Descriptions on individual dashboard widgets

Hello!

I think it would be incredibly useful to introduce the ability to add a description to a dashboard widget and have the ability for it to include what filters are applied to the dashboard. I envision this as some sort of hover over info icon that states the filters or even better, gives you the option to edit the text.

Why this is useful: for any dashboards that we release and share with others as "read only" do not have the ability to "edit" to see what filters are applied, and may not understand what is captured in a widget. Putting that info in the title would make it too wordy most times, especially for leadership.

Mock up:

Yes, we can insert a notes widget and explain things, but they might not read all the info in that widget either.

Thanks!

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Kelsey Rudolph

I fully support this! I think it'd be helpful to have a quick visual as to what the dashboards are capturing. Sometimes my widgets get pretty wordy so there is no guessing what data is being displayed - not only for our regular users, but even as an admin so I don't need to take my time to click into it and refresh my memory.

Kendra Ciszczon

I agree. Also just adding a note widget would get very busy, if we wanted to have details about multiple (or all) of the widgets on a dashboard.

Sven Passinger

Support this. Documentation is very important and at the moment we have to do it outside of Wrike.

Rohan V

Hi everyone!

Thank you for sharing this feedback and your use cases. I’ve now passed it on to our Product team responsible for Dashboards & Widgets for their visibility 👍

Alexandra Torres

I agree with @Devree Czupinski. This would be incredibly helpful. Building on that, having descriptions at both the widget and dashboard level, similar to how descriptions work in request forms, would add even more value. That added context would go a long way in improving clarity for read‑only users and strongly support better governance as dashboards scale and are shared more broadly.

Pietro Poli

Like this!

Anna Giacobbe

Love this idea, upvoted!

I have been using the text widgets in the meantime to describe widgets and display their filters, but completely agree - it would be so useful if there was an icon to hover over where this information is available.

The description can be user-generated, but the filters can dynamically update them as they get changed.

This would make our lives much easier!