Add Markdown to dashboard

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A Markdown tile can be anything from a minor note about something on the dashboard to a whole page of formatted information with links and pictures.

Add a Markdown tile

To add a markdown tile to a dashboard

  1. In the upper-right of the dashboard, open the Add menu and select Add markdown.

    Add tile button

    An Options side panel opens on the right.

  2. In the Options side panel, enter your text.

    • Use Markdown to format your text and add links and images.
    • The tile is updated as you edit.
    • While you're editing text, press Ctrl+Space to see options.

  3. Close the Options side panel when you're done.

Syntax

Use Markdown to format your annotations.

While you're typing in the edit box, your Markdown is rendered in the tile.

Press Ctrl+Space on an empty line to pop up a selectable list of available Markdown elements.

How to edit a Markdown tile

Italics

Wrap text in single asterisks (*like this*) to get italics like this.

Bold

Wrap text in double asterisks (**like this**) to get bold text like this.

Strikethrough

Wrap text in double tildes (~~like this~~) to get strikethrough (crossed out) text like this.

Blockquote

Start a line with > to get blockquotes, where everything before you press Enter is quoted.

Code

  • Wrap text in backticks (`like this`) to get bold text like this.

  • Wrap text in triple backticks (```like this```) to show a code block (multiple lines of code text).

Headings

To add a heading, start the line with the # character like this: # This is your heading text.

Horizontal line

To visually separate sections of your annotation, add a horizontal line with three dashes (---):

Lists

Each line of an unordered (bulleted) list starts with an asterisk (*):

* Line 1
* Line 2

Alternatively, you can use a dash (-):

- Line 1
- Line 2

An ordered (numbered) list starts with a number and a period (1.) followed by a space and then your text:

1. The first line of my procedure.
2. The second line of my procedure.
3. The third line of my procedure.

If you use 1. for each line number, the lines are renumbered automatically when you display the dashboard.

Tables

To add a table, define the headers, the column formatting row, and then the rows of data you want to display

| Header 1 | Header2
 --- | ---
 content2 | content2
Header 1
Header2
content2
content2

Special characters

You can use any printable characters, including emojis such as 😃 and 🌍 and ❤️.

To link to a website, use this format:

[Example text label](https://www.example.com)

Here's a link to the [Dynatrace website](www.dynatrace.com).

Images

To link to a picture, use this format:

![alternate text](https://www.example.com/file-name.jpg)

Here are some of the people who started [Dynatrace](https://www.dynatrace.com).


![Dynatrace founders](https://dt-cdn.net/images/original-dynatrace-team-1500-7334dbe9a8.jpg)

Variables

To reference a variable in an annotation, use the variable name prefixed by a $ character. For example:

The status is $Status.

If the dashboard has a variable named Status and the current value of Status is Good, the above example would appear in your tile as "The status is Good." and it would be updated when the value of Status changes.

For details on variables, see Add a variable to a dashboard.