About links

A link is a connection in one report or document to another report or document. With a link, an analyst can execute another document or report (the target) from a document or report (the source), and pass parameters to answer any prompts that are in the target. For example, if a user is viewing a report containing regional sales, he can click a particular region to execute another report that displays sales for the stores in that region.

Links can:

Be used from a report (the source).
Be used from a Grid/Graph in a document (the source).

The Grid/Graph must be displayed as a grid.
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. For detailed descriptions of these methods, see Specifying how prompts are answered in the target.

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. 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.

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.

About links

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