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Configuring the Microsoft Edge Extension for Hoots

The data.world Microsoft Edge extension enables users to view status information about their data analysis workbooks, dashboards, and other analytical assets while browsing. When users navigate to supported visualization platforms, the extension checks the current page URL against a data.world API endpoint to retrieve relevant resource information.

There are two ways of installing the extension - you can either allow users to install and configure the extension on their machine manually, or as an IT administrator, you can deploy this extension across your organization and configure it to work with your specific data.world instance and restrict which websites it will be active on.

Important

The data.world Hoots Extension is only available for Private instance and Single Tenant instance installations.

The data.world Hoots Extension can be configured to work at the instance level only. When looking for a catalog resource that matches the URL to display a Hoot badge, the Hoots Microsoft Edge Extension looks across all organization on the data.world instance.

Important

Skip this task if you are planning to set up embedded hoots on specific data product pages.

Installing the data.world Browser Extension Manually

To install the extension manually:

  1. Browse to the Microsoft Edge Add-ons page to download the data.world extension.

  2. Install the data.world browser extension.

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  3. Once the extension is installed, find it in the list of your extensions and configure it by providing the link to your data.world instance. The extension can only work with one data.world instance at a time. To change the instance that the Hoots Extension for Microsoft Edge is monitoring, change the Instance URL in the Settings dialog of the Hoots Microsoft Edge Extension.

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  4. To stop using the Hoots Microsoft Edge extension, simply remove it from your browser.

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Installing the data.world Browser Extension as an IT Administrator

The IT department can manage the extension on user machines using the various methods supported by Microsoft. Some of these options are:

Setting up hoots

  • Configure the hoot for a resource in data.world. As long as the user has the Chrome plugin installed correctly and is browsing to a resource page for which a hoot is installed, they will see the hoot badge on the page.

    Important

    Certain tools may add prefixes to URLs as you browse through data product pages. If these altered URLs don't match the resource URL configured in data.world, the hoot badge may not be visible. If you face such issues, please contact data.world support team.

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