Creating a Column Link

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Use the Column Link attributes to create a link from a report to another page in your application or to a URL.

To create a column link to another page:

1. Navigate to the appropriate Report Attributes page. See "Editing Report Attributes".

2. Under Column Attributes, locate the column to contain the link.

3. Click the Edit icon next to the column name.

   The Column Attributes page appears.

4. Scroll down to Column Link.

5. To create a column link to another page:

   1. From Target, select Page in this Application.

   2. (Optional) In Link Attributes, specify additional column link attributes that will be included in the <a href= > tag (for example, a link target, classes, or styles).

   3. In Link Text, enter the text to be displayed as a link, specify an image tag, or pick from the list of default images.

   4. In Page, specify the target page number. To reset the pagination for this page, select Reset Pagination.

   5. In Request, specify the request to be used.

   6. In Clear Cache, specify the pages (that is, the page numbers) on which to clear cache. You can specify multiple pages by listing the page numbers in a comma-delimited list.

   7. Use the Name and Value fields to specify session state for a specific item.

6. Click Apply Changes.

To create a column link to a URL:

1. Navigate to the appropriate Report Attributes page. See "Editing Report Attributes".

2. Access the Column Attributes page by clicking the Edit icon next to the appropriate column.

   The Column Attributes page appears.

3. Scroll down to Column Link.

4. Under Column Link, specify the following:

   1. From Target Type, select URL.

   2. In Link Text, enter the text to be displayed as a link and select a substitution string.

   3. (Optional) In Link Attributes, specify additional column link attributes that will be included in the <a href= > tag (for example, a link target, classes, or styles).

   4. In URL, enter the appropriate address.

5. Click Apply Changes.