Text widget

The Text widget is a text field that enables you to add text to a dashboard. You can use it, for example, to inform users your latest data governance news, or point them to certain pages with hyperlinks to a specific view.

Configure the Text widget

Before you begin

• To manage your own dashboard: You have a global role that has the Manage Your Own Views, Dashboards, Search Filters global permission.
• To manage another user's dashboard: You have a global role that has the Manage Shared Views, Dashboards, Search Filters global permission.

Steps

1. Open the widget for configuration:
1. Open the dashboard for which you want to configure the widget.
2. Click → Edit widgetsEdit Dashboard.
3. If needed, drag the widget from the Widgets section to the dashboard.
4. On the widget, click → Configure.
2. If you want to add HTML text, click HTML Editor, and then enter or paste your text in the box.
   Tip The HTML Editor box supports iframes but does not support tables.
3. If you want to add plain text, click Rich Text Editor, and then enterEnter or paste your text in the box.
Tip 
• You can format the text in the box using the text formatting options. For more formatting options, click ....
• If you want to paste text from external sources into the text box, we recommend clicking <></> and then pasting the text into the Source Code dialog box. This allows you to edit the HTML source code and help remove any unwanted formatting or tags. The Source Code box does not support iframes and tables.
• For more information, go to Text editors.
4. On the Widget tab, enter the required information.
5. On the widget, click Save.
6. In the upper-right corner of the page, click Close & save editsSave.