+          f"Ignoring projects/{peered_network['project_id']} for limits in peering group of project {project_id} as no limits are available."
+          +
+          "This can happen if you don't have permissions on the project, for example if the project is in another organization or a Google managed project"
+      )
 
   # Calculates effective limit: Step 3: Find minimum from the list created by Step 2
-  limit_step3 = min(limit_step2)
+  limit_step3 = 0
+  if len(limit_step2) > 0:
+    limit_step3 = min(limit_step2)
 
   # Calculates effective limit: Step 4: Find maximum from step 1 and step 3
   effective_limit = max(limit_step1, limit_step3)
@@ -837,8 +932,9 @@ def get_routes_for_router(project_id, router_region, router_name):
   sum_routes = 0
 
   if 'result' in response:
-    for peer in response['result']['bgpPeerStatus']:
-      sum_routes += peer['numLearnedRoutes']
+    if 'bgpPeerStatus' in response['result']:
+      for peer in response['result']['bgpPeerStatus']:
+        sum_routes += peer['numLearnedRoutes']
 
   return sum_routes
 
@@ -939,7 +1035,18 @@ def get_network_id(project_id, network_name):
         network_id (int): Network ID.
   '''
   request = service.networks().list(project=project_id)
-  response = request.execute()
+  try:
+    response = request.execute()
+  except errors.HttpError as err:
+    # TODO: log proper warning
+    if err.resp.status == http.HTTPStatus.FORBIDDEN:
+      print(
+          f"Warning: error reading networks for {project_id}. " +
+          f"This can happen if you don't have permissions on the project, for example if the project is in another organization or a Google managed project"
+      )
+    else:
+      print(f"Warning: error reading networks for {project_id}: {err}")
+    return 0
 
   network_id = 0
 
@@ -967,15 +1074,22 @@ def get_quota_current_limit(project_link, metric_name):
   '''
   client, interval = create_client()
 
-  results = client.list_time_series(
-      request={
-          "name": project_link,
-          "filter": f'metric.type = "{metric_name}"',
-          "interval": interval,
-          "view": monitoring_v3.ListTimeSeriesRequest.TimeSeriesView.FULL
-      })
-  results_list = list(results)
-  return results_list
+  try:
+    results = client.list_time_series(
+        request={
+            "name": project_link,
+            "filter": f'metric.type = "{metric_name}"',
+            "interval": interval,
+            "view": monitoring_v3.ListTimeSeriesRequest.TimeSeriesView.FULL
+        })
+    results_list = list(results)
+    return results_list
+  except exceptions.PermissionDenied as err:
+    print(
+        f"Warning: error reading quotas for {project_link}. " +
+        f"This can happen if you don't have permissions on the project, for example if the project is in another organization or a Google managed project"
+    )
+  return None
 
 
 def customize_quota_view(quota_results):
diff --git a/examples/cloud-operations/network-dashboard/main.tf b/examples/cloud-operations/network-dashboard/main.tf
index 6378c95d..2102b370 100644
--- a/examples/cloud-operations/network-dashboard/main.tf
+++ b/examples/cloud-operations/network-dashboard/main.tf
@@ -15,8 +15,9 @@
  */
 
 locals {
-  project_id_list = toset(var.monitored_projects_list)
-  projects        = join(",", local.project_id_list)
+  project_id_list    = toset(var.monitored_projects_list)
+  projects           = join(",", local.project_id_list)
+  monitoring_project = var.monitoring_project_id == "" ? module.project-monitoring[0].project_id : var.monitoring_project_id
 }
 
 ################################################
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ locals {
 ################################################
 
 module "project-monitoring" {
+  count           = var.monitoring_project_id == "" ? 1 : 0
   source          = "../../../modules/project"
   name            = "monitoring"
   parent          = "organizations/${var.organization_id}"
@@ -38,7 +40,7 @@ module "project-monitoring" {
 
 module "service-account-function" {
   source       = "../../../modules/iam-service-account"
-  project_id   = module.project-monitoring.project_id
+  project_id   = local.monitoring_project
   name         = "sa-dash"
   generate_key = false
 
@@ -54,7 +56,7 @@ module "service-account-function" {
   }
 
   iam_project_roles = {
-    "${module.project-monitoring.project_id}" = [
+    "${local.monitoring_project}" = [
       "roles/monitoring.metricWriter"
     ]
   }
@@ -66,7 +68,7 @@ module "service-account-function" {
 
 module "pubsub" {
   source     = "../../../modules/pubsub"
-  project_id = module.project-monitoring.project_id
+  project_id = local.monitoring_project
   name       = "network-dashboard-pubsub"
   subscriptions = {
     "network-dashboard-pubsub-default" = null
@@ -76,7 +78,7 @@ module "pubsub" {
 }
 
 resource "google_cloud_scheduler_job" "job" {
-  project   = module.project-monitoring.project_id
+  project   = local.monitoring_project
   region    = var.region
   name      = "network-dashboard-scheduler"
   schedule  = var.schedule_cron
@@ -90,9 +92,9 @@ resource "google_cloud_scheduler_job" "job" {
 
 module "cloud-function" {
   source      = "../../../modules/cloud-function"
-  project_id  = module.project-monitoring.project_id
+  project_id  = local.monitoring_project
   name        = "network-dashboard-cloud-function"
-  bucket_name = "network-dashboard-bucket"
+  bucket_name = "${local.monitoring_project}-network-dashboard-bucket"
   bucket_config = {
     location             = var.region
     lifecycle_delete_age = null
@@ -114,7 +116,7 @@ module "cloud-function" {
 
   environment_variables = {
     MONITORED_PROJECTS_LIST = local.projects
-    MONITORING_PROJECT_ID   = module.project-monitoring.project_id
+    MONITORING_PROJECT_ID   = local.monitoring_project
     ORGANIZATION_ID         = var.organization_id
   }
 
@@ -133,5 +135,5 @@ module "cloud-function" {
 
 resource "google_monitoring_dashboard" "dashboard" {
   dashboard_json = file("${path.module}/dashboards/quotas-utilization.json")
-  project        = module.project-monitoring.project_id
+  project        = local.monitoring_project
 }
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diff --git a/examples/cloud-operations/network-dashboard/variables.tf b/examples/cloud-operations/network-dashboard/variables.tf
index 7e4237ca..9d69469e 100644
--- a/examples/cloud-operations/network-dashboard/variables.tf
+++ b/examples/cloud-operations/network-dashboard/variables.tf
@@ -22,8 +22,14 @@ variable "billing_account" {
   description = "The ID of the billing account to associate this project with"
 }
 
+variable "monitoring_project_id" {
+  description = "Monitoring project where the dashboard will be created and the solution deployed; a project will be created if set to empty string"
+  default     = ""
+}
+
 variable "prefix" {
-  description = "Customer name to use as prefix for resources' naming"
+  description = "Customer name to use as prefix for monitoring project"
+  default     = ""
 }
 
 # TODO: support folder instead of a list of projects?
@@ -38,8 +44,9 @@ variable "schedule_cron" {
 }
 
 variable "project_monitoring_services" {
-  description = "Service APIs enabled by default in new projects."
+  description = "Service APIs enabled in the monitoring project if it will be created."
   default = [
+    "cloudasset.googleapis.com",
     "cloudbilling.googleapis.com",
     "cloudbuild.googleapis.com",
     "cloudresourcemanager.googleapis.com",
@@ -50,29 +57,11 @@ variable "project_monitoring_services" {
     "iamcredentials.googleapis.com",
     "logging.googleapis.com",
     "monitoring.googleapis.com",
-    "oslogin.googleapis.com",
-    "servicenetworking.googleapis.com",
     "serviceusage.googleapis.com",
   ]
 }
 
-variable "project_vm_services" {
-  description = "Service APIs enabled by default in new projects."
-  default = [
-    "cloudbilling.googleapis.com",
-    "compute.googleapis.com",
-    "logging.googleapis.com",
-    "monitoring.googleapis.com",
-    "servicenetworking.googleapis.com",
-  ]
-}
-
 variable "region" {
-  description = "Region used to deploy subnets"
+  description = "Region used to deploy the cloud functions and scheduler"
   default     = "europe-west1"
-}
-
-variable "zone" {
-  description = "Zone used to deploy vms"
-  default     = "europe-west1-b"
 }
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