How to Use Text

Setting the Text to Display

Set the text to be displayed. You can set either a fixed value or a dynamic value.

Displaying the Return Value from a dataflow

Refer to the value from a dataflow named countUsers.

1. Click [Create] from the dataflow list.
2. Change the dataflow name next to the [Run] button to countUsers.
3. Select [Onboarding DB] in [Select resource].
4. Enter the following SQL in [SQL]:

```sql SELECT COUNT(*) as count from users; ```

5. Click [Run].
6. Drag & drop a [Text] component from the right tab onto the canvas.
7. In the [Text] component, write {{ String(countUsers.data[0].count) }}.

Displaying Data from a Selected Row of a Table

Display the email address of the selected user.

1. Click [Create] from the dataflow list.
2. Change the dataflow name next to the [Run] button to listUsers.
3. Select [Onboarding DB] in [Select resource].
4. Enter the following SQL in [SQL]:

```sql SELECT * from users; ```

5. Click [Run].
6. Drag & drop a [Column] onto the canvas.
7. Drag & drop a [Table] to the left side of the [Column].
8. Enter {{ listUsers.data }} in [Data] of the [Table].
9. Drag & drop a [Text] to the right side of the [Column].
10. With the text selected, enter {{ table1.selectedRow.data.email }} in [Text] in the [Inspect].
11. Confirm that the display changes when the selected row in the table is changed.

Using Markdown Syntax

By selecting the text component and changing [Display mode] to [Markdown], you can write using markdown syntax.

It complies with the formats supported by GitHub's Basic writing and formatting syntax (opens in a new tab).