DashboardWidgetDefinition
A single dashboard widget definition, describing a self-service search/list widget that a dashboard-capable FOLIO app can render against one of its own resources. The `definition` block configures the columns available for the results table, quick-search matching, structured filtering, and sorting.
Properties
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| type | object | The widget implementation this definition targets. |
| version | string | Version of this specific widget definition. |
| name | string | Display name of the widget, e.g. `ERM Licenses`. |
| definition | object |
JSON Schema
{
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/folio/main/json-schema/folio-dashboard-widget-definition-schema.json",
"title": "DashboardWidgetDefinition",
"description": "A single dashboard widget definition, describing a self-service search/list widget that a dashboard-capable FOLIO app can render against one of its own resources. The `definition` block configures the columns available for the results table, quick-search matching, structured filtering, and sorting.",
"x-generated": "2026-10-09",
"x-method": "derived",
"x-generator": "derive-json-schema.py",
"x-source": "openapi/folio-mod-agreements-openapi.yml#/components/schemas/DashboardWidgetDefinition",
"type": "object",
"required": [
"type",
"version",
"name",
"definition"
],
"properties": {
"type": {
"type": "object",
"description": "The widget implementation this definition targets.",
"properties": {
"name": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Widget type name, e.g. `SimpleSearch`."
},
"version": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Version of the widget type's own configuration format."
}
}
},
"version": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Version of this specific widget definition."
},
"name": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Display name of the widget, e.g. `ERM Licenses`."
},
"definition": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"baseUrl": {
"type": "string",
"description": "API path the widget queries for `resource` records."
},
"resource": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Name of the resource type the widget lists/searches."
},
"results": {
"type": "object",
"description": "Columns available in the widget's results table.",
"properties": {
"columns": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/DashboardWidgetResultColumn"
}
}
}
},
"matches": {
"type": "object",
"description": "Fields the widget's free-text quick search matches against.",
"properties": {
"columns": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/DashboardWidgetMatchColumn"
}
},
"termConfigurable": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Whether the user can choose which of these fields to search."
}
}
},
"filters": {
"type": "object",
"description": "Fields available for building structured filters.",
"properties": {
"columns": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/DashboardWidgetFilterColumn"
}
}
}
},
"sort": {
"type": "object",
"description": "Fields the results table can be sorted by.",
"properties": {
"columns": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/DashboardWidgetSortColumn"
}
}
}
},
"configurableProperties": {
"type": "object",
"description": "Per-instance widget settings a user can override when adding this widget to a dashboard, keyed by property name.",
"additionalProperties": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"configurable": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Whether the user may override this property."
},
"defValue": {
"description": "Default value. Type depends on the property."
}
}
}
}
}
}
},
"$defs": {
"DashboardWidgetFilterColumn": {
"type": "object",
"description": "A field available for building a structured filter.",
"properties": {
"name": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Internal field identifier."
},
"label": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Display label for the field."
},
"filterPath": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Dot-path/query field the filter is applied to."
},
"valueType": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Value type the filter compares, e.g. `String`, `UUID`, `Date`, `Enum`, `Array`."
},
"resource": {
"type": "string",
"description": "For `valueType: UUID` reference filters, the related resource type to look up candidate values from."
},
"comparators": {
"type": "array",
"description": "Comparison operators the UI may offer for this filter.",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"enumValues": {
"type": "array",
"description": "For `valueType: Enum` filters, the allowed values.",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"value": {
"type": "string"
},
"label": {
"type": "string"
}
}
}
}
},
"additionalProperties": true
},
"DashboardWidgetMatchColumn": {
"type": "object",
"description": "A field the widget's free-text quick search matches against.",
"properties": {
"name": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Internal field identifier."
},
"label": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Display label for the field."
},
"accessPath": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Dot-path into the resource record to match the search term against."
},
"default": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Whether this field is matched by default."
}
},
"additionalProperties": true
},
"DashboardWidgetResultColumn": {
"type": "object",
"description": "A single column in a dashboard widget's results table.",
"properties": {
"name": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Internal column identifier."
},
"label": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Display label for the column."
},
"accessPath": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Dot-path into the resource record used to derive the cell value."
},
"valueType": {
"type": "string",
"description": "How the UI should render the cell value.",
"enum": [
"String",
"Link",
"Date",
"Boolean",
"Array"
]
},
"arrayDisplayPath": {
"type": "string",
"description": "For `valueType: Array` columns, the dot-path within each array item to display."
}
},
"additionalProperties": true
},
"DashboardWidgetSortColumn": {
"type": "object",
"description": "A field the widget's results table can be sorted by.",
"properties": {
"name": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Internal field identifier."
},
"label": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Display label for the field."
},
"sortPath": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Dot-path/query field used when sorting."
},
"sortTypes": {
"type": "array",
"description": "Supported sort directions.",
"items": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"asc",
"desc"
]
}
}
},
"additionalProperties": true
}
}
}
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