# Can I use the Database Display name on a Dashboard Title

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**Created:** [August 2, 2018, 4:03am UTC](https://pug.phocassoftware.com/t/can-i-use-the-database-display-name-on-a-dashboard-title/669 "2018-08-02T04:03:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Patrick.McBriarty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Patrick.McBriarty](https://pug.phocassoftware.com/u/Patrick.McBriarty)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2018, 4:03am UTC](https://pug.phocassoftware.com/t/can-i-use-the-database-display-name-on-a-dashboard-title/669/1 "2018-08-02T04:03:42Z")

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Has anyone used the “Display Name” of a database so it appears in the heading for a section or Widget on a dashboard or if you can add it to a line as a variable  
eg. Sales up to (insert Database display name here)  
Thanks in adavnce for any advice

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**Author:** ![tim.janes](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/pug.phocassoftware.com/tim.janes/32/361_2.png) [@tim.janes](https://pug.phocassoftware.com/u/tim.janes)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2018, 1:39pm UTC](https://pug.phocassoftware.com/t/can-i-use-the-database-display-name-on-a-dashboard-title/669/2 "2018-08-03T13:39:51Z")

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Hi Patrick - could you be more specific on what exactly you’re looking to do? My sales database has a display of “Sales,” so your example in my case would read “Sales up to Sales”.

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**Author:** ![Patrick.McBriarty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Patrick.McBriarty](https://pug.phocassoftware.com/u/Patrick.McBriarty)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2018, 9:59pm UTC](https://pug.phocassoftware.com/t/can-i-use-the-database-display-name-on-a-dashboard-title/669/3 "2018-08-05T21:59:05Z")

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Thanks for your reply @tim.janes. One of our databases has Sell through data that is updated periodically and the Display name for that database is along the lines of " XYZ sales up to DD/MM/YY" . If I can get that to display on the heading of a widget so it updates with what the current display name is then that would be great