# Markdown works differently in Canvas vs Dashboard

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/markdown-works-differently-in-canvas-vs-dashboard/197152>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Tags:** canvas\
**Created:** [August 28, 2019, 3:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/markdown-works-differently-in-canvas-vs-dashboard/197152 "2019-08-28T15:20:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![ClydeM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85e7bf/32.png) [@ClydeM](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ClydeM)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2019, 3:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/markdown-works-differently-in-canvas-vs-dashboard/197152/1 "2019-08-28T15:20:19Z")

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I created a Markdown in Canvas that works exactly as I intended. However, I'm unable to get this Markdown widget to work in a Dashboard visualization. Why are they different? How can I create a Markdown in a Dashboard that uses data in the dashboard?

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**Author:** ![elasticforme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f05b48/32.png) [@elasticforme](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/elasticforme)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2019, 3:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/markdown-works-differently-in-canvas-vs-dashboard/197152/2 "2019-08-28T15:28:39Z")

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Markdown for dashboard is different then Markdown in canvas.

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**Author:** ![ClydeM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85e7bf/32.png) [@ClydeM](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ClydeM)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2019, 3:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/markdown-works-differently-in-canvas-vs-dashboard/197152/3 "2019-08-28T15:34:03Z")

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Yeah, I know... That is why I was asking... what I'm trying to figure out is how do I put custom text that embeds some of the data that is used to populate the rest of the dashboard.

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**Author:** ![elasticforme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f05b48/32.png) [@elasticforme](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/elasticforme)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2019, 4:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/markdown-works-differently-in-canvas-vs-dashboard/197152/4 "2019-08-28T16:57:10Z")

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I don't think at this time you can do it.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2019, 5:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/markdown-works-differently-in-canvas-vs-dashboard/197152/5 "2019-09-25T17:11:21Z")

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