MicroStrategy ONE

Adding a Shortcut to a Specific Page

The default hyperlinks are Create, Shared Reports, My Reports, History List, and My Subscriptions. In MicroStrategy Web, each of these links is defined as an individual shortcut that belongs to a shortcut list.

In this customization scenario, you add a new shortcut MicroStrategy News only to the Desktop page. Clicking the shortcut opens the MicroStrategy Web site in a new Web browser window.

Before customization:

After customization:

This customization can be accomplished using either of the following methods:

Deploying the plug-in provided with MicroStrategy SDK

MicroStrategy SDK provides a plug-in (ZIP file) that can simply be extracted to thepluginsfolder to view the customization in MicroStrategy Web. The following steps guide you in locating the plug-in and deploying it. 

  1. Access the plug-in: JSP version or ASP .NET version. 

  2. Extract the plug-in to the plugins subfolder inside the MicroStrategy Web installation folder.   

  3. Launch MicroStrategy Web to view the customization.

Using the Web Customization Editor to create a plug-in

MicroStrategy SDK provides a Web Customization Editor that can be used to create a customization plug-in. The following steps guide you in creating the plug-in and deploying it. 

  1. Launch the Web Customization Editor. 

  2. Click on MicroStrategy Web Configuration inside the Application Settings view to expand the hierarchical tree. The expanded list comprises the different settings that can be modified to perform customizations. 

  3. Click on Pages to expand the list of pages used in MicroStrategy Web. 

  4. Double-click the desktop (Desktop) page.:

    If you wish to add this shortcut to all pages, then double-click the-1 (Default Page)page. 

  5. Click the Template Properties tab at the bottom in the right frame to make changes to the Default page template. 

  6. Click Edit Shortcuts. 

  7. Select the radio button for Add New Shortcut. 

  8. Click Next. 

  9. Enter MicroStrategy News in the Name text field. 

  10. Enter MicroStrategy News in the Descriptor text field. 

  11. Enter http://www.microstrategy.com in the HRef text field.:

    Refer to Using the URL API to Access a MicroStrategy Web Page for instructions on creating a link that points to a new or existing MicroStrategy Web page.

  12. Enter _blank in the Target text field. 

  13. Select false from the drop-down menu for Append State.:

    If the shortcut points to a MicroStrategy Web page such as a Report Execution page, Document Execution page, etc. where you want to pass the state of a bean, keep the Append State as true.

  14. Click Next. 

  15. Click Finish. 

  16. Save your changes. 

  17. Launch MicroStrategy Web to view the customization.

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