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Footnote and Long Description

This guide provides essential instructions to enhance your dashboard cards with additional descriptive elements and to improve the overall communication and utility of your data visualizations.

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  1. Adding a Long Description and Footnote:

  • On the metric creation page, click the "Save to Dashboard" button in the top right corner.

  • In the Long Description field, enter a detailed description of the metric or add a link to redirect users to the required information.

  • In the Footnote field, add any additional contextual information, links to redirect to the same existing page or a new page, or formatting options such as bold and italics for better customization.

  • Click "Save" to save the metric to your dashboard.

Adding text to footnote and long description:

Adding links to footnote and long description:

You can include clickable links in the Long Description and Footnote fields to provide quick access to external pages.

  1. Viewing the Changes:

  • The long description will appear when hovering over the information icon next to the metric name.

  • The footnote will display directly below the metric on your dashboard.

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