Dashboard titles don't seem to honour context variables

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Hi

I am trying to set the Title of a Dashboard using a context variable, but the context variable definition is being rendered rather than the context variable value.

ie.g Dashboard Name field is set to Port Waratah Device Dashboard {{ctx.deviceName}}

The deviceName context variable is being set, but the literal “Port Waratah Device Dashboard {{ctx.deviceName}}” is being rendered.

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Tim, you’re right, we don’t render context variables in dashboard titles right now, but we could potentially add that functionality in. But, we do support context rendering in dashboard descriptions already.

There are of course a number of places a dashboard is displayed besides on the dashboard itself, in places where “context” isn’t really a thing, so consider the following:

Given an unrendered dashboard title of “Dashboard for Device {{ctx.deviceId}}”, on a list of your dashboards, would you expect that title to display as “Dashboard for Device {{ctx.deviceId}}” or as “Dashboard for Device abcd1234ef56abcd1234ef56”, where that ID is the default value for the “deviceId” variable? (Keep search / filtering functionality in mind here, too.)

On the dashboard itself I would expect that the title would always render out with the currently set context or the default value is none is present.

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Hi Dylan.,

The title makes the most sense. The device id is a bit irrelevant for the audience, but a device name is.
I have a summary dashboard, which allows clicking on a device (name) and going to specific device dashboard (same for each).

The title is obvious place to have the name of the device displayed, rather than in individual widgets.

I am using a seperator at the top of the Dashboad for the title.

Thnaks

Tim