topic Re: Dashboard Variable Display name in Warehousing & Analytics

Dashboard Variable Display name

amekojc — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 14:57:40 GMT

In databricks documentation it says that there's a display name when creating dashboard variables but I'm not seeing it in the dashboard settings. Does anyone know where to find them?

Re: Dashboard Variable Display name

Ashwin_DSA — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 09:23:00 GMT

Hi @amekojc

Could you please share the exact steps you are following? I just tried this in my workspace and saw the display name option. I recorded a short video for you to review. Can you confirm if you are following the same steps?

Re: Dashboard Variable Display name

amekojc — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 20:32:44 GMT

Hi @Ashwin_DSA, thanks for looking into this.

I can see that display name, but I was in fact looking for an option to have a display name for the selected fields. For example, based on your demo to show transaction_date as 'Transaction Date' and transaction_week as 'Transaction Week'. Is this possible?

Re: Dashboard Variable Display name

Ashwin_DSA — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 18:35:09 GMT

Hi @amekojc,

I see what you mean. The docs indicate per-field display names for dashboard variables, but in the current UI, the field option label is not directly editable. If the field is backed by a metric view, we can set the field's display name there instead. I do agree that the documentation isn't clear. I've raised this internally for clarification. I'll get back to you as soon as I hear from them.

Re: Dashboard Variable Display name

Ashwin_DSA — Wed, 29 Jul 2026 12:38:42 GMT

Hi @amekojc,

We have fixed the documentation to reflect the current behaviour. Please watch the space for the specific feature you were looking for.

Re: Dashboard Variable Display name

amekojc — Wed, 29 Jul 2026 16:08:24 GMT

Thank you for the update. Will check the space later for future updates.Thanks!