Embed an external web page in a dashboard

Last update: February 20, 2025

CREATED FOR:

  • User

You can embed an external web page in a dashboard to provide access to related information from other systems or from within Adobe Workfront.

For example, if your organization has a web-based document repository, wiki, or other content management system that contains project information that is regularly accessed through a URL, you can display that information into Workfront by creating an external page on a dashboard.

IMPORTANT

  • For security reasons, some websites do not allow you to embed web pages as an iframe. If the web page you want to embed in a dashboard does not allow this, the page does not display in the dashboard. However, you can still access the external page by clicking the name of the dashboard.
    Empty external page report
    To allow embedding for a website you own, work with your web administrator to adjust the X-Frame-Options setting. For more information, see X-Frame-Options.

  • Dashboard pages are no longer supported as embeded external pages in Dashboards. While existing dashboards will not be automatically modified to remove these external pages, any modification to a dashboard that includes such a reference will not be able to be saved until the reference is removed or changed.
    Specifically, the following Workfront.com subdomains are no longer supported:

  • /dashboards​

  • /dashboard/:ID​

  • /portfolio/:ID/content-dashboard__:dashboardID​

  • /program/:ID/content-dashboard__:dashboardID​

  • /project/:ID/content-dashboard__:dashboardID​

  • /task/:ID/content-dashboard__:dashboardID​

  • /template/:ID/content-dashboard__:dashboardID​

  • /templatetask/:ID/content-dashboard__:dashboardID​

  • /resourcemanagement/:ID/

  • content-dashboard__:dashboardID​

  • /team/:ID/content-dashboard__:dashboardID​

  • /iteration/:ID/content-dashboard__:dashboardID​

  • /requests/:ID/content-dashboard__:dashboardID​

  • /group/:ID/content-dashboard__:dashboardID​

  • /billingrecord/:ID/content-dashboard__:dashboardID

As an alternative solution, consider including a list report in your dashboard as explained in Add a report to a Dashboard

Access requirements

Expand to view access requirements for the functionality in this article.

You must have the following:

Adobe Workfront planAny
Adobe Workfront license

New:

  • Standard

Current:

  • Plan
Access level configurationsEdit access to Reports, Dashboards, and Calendars
Object permissionsEdit access to the Dashboard

For information, see Access requirements in Workfront documentation.

Prerequisites

You must create a dashboard before you can embed an external page in it.

For information on creating dashboards, see Create a dashboard.

Embed an external page in a dashboard

IMPORTANT
You can remove an External Page from a dashboard if it’s no longer needed. However, you cannot delete an external page after it is created in Workfront. You can delete an external page only using the API. For more information, see Remove an External Page from a dashboard.

  1. Locate the URL of the page to display in Workfront and copy the URL located in the address bar.

    NOTE
    If you are sharing URLs to Workfront objects, remember that some URLs expire over time. For example, document URLs expire after they have been opened. This is configured as a security measure, and by design they are considered as non-static URLs and should not be shared.

  2. Click the Main Menu icon Main Menu in the upper-right corner of Adobe Workfront, or (if available), click the Main Menu icon Main Menu in the upper-left corner, then click Dashboards.

  3. To edit an existing dashboard, select the dashboard you want to embed the website page in, then click Dashboard Actions, then click Edit
    Or
    To create a new dashboard, click New Dashboard.
    For more information about creating a dashboard, see Create a dashboard.

  4. Click Add External Page under the Select Layout/ Add Reports/ Add Calendars area.

    Add external page

    The Add External Page box displays.

  5. Specify the following information about the external page:

    • Name: Add a name for the dashboard.

    • Description: Add more information about the dashboard to identify the information it contains. The description displays on the dashboard for everyone who has access to view it, after you save it.

    • URL: Paste the URL you copied earlier in this field.

      You can specify the following types of URLs:

      • An https (encrypted) URL to a web page.
        Only https (encrypted) pages load with the URL.
        Add external page dialog

      • A template URL that contains session information for a specific website.
        For example: https://localhost/?session={!$$SESSION}
        You must be logged into the specified website to display the External Page.
        For information about how to obtain a SessionID from Workfront, see API basics.
        Your Workfront administrator may configure your system preferences in a way that does not allow the use of session information in your external pages, for security reasons. In this case, the external page does not load on the dashboard.
        For more information about system security preferences, see Configure system security preferences.
        external_page_with_session_id_example.png

      WARNING
      Using the SessionID is insecure and not recommended.

    • Height: Type a number greater than 0 to define the space that the external page occupies on the dashboard. The default height is 500.

  6. Click Save.

    The page is automatically added to the dashboard.

    If you create additional dashboards, you can find this external page and add it to other dashboards. You can find all existing external pages in the list of Available Reports & Calendars when creating or editing a dashboard.