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Commenting on visuals and dashboards [Technical Preview]

The Comments panel in Cloudera Data Visualization allows you to add feedback or insights and ask questions directly within dashboards and visuals. Comments can be added at either the dashboard level or the visual level, making it easier to share context-specific insights.

Commenting makes collaboration with other users easier by keeping discussions in context, without switching to external tools. Each comment includes the author and a timestamp, ensuring traceability and accountability. You can reply to the comments added by other users, so discussion threads keep conversations organized and easy to follow.

By default, commenting on visuals and dashboards is disabled. To use this feature, an administrator must first enable it in Site Settings. For details, see Enable commenting.

When commenting is enabled, you can see and add comments in View mode or Edit mode. You can turn off showing comments in View mode in the general settings for dashboards. When comments are hidden, you cannot see existing comments or add new ones in View mode.

Opening the Comments panel

  1. Open a dashboard in View or Edit mode.

  2. Click to open the Comments panel.

    1. To comment on the dashboard, click located at the top-right corner of the dashboard.

    2. To comment on a specific visual, hover over the visual’s top-right corner and click .

The Comments panel displays all comments associated with the selected dashboard or visual. If no comments exist, the panel shows No Comments Yet.

The Comments panel remains open until you manually close it.

Adding a comment to a dashboard or a visual

  1. Open the Comments panel from the dashboard or the visual.

  2. Type your message in the Enter comment field.

  3. Click to submit the comment.

Each added comment shows:

  • Author’s username
  • Related context (dashboard or visual ID)
  • Timestamp

Replying to comments

  1. Click Reply below the comment you want to respond to.
  2. Enter your response in the text box.
  3. Click to post your reply.

  • By default, only the most recent reply is shown in each comment thread.

  • If a comment has multiple replies, click View X replies to expand the thread and view all replies, or click Hide X replies to collapse the thread.

  • To expand or collapse all comment threads at once, click View All Replies or Hide All Replies.

Managing comments

From the ⋮ (more options) menu next to a comment, you can:

  • Edit – Update the content of your own comment.

    • Comments and replies show an Edited badge and updated timestamp when modified, making it clear when feedback has changed.

  • Mark as resolved – Mark the selected comment as resolved.

    • Only that specific comment is marked as resolved. Replies remain open and can be resolved individually.
    • Resolved comments cannot be edited or deleted, but they can be reopened.
    • Resolved comments are automatically moved to the bottom of the thread, keeping active discussions visible. If a resolved comment is reopened, it returns to its original position.

  • Copy comment link – Copy a direct link to a comment or reply in a comment thread. Pasting this link in your browser opens the dashboard, automatically displays the comments panel, and highlights the specific comment or reply.

  • Delete – Permanently remove a comment.

    • When you delete a comment, all replies are deleted as well.