Content linking is the connection of two or more
components through the Interportlet Communication Framework. BI workspace
components use this framework to transfer data between documents and modules.
Only the Dashboards module, Web Intelligence documents, and the Web Page module
can be used as source modules for content linking.
You can view data in the source module and link the
data to the following target modules in a BI workspace:
Dashboards models, as source and target modules
A Dashboards model defined as a target module
receives information from the source module and utilizes this information as
input to variables defined in the Dashboards module.
Crystal
reports, as target modules
Web Intelligence documents, as source and target
modules
When a Dashboards model is defined as the source
module, the dynamic values pass through the content-linking framework to
prompts in Crystal reports and Web Intelligence documents. The prompts act as
target modules on the BI workspace tab or subtab.
Web Page modules, as a source or target module
Link the Web Page module as the source or target
with another module to transfer events between a web page or image and another
document or module.
Content linking enables you to use dynamic module
linking at a granular level, which provides more control over information sent.
To define the granularity of linking, select a list of ranges or parameters to
display in the source and target modules in the BI workspace content-linking
layout.
Note: You can link legacy content between target
and source modules through the legacy in- and out-port indicators. With
granular linking, a BI workspace does not need to interpret data sent between
source and target reports. This option is useful for designing BI workspace
with interportlet communication in older releases, using PortalData or FS
Command connections.
For each source range displayed, you can choose the
corresponding target range or ranges to send to represent the data. For
specific ranges triggered in the source module, at run-time, the BI workspace
determines the ranges to display, retrieves their values, and passes the values
to target modules, based on granular linking.
To preview parameters (ranges, prompts, and filters)
for linking, set the user interface to selectively link or unlink components.
Visual indicators identify which components that are linked.
To configure content linking in a BI workspace, click
Content Linking
on the BI workspace toolbar.