06. Adding Text to Dashboards in datAdore Insights (Superset)
This guide explains how to add or edit descriptions and insights within a dashboard.
Creation Date: Sep 24, 2025
Created By: Derilinx Team
1. Click on DATASETS
2. In the datasets page, to search a specific dataset, type in your dataset name in the search field, for example - "mtm02"
3. Click on search icon button
4. A list of datasets shows up that matches with the entered keyword.
5. Click on the specific dataset, for example - MTM02 - Temperature
6. The dashboard linked to the dataset should show up at the start of the page as below.
7. Click on Sunshine, Temperature and Rainfall (1958 - 2022) - View in Superset
8. To edit the description or any insights in the dashboard, click on Edit dashboard.
9. Click on "Layout elements" to see the list of items that can be added to the dashboard such as divider, text, header and so on.
10. Drag a specific element - for example, text/markdown and drop it in the golden line.
11. The dropped in text/markdown element looks as below. For quick understanding of how to write in markdown formatting, click on the markdown formatting hyperlink.
12. For example, type "**Sunshine** Dashboard with *description*"
- Use single asterisks at the start and end of the word/phrases for Bold
- Use double asterisks at the start and end of the word/phrases for Italic
13. Drag text/markdown box in the dashboard to resize the element as required.
14. And click on Save to save the changes.
15. The final dashboard with the text would look like the below.
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