Data Stories

Data Stories are narrative-rich pages that combine text, images, and embedded visualizations to tell data-driven stories. Accessible from the management top navigation under Content → Data stories.

Creating a story

1. Go to the Data Stories page from the management top navigation

2. Click Create

3. Fill in the fields:

   Field	Description
   Title (multi-language)	The story title
   Description (multi-language)	A summary of the story
   Topics	Select one or more topics
   Filterable by geography	Toggle to let users filter by area
   Featured	Toggle to feature on the landing page
   Featured image	Upload an image
   Reviewable	Toggle to allow ratings and reviews
   Tags	Type a tag name and click Add

4. Click Save

Designing the story content

After creating the story, click Design to open the story designer. The page header shows the story title, description, and Save / Reset / Close buttons.

Add Block section

Click any Add Block button to add content to the story:

Block	Description
Text	Rich text editor with formatting toolbar. Supports block format (Normal, Heading 1, Heading 2, Heading 3), bold, italic, underline, links, ordered and bullet lists, and clean formatting. Each text block has a ✕ remove button.
Image	Upload an image with optional caption. Supports alignment (left, right, centre, full-width).
Visualization	Embed any published chart, table, map, or scorecard. Select from a dropdown of available visualizations.
Two-Column Container	A side-by-side layout. Each column can independently contain text or an embedded visualization. Inner blocks have their own ✕ remove buttons.

Blocks can be added, removed, and rearranged. Click Save to persist changes, Reset to revert, or Close to exit without saving.

Duplicating a story

1. Click Duplicate next to a story
2. A copy of the story (including its content blocks) is created, ready for editing

Publishing / unpublishing

Toggle the publish switch on a story row to control its visibility on the public Data Stories page. Requires the Publish and unpublish permission.

Restricting / sharing

Toggle the restrict switch to limit a story to its owner only, or make it accessible to all users. Requires the Edit permission.

Editing a story

1. Click Edit next to a story
2. Update the metadata fields
3. Click Update

Deleting a story

1. Click Delete next to a story
2. Confirm in the dialog