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Adding a Uniform Resource Locator (URL)

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In addition to listing reports and graphs in a report group folder, you can also add a hyperlink to other Web pages inside your organization or to Web sites outside your organization. Adding a hyperlink to a group folder enables you to access Web resources quickly. WebFOCUS opens another browser window and displays the Web page associated with the Uniform Resource Locator (URL).

In the Domains view, you can enable users to access these hyperlinks using a Domain's Standard Reports.

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Procedure: How to Add a URL to the Domains View

  1. Right-click the Standard Reports group folder and select New Standard Report.
  2. Select URL from the cascading menu.

    The New URL dialog box opens.

  3. In the Name input box, type a descriptive name for the URL.
  4. In the URL input box, enter the URL as:
    • Fully qualified.

      http://www.informationbuilders.com OR

      http://host[:port]/ibi_html/index.html (where host and port represent your hostname and optional port number)

      When either of these URLs are run, the protocol specified does not change.

    • Without protocol information (does not begin with a /).

      host[:port]/ibi_html/index.html (where host and port represent your hostname and optional port number)

      When this URL is run, the protocol information is determined from the context of the user's browser session.

    • Relative (begins with a /).

      /ibi_html/index.html

      When this URL is run, the protocol and host[:port] information are determined from the context of the user's browser session. If the protocol or host[:port] for the URL is not the same as the user's browser session or the Developer Studio WebFOCUS Environment WebFOCUS Client connection information, then the URL value should be specified fully qualified.

    Note: When accessing Managed Reporting from Developer Studio, the protocol and/or host[:port] values are obtained from the WebFOCUS Environment property information to connect to the WebFOCUS Client.

  5. If you want the description to appear on the Domain's Standard Reports tab for users to access, click Show on User's list.

    If you do not check this box, the description appears below its Standard Reports group folder, where only the Administrator can access the URL.

  6. Click OK to save the description and the URL.
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Reference: Considerations for Drill Down Reports Created to URL Standard Reports

When creating a drill-down to a URL Standard Report using WebFOCUS tools (for example, HTML Report Assistant or Report Painter), the StyleSheet syntax for drilling down to a URL is generated using the value set in the Properties of the URL Standard Report; there is no direct reference to the URL Standard Report. For example, the generated syntax is:

 
TYPE=DATA,COLUMN=CAR.ORIGIN.COUNTRY,
    URL=http://host[:port]/ibi_html/index.html, $

The URL= value syntax is the URL value that is viewable from the Properties of the URL Standard Report. If you edit the Properties value of the URL Standard Report after the drill-down has been created, the URL= value does not change in the procedure (FEX).

If your drill-down is not working, you can review the StyleSheet URL = value. If it begins with "http://", it will not run successfully because it is out of the context of a URL Standard Report. To correct this, edit the StyleSheet URL value to a valid URL value.

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