Slack Linking Reports

After Slack Integration has been configured, users can post links for entire dashboards or individual charts that are visible to the "All User" group. These links provide a snapshot for all of the Slack users in the channel, and clicking the links will open up the individual report. The opened report will only be visible to Sisense for Cloud Data Teams users. Users can also schedule dashboards to be sent to a Slack channel on a certain schedule.

Linking a Dashboard into Slack

To link an in-app dashboard or shared dashboard into Slack, the only requirement is to have the dashboard's URL and for the Slack channel to be public. Upon copy-pasting the dashboard URL into a Slack channel, a clickable snapshot will appear for users who can view the report in Sisense.

Linking a Chart into Slack

To link an individual chart into Slack, a user must first generate a direct link to the chart. This can be found by using the "Share Link" option that appears in the dropdown tab when hovering over a chart:

The URL of this individual chart can then be posted into Slack. It differentiates itself from a linked dashboard by the lack of a header in the preview.

Posting a Chart into Slack

To post an individual chart into Slack, first click on the chart menu and then click 'Post to Slack'. Additional details on posting a chart into Slack can be found in the chart option article.

Charts can be posted to public or private channels as long as the Sisense Slackbot is a member of the channel. The Sisense Slackbot can be invited by running /invite @sisense in the public or private channel.

Charts can be shared as a Direct Message if it is sent to the Slack username and not the display name. This functionality is still in development.

Scheduled Dashboard Reports in Slack

Scheduling reports allows a user to schedule the time and day when they would like to send out a dashboard to a specific Slack channel.

To schedule a report to be sent to Slack, first click on the dashboard menu, navigate to the dashboard preferences and choose the Reports option. Additional details on Scheduling a dashboard for Slack can be found in the Scheduled Reports article.

Permissions

In order for a report to unfurl in Slack, it must be viewable by the "All Users" group or the "Everyone" role. The Dashboard Permissions documentation page discusses how to set this at a dashboard level.

The integration does not require users to be logged into Sisense for Cloud Data Teams in order to post or view a dashboard or chart link. As a result, it is possible to post links to reports that they may not necessarily have access to. Any unfurled previews will automatically expire after 7 days.

The Slack Integration is not available if Shared Dashboards have been restricted to specified IPs.

Access and the Sisense Bot

Sisense will unfurl charts and dashboards posted in Slack channels that the Sisense Slack app can access. To allow unfurls in additional channels, invite the Sisense Slack bot @sisense to the channel.