Embed an external web page in a dashboard
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.
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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.
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
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/dashboard/:ID
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/portfolio/:ID/content-dashboard__:dashboardID
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/program/:ID/content-dashboard__:dashboardID
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/project/:ID/content-dashboard__:dashboardID
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/task/:ID/content-dashboard__:dashboardID
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/template/:ID/content-dashboard__:dashboardID
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/templatetask/:ID/content-dashboard__:dashboardID
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/resourcemanagement/:ID/
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content-dashboard__:dashboardID
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/team/:ID/content-dashboard__:dashboardID
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/iteration/:ID/content-dashboard__:dashboardID
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/requests/:ID/content-dashboard__:dashboardID
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/group/:ID/content-dashboard__:dashboardID
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/billingrecord/:ID/content-dashboard__:dashboardID
Access requirements
You must have the following:
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| Adobe Workfront plan | Any |
| Adobe Workfront license |
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Current:
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| Access level configurations | Edit access to Reports, Dashboards, and Calendars |
| Object permissions | Edit 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
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Locate the URL of the page to display in Workfront and copy the URL located in the address bar.
note note 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. -
Click the Main Menu icon
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To edit an existing dashboard, select the dashboard you want to embed the website page in, then click Dashboard Actions, then click Edit
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To create a new dashboard, click New Dashboard.
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Click Add External Page under the Select Layout/ Add Reports/ Add Calendars area.
The Add External Page box displays.
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Specify the following information about the external page:
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Name: Add a name for the dashboard.
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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.
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URL: Paste the URL you copied earlier in this field.
You can specify the following types of URLs:
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An https (encrypted) URL to a web page.
Only https (encrypted) pages load with the URL.
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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.
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Height: Type a number greater than 0 to define the space that the external page occupies on the dashboard. The default height is 500.
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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.
Update an external page in a dashboard
To update the information for an external page used in a dashboard:
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Click the Main Menu icon
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Click the name of the dashboard that you want to update to open it, and click Dashboard Actions, then Edit.
The Dashboard Details box opens.
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In the Select Layout / Add Reports area of the Dashboard Details box, locate the external page you want to update, hover over it, and click the Edit icon.
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In the Edit External Page box, update the fields you want to change, then click Save.
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(Optional) Click the Delete icon
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Click Save + Close.
View external pages in a report
You can view all external pages in Workfront in an External Page report.
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Click the Main Menu icon
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Click New Report > select External Section.
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(Optional) Update the View, Filters, or Groupings tabs of the report.
For more information, see Create a custom report.
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Click Save + Close.
You can view the name and the URL associated with any external pages in your system in the new report.