Embed Tokens

An embed token is a URL that gives access to a single screen without requiring a MODLR login. Embed tokens are created within an application, directly from the screen they grant access to.

Access control

• Public or password-protected - an embed token can be generated to require a password on access, or left open for anyone with the URL.
• Element-level access - within the embed token, access can be set at an element level, scoping what data the screen shows independently of any requesting user, since there is no logged-in user.

Use cases

Embed tokens are useful for sharing a screen outside of MODLR, for example embedding it in an external website via an iframe, or sending a link to someone without a MODLR account.

Examples

These are examples of embeds built by the MODLR team, showing what an embedded screen can look like:

• Reporting and Planning - a multi-page embed illustrating the crossover between reporting and planning. The sections highlighted in blue are clickable and drill through into full planning interfaces, and the Instructions page inside the embed walks through each of them in more depth. It also demonstrates a Card drilling through to a live SQL query - using the SQL Table and SQL Variable components to run and display a query straight from a database table rather than a MODLR Cube - and that same Card running inside Excel as well as the web portal.
• Charts for BI - a single-page embed showing the range of chart types MODLR can produce for BI purposes. On several of the charts, the legend itself is interactive - clicking an entry toggles that series on or off.
• Sales Pipeline - a single-page sales pipeline model.
• Campaign Planning - a single-page campaign planning model.
• Waterfall Analysis - a single-page embed showing a model used for comparison, utilising a waterfall chart.

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Related entries

• Screens
• About Applications
• Custom Pages