MicroStrategy ONE

Link a Text Field or Image to a Dashboard

Starting in MicroStrategy ONE Update 11, you can click a text field or image to another dashboard or dashboards in different projects.

You can link a text field or image to another dashboard. You can pass filter selections or prompt answers if the dashboard is in the same project:

There are limitations when using links. For more information, see KB484398: Limitations for using contextual linking in dashboards.

Link to a Dashboard in the Same Project

  1. Right-click the text field or image you want to link and choose Create Link.

  2. Click Dashboard.

  3. Select the Dashboard you want to link to and specify a landing Page.

  4. Enter the Tooltip text that appears when you hover over the text field or image.

  5. To pass the filter panel conditions to the target page, select the Pass the filter conditions to the target page checkbox.
  6. To pass the visualization (in-canvas) filter conditions to the target page, select the Pass selections in all visualizations filter to the target page checkbox.

    7. The attributes and metrics used in the Filter Panel, and in visualization (in-canvas) filters for both the source dashboard and target dashboard must be the same, or must match filter names. For more information, see KB483883: Best practices for contextual linking in dashboards.

  7. If you are linking to a prompted dashboard, choose a prompt and a corresponding answer.

  8. Click Save.

Link to a Dashboard in a Different Project

You can not pass filter or prompt conditions when you link to a dashboard in a different project.

  1. Right-click the text field or image you want to link and choose Create Link.

  2. Click Dashboard.

  3. Expand the Dashboard drop-down and click Choose another dashboard....

  4. Expand the project drop-down and choose the project that contains the target dashboard.

  5. Choose the target dashboard.
  6. Enter the Tooltip text that appears when you hover over the text field or image.

  7. Click Save.