Linking module content

Before you can perform content linking with Web Intelligence modules, you must set Web Intelligence preferences in BI launch pad to show Web options.
You can configure dynamic communication between Dashboards models, Web Intelligence documents, Crystal reports modules, and Web Page modules on the same BI workspace tab or subtab. At runtime, the source module sends information to the target module or modules as parameter values. The parameter values provide input to prompts in Web Intelligence documents, Crystal reports, Web Page modules, or the data spreadsheet range of Dashboards models.
To facilitate dynamic communication between a source Dashboards or Web Intelligence module and other target modules, use the External Interface Connection component. Users select values in the parameters area, and the information is sent from source modules to target modules and then inserted as prompt values.

Note: To use a Dashboards model in a BI workspace as both a source and target module, you must configure the report with an External Interface Connection component, using Dashboards. For more information about configuring portal connections in a Dashboards model, see the Dashboards and Presentation Design User's Guide.
  1. From the module library, drag the source module to the BI workspace layout.
  2. Drag one or more target modules (Dashboards modules, Crystal reports, Web Intelligence documents, or Web Page modules) to the workspace layout.
  3. On the BI workspace toolbar, click Content Linking.
    The "Content Linking" dialog box appears, displaying potential source and target modules. A table lists the source and target modules and the associated source and target parameters. A dotted line indicates linked modules; however, you must map parameters before the connection is configured.
  4. In the Parameter Mapping table, select a source parameter in the Source Parameter column and then select a target parameter in the Target Parameter column.
    The parameter are paired and the modules are linked. The connection is represented by a solid line. Other content-linking connections are represented by the following indicators:
  5. Click Close.