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Emailing, exporting, and subscribing to documents and reports via links

A user can click a link on a document in MicroStrategy Web and, rather than executing the target of the link, the target can be emailed, exported, or subscribed to. You can create a link URL that performs any of the following actions: subscribe to a report or document; email a report or document; export a report or document.

To create a link to email, export, or subscribe to a report or document

  1. In MicroStrategy Web, open the document in Design or Editable Mode.

  2. From the Insert menu, select Text, and click and drag in the location where you want to insert the link.

  3. Type descriptive and informative text for the link in the text field so that the user knows what action is performed when the link is clicked.

  4. Right-click the text field and select Properties and Formatting. The Properties and Formatting dialog box opens.

  5. Make sure General is selected on the left.

  6. Under Navigation, select the Is Hyperlink check box.

  7. Type the target URL in the Hyperlink field. Use one of the syntaxes from the following table, depending on what action you want to execute when the link is clicked:

Action

Syntax

To export a report or document

For reports: http://MSTRWebURL?evt=3067&reportID=objectID&promptinfo

For documents: http://MSTRWebURL?evt=3067&documentID=objectID&promptinfo

To export a report or document to PDF

For reports: http://MSTRWebURL?evt=3069&reportID=objectID&promptinfo

For documents: http://MSTRWebURL?evt=3069&documentID=objectID&promptinfo

To email a report or document now

For reports: http://MSTRWebURL?evt=3037&objectID=objectID&objectType=3&promptinfo

For documents: http://MSTRWebURL?evt=3037&objectID=objectID&objectType=55&promptinfo

To email a report or document based on a schedule

For reports: http://MSTRWebURL?evt=3036&objectID=objectID&objectType=3&promptinfo

For documents: http://MSTRWebURL?evt=3036&objectID=objectID&objectType=55&promptinfo

To subscribe to a report or document to be delivered to your History List folder

For reports: http://MSTRWebURL?evt=3034&objectID=objectID&objectType=3&promptinfo

For documents: http://MSTRWebURL?evt=3034&objectID=objectID&objectType=55&promptinfo

To subscribe to a report or document to be delivered to a mobile device

For reports: http://MSTRWebURL?evt=3134&objectID=objectID&objectType=3&promptinfo

For documents: http://MSTRWebURL?evt=3134&objectID=objectID&objectType=55&promptinfo

To subscribe to a report or document to be delivered to a network folder

For reports: http://MSTRWebURL?evt=3174&objectID=objectID&objectType=3&promptinfo

For documents: http://MSTRWebURL?evt=3174&objectID=objectID&objectType=55&promptinfo

To subscribe to a report or document to be delivered to a printer

For reports: http://MSTRWebURL?evt=3076&objectID=objectID&objectType=3&promptinfo

For documents: http://MSTRWebURL?evt=3076&objectID=objectID&objectType=55&promptinfo

  1. Replace italicized text in the link URL with the information for your report or document, using the following guidelines:

    • MSTRWebURL represents the correct base URL syntax for your Web environment. This is the URL path to the Web application's main controller. Depending on the environment in which Web is deployed, replace this part of the URL syntax with one of the following:

      • for .NET: Webserver/MicroStrategy/asp/Main.aspx

      • for J2EE: Webserver/WebMstr7/servlet/mstrWeb

    • objectID represents the ID of the document or report to be executed. To obtain the object ID of a report or document, right-click the report or document and select Properties. The object ID is displayed in the Properties dialog box.

    • promptinfo represents any of the optional prompt information parameters. To automatically answer any prompts in the target report or document, you need to include prompt information parameters at the end of the URL. The promptinfo parameter passes information that is used to answer prompts in the target. If you do not include prompt information, the user who clicks the link must answer the prompts in the target report/document. For details to specify prompt information parameters, see Specifying prompt information parameters in manually created link URLs.

  2. To have the target report or document open in a new window, select the Open in new window check box. This allows the target and the source to be visible simultaneously. If this check box is cleared, the target report/document opens and replaces the source document.

  3. Click OK to save your changes and return to the source document.