Link Control

Owned by Migration
Last updated: Oct 26, 2017 by Alexandra Verlaan (Deactivated)
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Introduction

The Link control can be used to navigate to a different report from the current report or to an external link.

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Settings

The settings define the look & feel and behavior of the control.

Setting

Description

Mandatory

Link Text

The content of the (dynamic) label. A label could be a simple text string, but can also harbor dimensional information and even data-cells.

Example: "The total revenue for [ENT] equals [DATA[1]]". Where [ENT] is the currently selected Entity and [DATA[1]] refers to the first data-element of the (optional) list defined at Parameter Data (see below).

Yes

Navigate to: Report

 The name of the report to which the link will navigate



Navigate to: Web Address

Set the (dynamic) web address (URL) of an external source to which the link will navigate to. The content of the (dynamic) web address (URL) could be a simple url, but can also harbor dimensional information such as [ENT] for the entity as selected from the POV. 

Ability to open the (dynamic) web address (URL) in:

  • New Browser Tab
  • New Window Popup
  • Same Window


Data

A list that defines the [DATA[..]] elements of a Label-text (see Text parameter).

No

Format

Format of the label. Select from the Picklist.

Yes