About Links

A link is a connection in one report or document to another report or document. A link lets an analyst execute another document or report (the target) from a document or report (the source), and to pass parameters to answer any prompts that are in the target. For example, if a user is viewing a report containing regional sales, the user can click a particular region to execute another report that displays sales for the stores in that region. The source report could also link to a document that displays profit and cost values as well as the revenue in an interactive dashboard.

Links can:

Be used from a report (the source)
Be used from a Grid/Graph in a document (the source)
Be created on attributes, metrics, hierarchies, or object prompts
Execute a report or a document (the target)
Open the target in either a new window or the same window (replacing the source) in MicroStrategy Web

In MicroStrategy Developer, all links open in a new window.
Answer prompts in the target in a variety of ways, including using existing prompt answers from the source, using the objects selected in the source, running the prompts, sending a list of elements, and others

You can create multiple links for the same object. For example, the Region attribute in the Regional Revenue report can link to the Revenue by Category report, which displays data for the selected region only (as shown in the example in Linking Reports and Documents). The same attribute can also link to a document that provides additional information about the region, such as revenue forecasts, inventory figures, store listings, employee schedules, and so on. For an example of multiple links, see Components of a Link.

Different objects on a report can have different links. For example, the Region attribute in the Regional Revenue report can link to the Revenue by Category report, while the Revenue metric can link to a document with revenue forecasts and other key performance indicators.

Links in documents are similar to links in reports. The similarities and differences are listed in the following table.

Links in Documents	Links in Reports
Can be attributes, metrics, hierarchies, and object prompts in Grid/Graphs displayed as grids	Can be attributes, metrics, hierarchies, and object prompts
Can link to documents and reports	Can link to documents and reports
Are not functional in MicroStrategy Developer	Are functional in executed reports in MicroStrategy Developer
Are functional in Interactive Mode and Editable Mode in MicroStrategy Web	Are functional in executed reports in MicroStrategy Web