How do I use Sticky Notes in the Composable Designer?

[data-usr]

How do I use Sticky Notes in the Composable Designer?

[andyvidan]

Sticky Notes are a great way to annotate and document DataFlows. We have a post on this here.

How to use:
In the Designer, right click on the canvas to bring up the new context menu. Click on ‘Add a Comment’

A new sticky note will appear:

Edit the Title and content of the Sticky Note:

Minimize to save space. Note, clicking x will close the sticky note, and losing any comments inside it. If this happens accidentally, you can just press Redo in the designer toolbar.

Bonus Feature: Sticky Notes understand markdown!!

You can enter the body of the Sticky Note in markdown text using markdown syntax (see https://www.markdownguide.org/basic-syntax/) and the Sticky Note will render it!

As an example,

This:

Becomes: