Best Of
Re: Calculating Time Difference
I forgot to reply and say thanks! This is exactly what I needed to get the visualization across the line!
Jessary
Re: Dashboard Showcase Examples
I always like referencing @DashboardDude 's "Recipe Book":
https://www.dashboarddudes.com/recipes
He's got every chart type created and formatted to show how they all work and respond to real data.
I think for best practices on any given dashboard, you'll have to reference that dashboard type's Help Doc to see the best way to do it, such as best practices for a progress bar referencing this help Doc:
Also worth referencing and one of my bookmarks:
https://domo-support.domo.com/s/article/360043439953?language=en_US
Not Domo but helpful - just a guide to creating powerful data viz:
Finally, a reference guide that is literally printed and stapled to my cube:
Phew! That was a lot but should get you moving in the right direction
🦃 November Community Forum Recap
Hello Domo Community!
We hope everyone had a good month. It’s time to call out our star-studded community for their remarkable achievements in November. Thank you for being such a stellar community and for supporting each other!
Announcements
- We’re excited to announce that we are starting our ACE Webinars back up! To kick things off, @DanHendriksen will teach you how to build and use App Components.
- If you missed our November Domo Drop Webinar, don’t miss out on learning about the cool new features being released!
- Domopalooza 2026 is revving up and we’re still offering our early bird discount so don’t wait — claim your spot today at the AI and Data Conference!
Most Active Discussions in November
These conversations sparked the most engagement—be sure to check them out and chime in with a reaction or comment:
- Overhead in Financial Statements
- Drill to final dataset report
- Has Anyone Implemented Automated Monitoring for Embedded Domo Pages?
Thank you, @Data_Devon, @James_Lord, and @random_user_098765, for asking such insightful questions! Shout out to @DashboardDude, @ArborRose, @ellibot, and @MarkSnodgrass for answering their questions!
Leaderboard Top 3
Who would have guessed that ArborRose remains our top leader in the community! That’s right; he is now on his seventh consecutive month as #1, a feat that maybe only one other community legend, @GrantSmith, could claim to have achieved. Will ArborRose be the first to claim the top of the leaderboard for a full 12 months? Or will someone challenge him and his dynasty? Only time will tell...
In all seriousness, we can’t thank our leaderboard enough! Thank you to Mark Snodgrass for being an absolute unit and consistently showing up to support the community. We have a first-timer on the leaderboard as well — way to go, Elliott Leonard!
- @ArborRose: 228 points
- @MarkSnodgrass: 128 points
- @ellibot: 72 points
Top 3 Ideas
These three ideas got the most upvotes. Give them an upvote or comment if you'd like to see them in the product too.
- Selecting a Default Dataset to Power Your Filter
- Run Dataset Input From Inside Magic ETL
- Analyser Default Templates
Thank you for helping shape the future of Domo @Sam_Donabedian, @smaiolo, and @TC777.
Community Member of the Month
November’s Community Member of the Month has one of those special success stories that you rarely get to see. Elliott Leonard has a long history with Domo. He formerly worked for Domo in 2022 and has remained active in the Community since. He stayed close to home, working for companies like GUIDEcx, a prominent Domo partner, and Henry Schein One, just down the road from Domo HQ. During Domopalooza 2023 he won the Community Member of the Year award. This month he made it onto the Leaderboard for the first time, participating in 10 discussions and answering 6 different questions. He’s less than a hundred points away from earning the prestigious title of Community Coach. Elliott is so loyal to Domo and its community that he has decided to return to Domo and reclaim his status as a Domosapien! He just started his new role as a Sr. Solutions Engineer this week, and we’re so glad to have him back.
If Elliott Leonard has helped you find an answer to your question, help me thank and congratulate @ellibot in the comments below!
Re: Issue permanent connecting appDB to a Custom Domo App
I think you need to wire the ID into the manifest. I ran into the same issue where it was creating a new appDB collection every session, but wiring it up properly fixed it. Example copied from my manifest:
"collectionsMapping": [
{
"id": "d7faa357-c947-4e38-341c-4ed50295af2a",
"name": "NameDB",
"syncEnabled": true,
"schema": {
"columns": [
{
"name": "ID",
"type": "STRING"
},
{
"name": "LastName",
"type": "STRING"
},
{
"name": "FirstName",
"type": "STRING"
}
]
}
}
],
Then you can use the name in requests.
domo.get('/domo/datastores/v1/collections/NameDB/documents');
In my tests the ID never worked with domo.get, only the alias for datasets an name for appDB collections. And since multiple collections can have the same exact name, it would seem that the only way to access documents is to have the ID in the manifest and use its associated name.
As far as the syncing, another option is to use the auto-synced dataset as an input to an ETL and you can decide when to trigger it if you need additional logic to compensate for the 15 minute delay.
You can manually sync as well, according to this library: it's
domo.post(`/domo/datastores/v1/export`)
An ETL would consume credits, I'm not sure about the manual sync so I didn't want to include it with every CRUD operation. I did ad a manual sync button for users.
As far as best practices, I skimmed that github link above, ryuu.js does things a bit differently like handling headers for you. I also referenced the CollectionService methods that are included in some App templates. Basic patterns seem to be the same as standard javascript fetch operations.
HalG
Re: Automated PDP to Multiple Values of the Same Attribute?
I haven't worked with this before but I believe you can do things like you need using the Governance Toolkit > PDP Automation.
Where you configure something like:
user_email | attribute_name | attribute_value
-------------------|----------------|------------------
user1@company .com | DMA | FL
user2@company .com | DMA | FL|GA
Re: Lock Cards by default when created
Would be a beneficial feature, the only thing to keep in mind is if the card owner is on leave an admin will have to provide access to someone if it requires fixing.
Important to remember to add a group as an owner once the card is certified/being used as a "prod" card.
Re: sorting horizontal bar chart by total across all series
Just found the answer to this one today!
In Chart Properties → General → Sort on totals , you can set it to ascending/descending and it will sort on the total value instead of the series like you mentioned
Re: Getting the synonyms to save
Alternatively, you can automate the process of generating the synonyms and context following the steps I outline in this video:
HubSpot + Domo: Embedding a dashboard onto the customer record
I created an example app to show how to embed a Domo dashboard onto the HubSpot company record. If you use HubSpot as your CRM, this can be incredibly helpful for adding a customer scorecard or customer 360 dashboard.
Example app:
ellibot
Re: How to create "Static" headers in Custom Map
You can open your SVG in a text editor, and apply the fill there before bringing it into Domo (I used Visual Studio Code, but any text editor should work). If any of your shapes have a "data-name" tag, Domo will use those for the data fill, and everything else will be left alone. Here, I created a similar map as yours, and grouped the top row in a group called "header", which I applied a light gray fill to:
Here's what that looks like when brought in to Domo:
And here's the documentation from Domo on how to do that, plus some more examples:
https://domo-support.domo.com/s/article/360042924454?language=en_US
