Report Links dialog

Use this dialog to specify the links that are to be displayed with analyses on a dashboard page. You can specify these link setting at the following levels:

Dashboard level — The link settings apply to all analyses in the dashboard, unless customized settings have been specified for an individual dashboard page or analysis.

To specify the report links at the dashboard level, click the Tools button on the "Dashboard builder" toolbar to display the "Dashboard Properties dialog" and then click the Dashboard Report Links Edit button.
Dashboard page level — The link settings apply to all analyses in the dashboard page, unless customized settings have been specified for particular analyses.

To specify the report links at the dashboard level page, click the Tools button on the Dashboard builder toolbar and then select Page Report Links.
Analysis level — The link settings apply only to the particular analysis.

To specify the report links at the analysis level, click the Properties button for the analysis in the "Page Layout area" of the Dashboard builder and select Report Links.

For more information, see:

Components

Inherit Dashboard Settings

Select this option to specify that the link settings for the dashboard are to be used.

This option is available only when you are specifying the link settings at the dashboard page level.

For more information, see "Changing the Properties of a Dashboard and its Pages."

Inherit Page Settings

Select this option to specify that the link settings for the dashboard page are to be used.

This option is available only when you are specifying the link settings at the analysis level.

Customize

Select this option to customize the link settings for a particular dashboard page or analysis.

This option is available only when you are specifying the link settings for a dashboard page or an analysis.

Analyze

Select this option to specify that the Analyze link is to be displayed. This link displays the analysis in its current state (that is, with the current context, for example, with applied filters, prompts, and so on) in the "Analysis editor," where users can edit it.

For more information on editing an analysis, see "Editing Analyses."

Edit

Select this option to specify that the Edit link is to be displayed. This link displays the analysis in its original state (that is, without the current context) in the "Analysis editor," where users can edit it.

For more information on editing an analysis, see "Editing Analyses."

Export

Select this option to specify that the Export link is to be displayed. This link provides users with various options to export the results of the analysis, for example, Excel 2007+. For more information on the available export options, see "Export Menu Options for Views and Results."

For more information on exporting an analysis, see "Exporting Results."

Refresh

Select this option to specify that the Refresh link is to be displayed. This link enables users to refresh the analysis.

Add to Briefing Book

Select this option to specify that the Add to Briefing Book link is to be displayed. This link displays the "Save Briefing Book Content dialog," where users can add the analysis to a briefing book.

For more information about adding an analysis to a briefing book, see "Adding Content to New or Existing Briefing Books."

Select this option to specify that the Print link is to be displayed. This link provides users with the following print options:

HTML — Displays a printer-friendly version of the analysis in HTML
PDF — Displays a printer-friendly version of the analysis in Adobe PDF (Portable Document Format)

Copy

Select this option to specify that the Copy link is to be displayed. This link enables users to copy the analysis in its current state (that is, with the current context, for example, with applied filters, prompts, and so on) to Microsoft Office applications.

For more information about copying analyses to Microsoft Office applications, see "Copying Results to Microsoft Applications."