Text widget

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

Note 
  • To add code, we recommend using the HTML Editor tab in the Text widget.
  • In the latest UI, you can't inject CSS files into Collibra to customize multiple dashboards at once, as you did with the classic UI. You need to manually style each dashboard instead.
Important 

In Collibra 2024.05, we've launched a new user interface (UI) for Collibra Data Intelligence Platform! You can learn more about this latest UI in the UI overview.

Use the following options to see the documentation in the latest UI or in the previous, classic UI:

Configure the Text widget

Before you begin

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

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. To add code or HTML text, click HTML Editor, and then enter or paste your text in the box.
    Tip The HTML Editor box supports iframes and tables.
  3. To add plain text, click Rich Text Editor, and then enter Enter or paste your text in the box.
    4. 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 dialog box does not support iframes.
    • 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.
Warning 
  • The text editor supports most HTML elements and table (< t >) structures. The text editor supports most HTML elements. However, this can potentially allow an attacker to run an XSS attack by injecting malicious HTML. To improve security, you can have the following HTML elements automatically removed via the Prevent advanced html features in text dashboard setting in Collibra Console. For more information, go to Security configuration.
    • frame
    • frameset
    • iframe
    • svg
  • Event handlers and script, including JavaScript, are always removed.