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anthony_sabato_be321d
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Aug 2, 2016 6:59 PM UTC

Ability to add description box to containers in a dashboard

When creating a dashboard, we would like to have a description other than the report name in or next to the container. Something like a title, etc. you have in SFDC dashboards.

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    manu_mittal
    Gainsight Employee ⭐️
    Gainsight Employee ⭐️
    Aug 3, 2016 12:30 AM UTC
    Makes sense, Anthony. We do have a description field you can populate when building reports; we just don't bubble it up in dashboards. 
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    anthony_sabato_be321d
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    Aug 4, 2016 1:40 PM UTC
    Thanks Manu. Hopefully soon it can be displayed in the dashboard.
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    elizabeth_adams_c593ee
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    Mar 22, 2017 7:05 PM UTC
    This would be really helpful for us, as well. We have a couple of reports that would benefit from some additional information.
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    Elizabeth Panska
    manu_mittal
    Gainsight Employee ⭐️
    Gainsight Employee ⭐️
    Mar 22, 2017 7:11 PM UTC
    Just want to quickly mention that we do now show the source object and report description when you hover over the title, like so:

            

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    dan
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    Apr 5, 2018 5:56 PM UTC
    I was just thinking we could use this today to help Users understand what Dashboards can be used for and what the default values are before filters applied. Maybe even adding a use case example. Is this still under consideration?
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    manu_mittal
    Gainsight Employee ⭐️
    Gainsight Employee ⭐️
    Apr 5, 2018 7:06 PM UTC
    Hi Daniel - Descriptions are available on hover for each dashboard report/container. Are you looking for something at the overall dashboard level, or perhaps at the report level but more visible by default?
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    dan
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    Apr 5, 2018 8:48 PM UTC
    Hi Manu - I'm thinking a Dashboard level description box; A container where we can add text. I've added a description in the creation phase, but don't see it anywhere on the actual dashboard. 
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    elizabeth_adams_c593ee
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    Apr 5, 2018 9:03 PM UTC
    I agree with Daniel. The hover description doesn't really provide the level of visibility we're looking for to provide a little additional context. Sometimes, we want to provide resources to provide more information or that can give them guidance when trying to impact the numbers.
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    Elizabeth Panska
    manu_mittal
    Gainsight Employee ⭐️
    Gainsight Employee ⭐️
    Apr 5, 2018 11:46 PM UTC
    Thanks for the input, Daniel and Elizabeth!  We'll look into how we can display the overall dashboard description. Makes a lot of sense to provide context upfront.
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    mmarco
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    May 22, 2018 4:38 PM UTC
    How about simply having the ability to add a container in the dashboard that display a reach text field. This could be used to provide a description, any explanations, and eventually include hyperlink to a page listing details,etc.
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