Creating Links

Using the Interactions tab, you can add a link from a report object, text, or image to another report; you can add a link to a specific section in the current report; or you can add a link from report objects (including text objects) to an external URL.

Create a Link to Another Report

To add a link from a report object or image to another report:

Click the Interactions tab.
Click New, and then select Report Link. The Select window is displayed.

Select Window
Select a target report, and then click OK. The Create Report Link window is displayed.
Verify the name of the target report. If you want to select a different target report, click Browse.

If the target report contains more than one section, then select the report section that you want to open first.

Create Report Link Window with Section 3 Selected

Click OK. The new report link is displayed on the Interactions tab in the right pane.

Double-click on an item in the report object (for example, a bar, a row in a table, a pie slice, and so on) to activate the report link. You are prompted to save changes to the report object before you can follow the link to the target report. To return to the source report object, use the button next to the target report name above the canvas.

Here is an example of the button that enables you to return to the source report object:

Button to Return to the Source Report Object

To add a link from text to another report:

Double-click inside the text object on the canvas and enter the text. You can use the floating toolbar to change the font, font size, text color, and text background color. You can specify whether the text is bold, italic, or underlined, and whether it is left-aligned, centered, or right-aligned.

You can use the context menu to cut, copy, and delete text. However, you have to use the keyboard shortcut (Ctrl +V) to paste text.
(Optional) Add a hyperlink by selecting some text, and then clicking . Select Hyperlink. The Link Setup window is displayed. Select the Type of link. The options are External URL and Report Link. If your report has multiple sections, then the Section Link option is also displayed.

Enter a URL. The http:// part of the link is provided. The link can be relative to the current web application server.

Link Setup Window
Click OK. The link appears in the text object.

Create a Link to One or More Sections in a Report

To add a link from a report object, text, or image to a specific section in the same report:

Click the Interactions tab.
Click New, and then select Section Link. The Create Section Link window is displayed.

Create Section Link Window
Select All to link to all of the sections in the report or select a specific section (or sections) in the report.

Click OK. The new section link is displayed on the Interactions tab in the right pane. If you selected multiple sections, those links are displayed on the Interactions tab.

Alternatively, you can create a section link using the interactions view.

Create a Link to an External URL

You can add a link from a report object, text, or image to an external URL. The http:// part of the link is provided. The link can be relative to the current web application server. For example, you can link to a stored process, which means that you would not need to specify http://servername:port because you are already logged on to that server.

To add a link to an external URL:

Click the Interactions tab.
Click New, and then select External Link. The Create External Link window is displayed.

Create External Link Window
Enter a Label and a Url for the link.
(Optional) Click to specify additional parameters for the link. You can specify the Format value option, a Source, and a Target. The Format value option applies only to dates and numbers. You can add multiple parameters.

Create External Link Window Expanded to Show Parameters
Press Enter or Tab to activate the OK button. Click OK. The new external link is displayed on the Interactions tab in the right pane.

Double-click on a report object to link to the external URL.