# Slack integration doesn't display, only links to, graph image? **URL:** \ **Category:** Bugabee\ **Created:** [February 11, 2019, 1:15pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/slack-integration-doesnt-display-only-links-to-graph-image/4926 "2019-02-11T13:15:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![narthur](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/narthur/32/5113_2.png) [@narthur](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/narthur)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2019, 1:15pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/slack-integration-doesnt-display-only-links-to-graph-image/4926/1 "2019-02-11T13:15:27Z")
In the list of available commands for the slack integration, it says "`goalname` will display the status and graph for the goal with that goalname." However, when I attempt to use this command, it only links to the graph instead of displaying it. Being able to see the graph inline would be super nice. If this isn’t a bug, can I request this as a feature? ![26%20AM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/beeminder/original/2X/2/2eb5c844c45d8436823079a0518ee0ab7a0fee11.png) ---
**Author:** ![narthur](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/narthur/32/5113_2.png) [@narthur](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/narthur)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2019, 1:19pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/slack-integration-doesnt-display-only-links-to-graph-image/4926/2 "2019-02-11T13:19:47Z")
Also, is this a proper error message? Because it looks more like all the possible error messages. ![49%20AM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/beeminder/original/2X/1/106ad31667badf4552cee2fbe961d9ec7a3fc6f2.png) ---
**Author:** ![apolyton](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/apolyton/32/1965_2.png) [@apolyton](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/apolyton)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2019, 1:42pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/slack-integration-doesnt-display-only-links-to-graph-image/4926/3 "2019-02-11T13:42:26Z")
I think the graph preview only works for public goals. @dreev @bee I would love a solution to this as well ---
**Author:** ![narthur](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/narthur/32/5113_2.png) [@narthur](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/narthur)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2019, 3:49pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/slack-integration-doesnt-display-only-links-to-graph-image/4926/4 "2019-02-11T15:49:33Z")
I just double-checked and the goal I was trying to view is public. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![bee](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/bee/32/41_2.png) [@bee](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/bee)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2019, 7:19pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/slack-integration-doesnt-display-only-links-to-graph-image/4926/5 "2019-02-11T19:19:30Z")
Hmm. so I think that slack not showing the preview is maybe a settings thing with your own slack? or perhaps it’s something to do with us using the “only visible to you” thing? I thought at first it was because we’re using the beeminder graph url, which redirects to amazon s3, but if I send a message with the [https://www.beeminder.com/meta/uvi/graph](https://www.beeminder.com/meta/uvi/graph) url, that auto-expands. But yeah, we’re just sending a url. Not sure how slack decides to expand that or not. ---
**Author:** ![narthur](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/narthur/32/5113_2.png) [@narthur](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/narthur)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2019, 10:01pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/slack-integration-doesnt-display-only-links-to-graph-image/4926/6 "2019-02-11T22:01:37Z")
Thanks for taking a look. 🙂 This is a new Slack workspace, so no settings have been changed. It’s not a big deal. I’d rather be able to add datapoints. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![bee](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/bee/32/41_2.png) [@bee](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/bee)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2019, 10:08pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/slack-integration-doesnt-display-only-links-to-graph-image/4926/7 "2019-02-11T22:08:28Z")
oh yeah, this was a two-parter. whoops. yeah, the error message for that is totally blrcxked but I think it’s just a syntax problem with your datapoint. Check out valid datapoint formats here: [https://help.beeminder.com/article/36-what-is-my-data](https://help.beeminder.com/article/36-what-is-my-data) protip: you can just use a ^ in place of remembering the current date.