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Embed Omni Analytics dashboards in external applications — URL signing, custom themes, iframe events, entity workspaces, and permission-aware content — using the @omni-co/embed SDK and Omni CLI. Use this skill whenever someone wants to embed a dashboard, sign an embed URL, customize the embedded theme, handle embed events, listen for clicks or drills in the iframe, send filters to an embedded dashboard, set up entity workspaces, look up embed users, build a permission-aware content list, white-label an embedded dashboard, or any variant of "embed this dashboard", "customize the iframe theme", "handle click events from the embed", "filter the embedded dashboard", "set up embedding", or "what dashboards can this user see".
Embed Omni dashboards in external applications using signed iframe URLs. The @omni-co/embed SDK handles URL signing and theme customization. Omni's postMessage events enable two-way communication between the parent app and embedded iframe.
Tip: Use
omni-content-explorerto find dashboards to embed, andomni-adminto manage embed user permissions and user attributes for row-level security.
Auth: a profile authenticates with an API key or OAuth (separate from the embed secret below). If
whoami(or any call) returns 401, hand off — ask the user to run! omni config login <profile>(OAuth 2.1 browser flow; it blocks ~2 min on the browser). Don't runconfig loginyourself in a headless/CI session (no browser → timeout); on a local interactive machine you may. See theomni-api-conventionsrule for profile setup (omni config init --auth oauth) and discovering request-body shapes with--schema.
The embed secret is found in Admin → Embed in your Omni instance. Do not assume
OMNI_BASE_URL is the embed host: CLI/API URLs often use .omniapp.co, custom
domains, or internal playground domains. Set OMNI_EMBED_HOST to the bare embed
hostname (for example yourorg.embed-omniapp.co) when signing iframe URLs.
embedSsoDashboard() from @omni-co/embed. Do not hand-roll HMAC signing unless the user explicitly asks for a low-level implementation.OMNI_API_TOKEN as the embed secret — API tokens authenticate REST/CLI calls and are not valid embed signing secrets. Use OMNI_EMBED_SECRET from Admin → Embed.embedSsoDashboard() with secret: process.env.OMNI_EMBED_SECRET and tell the user to set that env var.host must be a bare .embed-omniapp.co hostname, with no https://, path, or port.OMNI_BASE_URL unless it is already an embed host — CLI/API base URLs often use .omniapp.co or a custom API domain. If only an API base URL is known, leave host: process.env.OMNI_EMBED_HOST (or a placeholder like yourorg.embed-omniapp.co) in the server code and call out that it must be set separately.@omni-co/embed; do not switch to Python or browser-side manual HMAC signing just to make a local demo runnable.Tip: Use
-o jsonto force structured output for programmatic parsing, or-o humanfor readable tables. The default isauto(human in a TTY, JSON when piped).
Use embedSsoDashboard() from the @omni-co/embed SDK to generate a signed URL server-side, then load it in an iframe client-side.
| Parameter | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|
contentId | Yes | Dashboard UUID (from URL or Admin → Dashboards) |
secret | Yes | Embed secret from Admin → Embed |
host | Yes | Embed hostname only — no protocol, no port |
externalId | Yes | Unique user identifier (typically email) |
name | Yes | Display name for the user |
userAttributes | No | Record<string, string[]> for row-level security |
mode | No | SingleContent (default) or Application (enables create) |
prefersDark | No | "true" or "false" — controls light/dark mode |
customTheme | No | Theme object (see Custom Themes below) |
entity | No | Entity name for workspaces (see Entity Workspaces below) |
Gotcha: The host parameter must be a bare hostname (e.g., yourorg.embed-omniapp.co). Including a protocol (https://) or port (:3000) causes Omni to return 400.
If OMNI_EMBED_SECRET is not set, still produce this SDK-shaped server-side
code with process.env.OMNI_EMBED_SECRET; do not substitute OMNI_API_TOKEN or
another API credential.
Pass a customTheme object to embedSsoDashboard() to style the embedded dashboard content (tile backgrounds, text colors, controls, buttons). This controls what's inside the iframe — parent app styling is separate.
Page:
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
dashboard-background | Dashboard page background |
dashboard-page-padding | Dashboard page padding |
Tiles:
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
dashboard-tile-margin | Spacing around tiles |
dashboard-tile-background | Tile background color |
dashboard-tile-shadow | Tile box shadow |
dashboard-tile-text-body-color | Primary text color in tiles |
dashboard-tile-text-secondary-color | Secondary text color in tiles |
dashboard-tile-border-color | Tile border color |
dashboard-tile-border-radius | Tile border radius |
dashboard-tile-border-style | Tile border style |
dashboard-tile-border-width | Tile border width |
dashboard-tile-title-font-size | Title font size |
dashboard-tile-title-font-weight | Title font weight |
dashboard-tile-title-text-color | Title text color |
dashboard-tile-title-font-family | Custom title font (woff2 URL) |
dashboard-tile-text-body-font-family | Custom body font |
dashboard-tile-text-code-font-family | Custom code font |
Controls (filter dropdowns):
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
dashboard-control-background | Filter control background |
dashboard-control-radius | Filter control border radius |
dashboard-control-border-color | Filter control border color |
dashboard-control-text-color | Filter control text color |
dashboard-control-placeholder-color | Placeholder text color |
dashboard-control-label-color | Label text above controls |
dashboard-control-outline-color | Focus outline color |
Control Popovers (dropdown menus):
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
dashboard-control-popover-background | Popover background |
dashboard-control-popover-text-color | Popover text color |
dashboard-control-popover-secondary-text-color | Secondary text in popovers |
dashboard-control-popover-link-color | Link color in popovers |
dashboard-control-popover-divider-color | Divider color |
dashboard-control-popover-radius | Popover border radius |
dashboard-control-popover-border-color | Popover border color |
dashboard-filter-input-background | Filter input background |
dashboard-filter-input-radius | Filter input border radius |
dashboard-filter-input-border-color | Filter input border color |
dashboard-filter-input-text-color | Filter input text color |
dashboard-filter-input-placeholder-color | Placeholder text |
dashboard-filter-input-icon-color | Icon color in filter inputs |
dashboard-filter-input-outline-color | Focus outline for filter inputs |
dashboard-filter-input-accent-color | Checkbox, radio, and toggle color |
dashboard-filter-input-accent-invert-color | Checkmark/dot color inside inputs |
dashboard-filter-input-token-color | Multi-select token background |
dashboard-filter-input-token-text-color | Multi-select token text color |
Buttons:
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
dashboard-key-color | Primary action color (Update buttons) |
dashboard-key-text-color | Text color on primary buttons |
dashboard-button-radius | Button border radius |
dashboard-button-transparent-text-color | Transparent button text color |
dashboard-button-transparent-interactive-color | Transparent button hover color |
dashboard-menu-item-interactive-color | Menu item hover background |
"#FEF2F2", "#E60000""0 2px 8px rgba(230, 0, 0, 0.1)" (for shadow properties only)"url(https://fonts.gstatic.com/...) format('woff2')"""linear-gradient() and rgba() for background/color properties work in Omni's UI theme editor but may fail when passed via the SDK — use solid hex colors for reliabilityFor effective branding, tint backgrounds throughout rather than only coloring buttons:
dashboard-background → light brand tint (like Tailwind's color-50)dashboard-tile-background → slightly lighter than page backgrounddashboard-tile-title-text-color → brand primary (titles in brand color)dashboard-control-label-color → brand primary (labels in brand color)dashboard-tile-border-color → medium-light brand tint (like color-200)dashboard-key-color → brand primarydashboard-filter-input-accent-color → brand primary (checkboxes, toggles)Omni communicates with the parent app via postMessage. All Omni events have source: "omni".
dashboard:loaded — Fired when the embedded dashboard finishes loading.
dashboard:filters — Fired when filter state changes inside the embedded dashboard.
error — Fired when a detectable error occurs on the embedded page.
dashboard:tile-drill — Fired when a user drills on any dashboard tile (charts, tables, maps). No Omni-side configuration required.
Use drill.rowToDrill for the data from the drilled row. Use asJsonUrlSearchParam from tile.appliedFilters or dashboard.filters to sign and embed a different dashboard with those filters applied.
page:changed — Fired when the URL changes inside the iframe (including after saving a new dashboard).
Custom visualization events — Fired when a user clicks a configured table row or markdown link. Requires setup in Omni: set the table column's Display to Link → Embed event and enter an event name. For markdown, use <omni-message> tags.
Table setup: field dropdown → Display tab → Display as: Link → URL: Embed event → enter event name.
Markdown setup:
dashboard:filter-change-by-url-parameter — Push a filter from the parent app into the embedded dashboard.
Get the filterUrlParameter string by opening the dashboard in Omni, changing filter values, and copying the f-- parameter from the URL.
Entity workspaces let embed users create and save their own dashboards within a scoped folder.
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
entity | Entity name — scopes the user's folder (e.g., derived from email domain) |
entityFolderContentRole | EDITOR lets users create/edit dashboards in their entity folder |
mode | Must be Application to enable create features |
uiSettings | Control Omni's built-in UI (e.g., hide Omni's sidebar if you provide your own) |
connectionRoles | Grant query access: RESTRICTED_QUERIER for data exploration |
When building permission-aware experiences (e.g., a sidebar that only shows dashboards a user can access), look up the Omni user ID first, then list documents scoped to that user. API/CLI calls use the Omni API host/profile, not the .embed-omniapp.co embed host.
Returns the Omni user ID for the given externalId. If no user is found, the user hasn't accessed any embedded dashboards yet.
If the embed-user filter returns no rows but a normal SCIM user with the same email/userName clearly exists, you may use that user's Omni ID as a fallback and say which lookup path was used. Do not fall back to an unfiltered document list as the sidebar result.
Use the Omni user ID returned by embed-users-list, not the email/externalId
directly. Filter the response to hasDashboard: true before rendering sidebar
entries. Use the API host/profile for documents list; use the embed host only
when signing iframe URLs with embedSsoDashboard(). Even in a demo app, keep URL
signing in a server-side TypeScript/Node function that uses the SDK signer rather
than manually reproducing the HMAC protocol in Python or browser code.
If you are writing server code instead of running the CLI directly, the equivalent documents API shape is:
Use camelCase userId in the API call. The CLI flag is lowercase --userid.
Response uses records array (not documents):
Use identifier as the contentId for embed signing. Filter for hasDashboard: true to get embeddable dashboards only.
Entity folders have technical paths like omni-system-sso-embed-entity-folder-poc. Map paths to display names:
Build a path → name mapping from the response to display user-friendly folder names.
The embed domain (.embed-omniapp.co) and API domain (.omniapp.co) are different:
When your app stores the embed domain, convert it for API calls by replacing .embed-omniapp.co with .omniapp.co.
omni scim --help # Embed user lookup
omni documents --help # Document listing
omni folders --help # Folder listingimport { embedSsoDashboard, EmbedSessionMode } from "@omni-co/embed";
const embedUrl = await embedSsoDashboard({
contentId: "dashboard-uuid",
secret: process.env.OMNI_EMBED_SECRET,
host: process.env.OMNI_EMBED_HOST ?? "yourorg.embed-omniapp.co",
externalId: "user@example.com",
name: "Jane Doe",
userAttributes: { brand: ["Acme"] }, // For row-level security
mode: EmbedSessionMode.SingleContent,
prefersDark: "false",
});const embedUrl = await embedSsoDashboard({
// ...signing params
prefersDark: "false",
customTheme: {
"dashboard-background": "#FEF2F2",
"dashboard-tile-background": "#FFF5F5",
"dashboard-key-color": "#E60000",
"dashboard-key-text-color": "#ffffff",
// ...
},
});window.addEventListener("message", (event) => {
if (event.data?.source !== "omni") return;
switch (event.data.name) {
case "dashboard:loaded":
// Dashboard ready
break;
case "error":
// Handle error
break;
case "dashboard:tile-drill":
// Handle drill action
break;
}
});{ "source": "omni", "name": "dashboard:loaded" }{
"source": "omni",
"name": "dashboard:filters",
"payload": { /* filter state */ }
}{
"source": "omni",
"name": "error",
"payload": {
"href": "https://...",
"message": "Error description"
}
}{
"source": "omni",
"name": "dashboard:tile-drill",
"payload": {
"userId": "string",
"dashboard": {
"filters": {
"filterName": {
"filter": {},
"asJsonUrlSearchParam": "string"
}
},
"href": "string",
"urlId": "string",
"path": "string",
"title": "string"
},
"tile": {
"id": "string",
"title": "string",
"appliedFilters": {
"filterName": {
"filter": {},
"asJsonUrlSearchParam": "string"
}
}
},
"drill": {
"field": "string",
"fieldLabel": "string",
"drillQueryLabel": "string",
"rowToDrill": { "field_name": "value" }
}
}
}{
"source": "omni",
"name": "page:changed",
"payload": {
"pathname": "string",
"type": "string"
}
}{
"source": "omni",
"name": "<your-event-name>",
"payload": {
"data": "comma-separated values"
}
}<omni-message event-name="product-click" event-data="{{products.name.raw}},{{products.retail_price.raw}}">
Click here
</omni-message>iframe.contentWindow.postMessage({
source: "omni",
name: "dashboard:filter-change-by-url-parameter",
payload: {
filterUrlParameter: 'f--<filter_id>={"values":["value1","value2"]}'
}
}, iframeOrigin);import {
embedSsoDashboard,
EmbedSessionMode,
EmbedEntityFolderContentRoles,
EmbedUiSettings,
EmbedConnectionRoles,
} from "@omni-co/embed";
const embedUrl = await embedSsoDashboard({
// ...standard signing params
entity: "acme",
entityFolderContentRole: EmbedEntityFolderContentRoles.EDITOR,
mode: EmbedSessionMode.Application,
uiSettings: {
[EmbedUiSettings.SHOW_NAVIGATION]: false,
},
connectionRoles: {
"connection-uuid": EmbedConnectionRoles.RESTRICTED_QUERIER,
},
});omni scim embed-users-list --filter 'embedExternalId eq "user@example.com"'omni documents list --userid <omniUserId>GET /api/v1/documents?userId=<omniUserId>
Authorization: Bearer <OMNI_API_TOKEN>{
"pageInfo": {
"hasNextPage": false,
"nextCursor": null,
"pageSize": 20,
"totalRecords": 5
},
"records": [
{
"identifier": "fb007aa3",
"name": "Sales Dashboard",
"hasDashboard": true,
"folder": {
"id": "...",
"name": "Sales",
"path": "sales/regional"
}
}
]
}omni folders listEmbed: yourorg.embed-omniapp.co → used for iframe URLs
API: yourorg.omniapp.co → used for REST API calls