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Copying links to other objects in the report or document

To use the same link, or a similar one, on a different report object, copy the link. This saves time, and ensures that the links are exactly the same. You can copy multiple links or only one link.

For example, you want to create three links on Region and the same three links on Call Center. Create the links on Region, and then copy them to Call Center. If one of the Call Center links needs to be slightly different, you can edit it after copying it.

Links may already have been defined for the object that you are copying the links to. In this case, the following rules apply:

  • Any existing links are not removed or overwritten, even if they point to the same target.

  • If a copied link has the same name as an existing link, the copied link is renamed as "Copy of Name".

  • If a copied link is a default link (the link that is executed when a user clicks the object), it is copied to the object as the default link, unless that object already has a default link defined. In this case, the link is copied, but it is not set as the default. For information on default links, see Specifying the default link when multiple links are available.

Prerequisite

This procedure assumes you have already created the link that you want to copy. For instructions, see Creating links.

To copy a link

  1. Right-click the report or document, and select Edit in the Report Editor or Document Editor in MicroStrategy Developer.

    Links are copied in the Link Editor.

  2. In a report, right-click the object that contains the link to be copied, and select Edit Links.
  3. In a document, right-click the Grid/Graph, and select Edit Grid. Right-click the object in the Grid/Graph that contains the link to be copied, and select Edit Links.

  4. Click Copy Links. The Copy Links dialog box opens.

  5. In the list under Select the links to be copied, select the link or links to be copied.

  6. In the list under Select the units to which the selected links will be copied, select the object or objects to copy the links to.

  7. You can choose whether or not to copy the Open in a new window setting to the new link. This setting determines whether the target opens in the same window as the source (replacing the source) or in a new window (simultaneously displaying the target and the source) in MicroStrategy Web.

    By default, the Open in a new window setting is not copied. To change this, select the Copy 'Open in a new window' setting to the target units check box.

  8. Click Copy. You are returned to the Link Editor.

  9. Click OK to close the Link Editor and return to the source document or report.

  10. You can modify copied links, as necessary.

    • Right-click the object that contains the new link, and select Edit Links. The Link Editor opens.

    • Make any necessary changes.

    • Click OK to save the changes and return to the source document or report.

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