# Whiteboard as context (= information) – how to use this 'insight' in Fibery?

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**Created:** [August 22, 2024, 9:14pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/whiteboard-as-context-information-how-to-use-this-insight-in-fibery/6536 "2024-08-22T21:14:19Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 27, 2024, 10:15am UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/whiteboard-as-context-information-how-to-use-this-insight-in-fibery/6536/12 "2024-08-27T10:15:00Z")

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Hi @lerone and welcome to the Fibery forum and right away with such an interesting discussion! 🙂

I have a simple mind, and so I definitely am not sure that I understood everything you are describing, but one thing I think I understood is:

**You want to see which Whiteboards an Entity is embedded on.**  
Is that correct?

Entities do have a field that shows `Referenced x times`, which shows the Entities, where a link has been placed. If I gather correctly, you would like to also see the Whiteboards listed there.

Would that solve one of your challenges?

## Warning: Potential Thread Hijack 🙊

(Happy to move this into a different thread)

The other interesting idea that your discussion triggered for me (alongside with [this one on Whiteboards](https://community.fibery.io/t/entities-relations-to-whiteboards/6507)):

Certain aspects of specifications have rather structured data, I usually handle this through [text tables](https://community.fibery.io/t/weve-improved-docs-greatly-this-year-do-you-still-really-miss-something/4972/31). So if we take for example specs for:

- Data Objects
- UI Screens
- API Calls
- Reports

All these make a nice table with rich text and Entity references. One could argue that this could be a Table View, but that will be too limiting.

**Instead, what I would LOVE to be able to do is to add a Rich Text Field with a Schema Table.** This could be a different type, or an extension of the existing table. The gist would be that I can define a column (or row) to be schematised in the sense that any mentioned Entity of a given Type automatically gets connected through a ordinal relationship. So the schema of the column (or row) specifies how the mention gets connected.

Maybe an example helps, looking at a UI screen spec

- A Screen has multiple Components
- Each Component will display one type of Data Objects (one or more)
- Each Component will also have Actions, UI Strings, etc.

As such, a Screen Entity could have a table (e.g. User Profile):

| Component | Data Object | Description | Actions |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| #Nav Header | - | Standard navigation header | _See Component_ |
| #Breadcrumbs | - | Standard breadcrumbs bar | _See Component_ |
| #User Profile Card | #User | Displays the key user details: Pics, name, email | Click `Edit` → #Edit Profile Screen |
| #Action Bar | - | Other actions that can be taken on the page | Click `Change Email` → #Change Email Screen, `#Delete Account` → #Delete Account Screen |

In the above table I used `#` to indicate all Entity Mentions. Each of the columns would be configured as follows:

- `Component`: Any mention links this Screen Entity to a Component Entity (n-n)
- `Data Object`: Any mention links this Screen Entity to a Data Object Entity (n-n)
- `Actions`: Any mention links this Screen Entity to a Screen Entity (n-n)

Of course, all these Relationships would have to first be configured on the Entity level.

Overall, this would allow for a more rich text and a more dynamic blend between structured and unstructured data. It would also allow me to hide a way a number of Views, as I now can dynamically generate some of these tables.

Again, sorry if this message side-tracks the thread. 🙊

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