diff --git a/website/docs/docs/collaborate/data-tile.md b/website/docs/docs/collaborate/data-tile.md index f40f21ebe18..446922acb92 100644 --- a/website/docs/docs/collaborate/data-tile.md +++ b/website/docs/docs/collaborate/data-tile.md @@ -9,9 +9,11 @@ image: /img/docs/collaborate/dbt-explorer/data-tile-pass.jpg # Embed data health tile in dashboards With data health tiles, stakeholders will get an at-a-glance confirmation on whether the data they’re looking at is stale or degraded. This trust signal allows teams to immediately go back into Explorer to see more details and investigate issues. + :::info Available in beta Data health tile is currently available in open beta. ::: + The data health tile: - Distills trust signals for data consumers. @@ -19,6 +21,8 @@ The data health tile: - Provides richer information and makes it easier to debug. - Revamps the existing, [job-based tiles](#job-based-data-health). +Data health tiles rely on [exposures](/docs/build/exposures) to surface trust signals in your dashboards. When you configure exposures in your dbt project, you are explicitly defining how specific outputs—like dashboards or reports—depend on your data models. + ## Prerequisites @@ -34,43 +38,45 @@ First, be sure to enable [source freshness](/docs/deploy/source-freshness) in 1. Navigate to dbt Explorer by clicking on the **Explore** link in the navigation. 2. In the main **Overview** page, go to the left navigation. -3. Under the **Resources** tab, click on **Exposures** to view the exposures list. +3. Under the **Resources** tab, click on **Exposures** to view the [exposures](/docs/build/exposures) list. 4. Select a dashboard exposure and go to the **General** tab to view the data health information. -5. In this tab, you’ll see: - - Data health status: Data freshness passed, Data quality passed, Data may be stale, Data quality degraded - - Name of the exposure. +5. In this tab, you’ll see: + - Name of the exposure. + - Data health status: Data freshness passed, Data quality passed, Data may be stale, Data quality degraded. - Resource type (model, source, and so on). - Dashboard status: Failure, Pass, Stale. - You can also see the last check completed, the last check time, and the last check duration. -6. You can also click the **Open Dashboard** button on the upper right to immediately view this in your analytics tool. +6. You can click the **Open Dashboard** button on the upper right to immediately view this in your analytics tool. ## Embed in your dashboard -Once you’ve navigated to the auto-exposure in dbt Explorer, you’ll need to set up your dashboard status tile and [service token](/docs/dbt-cloud-apis/service-tokens): +Once you’ve navigated to the auto-exposure in dbt Explorer, you’ll need to set up your data health tile and [service token](/docs/dbt-cloud-apis/service-tokens). You can embed data health tile to any analytics tool that supports URL or iFrame embedding. + +Follow these steps to set up your data health tile: 1. Go to **Account settings** in dbt Cloud. 2. Select **API tokens** in the left sidebar and then **Service tokens**. 3. Click on **Create service token** and give it a name. -4. Select the [**Metadata Only** permission](/docs/dbt-cloud-apis/service-tokens). This token will be used to embed the exposure tile in your dashboard in the later steps. +4. Select the [**Metadata Only**](/docs/dbt-cloud-apis/service-tokens) permission. This token will be used to embed the tile in your dashboard in the later steps. -5. Copy the **Metadata Only token** and save it in a secure location. You'll need it token in the next steps. +5. Copy the **Metadata Only** token and save it in a secure location. You'll need it token in the next steps. 6. Navigate back to dbt Explorer and select an exposure. 7. Below the **Data health** section, expand on the toggle for instructions on how to embed the exposure tile (if you're an account admin with develop permissions). 8. In the expanded toggle, you'll see a text field where you can paste your **Metadata Only token**. -9. Once you’ve pasted your token, you can select either **URL** or **iFrame** depending on which you need to install into your dashboard. +9. Once you’ve pasted your token, you can select either **URL** or **iFrame** depending on which you need to add to your dashboard. If your analytics tool supports iFrames, you can embed the dashboard tile within it. -### Embed data health tile in Tableau -To embed the data health tile in Tableau, follow these steps: +#### Tableau example +Here’s an example with Tableau, where you can embed the iFrame in a web page object: -1. Ensure you've copied the embed iFrame content in dbt Explorer. -2. For the revamped environment-based exposure tile you can insert these fields into the following iFrame, and then embed them with your dashboard. This is the iFrame that is available from the **Exposure details** page in dbt Explorer. +- Ensure you've copied the embed iFrame snippet from the dbt Explorer **Data health** section. +- **For the revamped environment-based exposure tile** — Insert the following fields into the following iFrame. Then embed them with your dashboard. This is the iFrame available from the **Exposure details** page in dbt Explorer. `