Format Rich Text Snippets

This applies to: Visual Data Discovery

Use rich text snippets to enhance your users' dashboard experience by describing the data on your dashboard in context, linking external resources such as user guides, or adding images. Format rich text snippets to give your dashboard a smoothly integrated look and feel, using colors and images to complement your visual data.

As you add and update your text, use the undo and redo icons or keyboard shortcuts to undo and redo text changes. If you employ custom attributes in your Symphony environment, incorporate them into your snippets as needed.

use to format the look and feel of your rich text snippets

Format options include:

Formatting Option Description

Text Style (Paragraph Level Format)

Three text style options are available for formatting the text of your snippet at the paragraph level. After making a selection, you can apply additional format options as needed.

  • Body: Default text format.
  • Header 1: A bold text format, larger than Body and Header 2.
  • Header 2: A bold text format, larger than Body and smaller than Header 1.
Text Color

Apply a color to selected text. There are five ways to select a color:

  • Color Picker: Select a color; the Hex and RGB fields update to indicate color code information.
  • Color Slider: Select a color; the Hex and RGB fields update to indicate color code information.
  • Hex: Enter a color by hexadecimal color code number.
  • RGB: Enter a color by R G B color code number.
  • Color Presets: Select a preset color; the Hex and RGB fields update to indicate color code information.
Background Color

Apply a background color to selected text. There are five ways to select a background color:

  • Color Picker: Select a color; the Hex and RGB fields update to indicate color code information.
  • Color Slider: Select a color; the Hex and RGB fields update to indicate color code information.
  • Hex: Enter a color by hexadecimal color code number.
  • RGB: Enter a color by R G B color code number.
  • Color Presets: Select a preset color; the Hex and RGB fields update to indicate color code information.
Align

Align your paragraphs. There are four alignment options:

  • Align Left: Select to left align a paragraph.
  • Align Center: Select to center align a paragraph.
  • Align Right: Select to right align a paragraph.
  • Align Justify: Select to fully justify the alignment of a paragraph.
Bold Apply bold formatting to selected text, if the default text style is not bold.
Italic Apply italic formatting to selected text.
Underline Underline the selected text.
Bullet List Select to start a bulleted list. Alternatively, selected text and convert it to a bulleted list of body text.
Numbered List Select to start a numbered list. Alternatively, selected text and convert it to a numbered list of body text.
Add Link

Select to insert a link to an external website. Opens the Add Link work area.

  • Enter Text and a Link to an external UR to create a link.
  • If you're adding a link to selected text, that text is prefilled in the Text field.

Formatting applied to link text is converted to the browser's default link and visited link colors. On hover, an underline is shown under the link text.

To edit or remove the link, select the link while you are in edit mode and choose the Edit or Remove option.
Add Image

Select to insert an image. Opens the Add Image work area.

  • Provide an Image URL to include an image; Symphony imports the image into the rich text snippet.
  • If needed, provide Alternative Text for your image.
Clear Formatting

Select to clear color and font formatting (bold, italic, underline) from a paragraph.