Adding a Hyperlink to a Chart Dashlet

When working with chart Dashlets in the Dashboard Designer, you can specify a link that opens when a user clicks the Dashlet. You can optionally include a parameter which references an existing filter in another Dashlet, and uses that filter to display a specific web page relevant to the filtered information.

1. Right-click the dashboard name and select Open in Designer from the context menu. The Dashboard Designer opens.
   
   

2. Create a chart hyperlink:
   
   

   1. Right-click on the dashlet and select Properties from the context-menu. The Dashlet Properties dialog box opens.
      
      

   2. Click the Hyperlinks tab.
      
      

   3. Click Enable chart hyperlinks to select it.
      
      

   4. Choose Open new page from the Action menu.
      
      

   5. The Web Address/Repository URL entry bar is displayed.
      
      

   6. Enter "repo:/public/Samples/Reports/report_name" for the Web Address/Repository URL. To see the report's path, hover over the report's name in the Existing Content pane.
      
      

   7. Click the OK button.
      
      

3. Preview the new dashboard functionality with the Preview button.
   
   

4. Add a parameter:
   
   

   1. Right-click on the dashlet, select Properties from the context-menu, and click the Hyperlinks tab.
      
      

   2. The Available Parameters area shows the parameters available in the chart.
      
      

   3. Modify the URL to add a parameter that provides a value for an input control in the target report:  

      1. You need to know the correct name of the input control in your target report.
         
         

      2. Create a parameter. If you create a parameter name, it is helpful to use a name that is not used in the Filter Manager.
         
         

         If you use one of the names in the Available Parameters list, the mapping to the parameter is created for you.

          

          

   4. Click Create Links in Filter Manager. Click Yes when prompted. The Filter Manager is displayed.
      
      

   5. In the Filter group, click a new row with Affected Dashlet and Filter/Parameter dropdown menus.
      
      

   6. In the Dashlet Affected column, select a column from the new Select dashlet dropdown menu.
      
      

   7. In the Filter/Parameter Affected column, select a field from the new Select parameter dropdown menu.
      
      

   8. Click the OK button.
      
      
      

Now, to preview the new Dashboard functionality, complete the following steps:
 

1. Click the Preview button to preview the Dashboard.
   
   

2. Click in the text box to display the available values.
   
   

3. Select a value from the list, and click the Apply button at the bottom of the dashlet.
   
   

4. Click the chart dashlet.
   
   

5. To verify that the parameter has been passed correctly, click in the Report.
   
   

6. Return to the tab that contains your Dashboard.
   
   

7. From the Dashboard Designer, select Save Dashboard.