Working with the Comment Widget

Use the comment widget together with data point comments to add more details to your story.

Context

Comment widget is a type of widget in SAP Analytics Cloud that allows you to add comments related to your data and also displays data point comments. The comments are displayed as per the filters you choose from the Builder panel of the commenting widget. By default, a category and an account member are selected. You can further control the comments displayed in a comment widget through Story Filter or Input Control.
Note
The comments in a comment widget are stored against the model and are independent of the story.

You can follow the steps below to add a comment widget in a story.

Procedure

  1. Create a story.
  2. Add a comment widget.
    1. From the Insert menu, select Start of the navigation pathAdd Next navigation step Comment WidgetEnd of the navigation path.

      A comment widget is placed on the story page and the Builder panel displays the widget's filters.

    2. Select the Category, Account, and any other filters as per your preference.
  3. Add comments.
    1. In the comment widget, select (add comment).
    2. Type your comment details. You can also format your comment with the available options such as changing font color or adding bullet lists.
    3. Select Send Comment.

Results

The comment widget is added to the story and is now displaying the comments based on the defined filters.

Restriction

  • You can't add comments to a comment widget from blended models or live data models.

  • Linked analysis is not supported in a comment widget.
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