How to change the title of a header widget in a dashboard?

Bryan Schmiedel
Kilo Contributor

‎07-16-2021 01:08 PM

This is driving me insane.

I have added some widgets to a tab in a dashboard (see below). But how can I change the name assigned to the widget once I have created it? I can edit the widget and change the name there, but why is displayed is never changed!

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Bryan Schmiedel
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In response to AshishKM

‎08-10-2021 07:41 AM

"The widget name is similar to the rendered report name." How can the name be similar? This is what I totally do not understand. When I put the dashboard in edit mode, then I clock the pencil on the widget header, I am taken to the report definition and that name is different than the widget. How can I change the name of JUST THE WIDGET!
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apjohn2
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‎04-26-2023 09:09 AM - edited ‎04-26-2023 09:19 AM

Hi @Bryan Schmiedel. I don't know if I'm too late for you here but this might help.

 

Long story short I was trying to do the same thing you are after (I think) for the Title of a PA Widget that was created automatically when I converted the 'Catalog' Homepage to a Dashboard in preparation for Homepage Deprecation.

 

The original Homepage section title was "Software & Applications" but the Dashboard version was showing as "Software & Applications".

 

I finally went back to the pa_dashboards record for the Dashboard itself and clicked the 'Launch Dependency Assessment' Related Link. That tipped me off to what I should do next.

 

I exited that dependency view (back to the pa_dashboards record). From there I dug into the one Dashboard Tabs (related list) record called "Catalog - New Tab", and then dug into the Page linked there, in this case called "PA Catalog - New Tab". Finally, in that record, I could see a number of sys_portal Dropzone records, and if I expanded these, I had access to modify the 'title'.

 

To summarize:

  1. Open the Dashboards table (pa_dashboards.list)
  2. Find and open the dashboard in question
  3. Click the Related Link 'Launch Dependency Assessment'
  4. Find the specific Widget (this is very dependent on the Dashboard itself--can't really provide specific guidance for your scenario)
  5. Go back to the pa_dashboards record again
  6. Open the Tab/Widget/whatever record you found in the Assessment view
  7. Continue digging in until you're in the Page [sys_portal_page] record, which should show a list of Portal records (first column says "Dropzone")
  8. Click the triangle in the row you need to edit to reveal the 'title'
  9. Edit the title Value in list view, or open the title record, and edit the Value there
  10. Save and check if it worked

Here's where my journey led me (note the malformed "Software & Applications" string near the end of the title value visible in the tooltip):

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Hope this helps you (or someone)! Please mark this as the solution if it helps you get what you needed!

 

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