Intro to Portal: Creating Annotations

Adding annotations

apricot_text_13 Portal allows you to record notes to your panels. This helps track issues, keep a record of events, and give context to your data.

To begin, navigate to your dashboard and have a panel with data created.
(For reference, please see the Common Concepts page in the portal guide on how to create one.)

Add an annotation

  • Left-click on the graph you wish to add an annotation to. An input box should appear allowing you to add a description and tag.

add_annotation

Add a description

  • Input a description of the annotation and its relevance to the data.

add_description

Add tags

  • Add tags to your annotations. This will keep your annotations organized and correlate annotations.

add_tags

Save annotation

  • Click save_iconto save your annotation.

  • In the top right, a notification should appear annotation_saved that confirms your annotation was saved.

Result

  • View your annotation on your panel.

result

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Try holding down Ctrl+Shift (or Ctrl+Cmd) while selecting a range on your plot too! You would be able to add annotation to a time range too!