Using a link
You can open links from the following locations:
*The toolbar in a book section, map, or view
*From the Links menu
Point to either Database Info Links, Measure Links, or Location Info Links, and choose to open a specific link.
*From the E-mail menu
Choose to open an e-mail link.
*A measure and location pair in a view
Choose the e-mail icon in a measure and location pair to open a menu of e-mail links.
*The home page
Choose My Home Page, and in the Links section choose to open a link.
*Navigation Pane
Choose Links and choose to open a link.
*From a briefing book section
From the Link section, choose to open a link.
*From a dashboard
Choose Open Link to open the link associated with a dashboard. If no icon appears, no link has been defined.
*From the Share page
Access links that are organized by measure, location, category, or application type.
In Share, you can view and open the information links associated with a specific measure and location pair from a view or book. Share is context‑sensitive. The links that open depend on the measure and location pair that you select. In Share, links are organized by category, measure, location, or application.
Information links are either document or web links. Links to maps, for example, cannot be opened in Share. These links appear as unavailable.
How to use Share
1 Open a view or briefing book and select a measure and location pair.
2 Choose Share. Share opens. The example in Figure 2‑42 displays measure links for the Customers measure.
Figure 2‑42 Opening the Share window
3 To change the links that display in Share, choose the arrow beside Links by Measure, and perform one of the following tasks:
*To display the links defined for the measure selected in the view or book, choose Links by Measure.
*To display the links defined for the location selected in a view or book, choose Links by Location.
*To display the links defined for the measure, location, and database, sorted by category, choose Links by Category.
*To display the links defined for the measure, location, and database, sorted by application type, for example, Excel or PDF, choose Links by Application Type.
4 To access performance management content from the Actuate web site, choose BIRT Performance Analytics. The content you see varies, depending on your license.
5 To open additional performance management resources, choose Wiki. Your system specialist can personalize this page for your organization.