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Adding Interactive Viewing Features : How to create a hyperlink that links two sections in a report

How to create a hyperlink that links two sections in a report

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Select the source report element, then perform one of the following tasks:
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For a data, label, or image element, on Property Editor, choose Properties, then choose Hyperlink. On the Hyperlink page, shown in Figure 19‑2, choose the ellipsis button to open Hyperlink Options.

Figure 19-2 Hyperlink page

Figure 19-2
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Select Format Chart, then choose the chart element for which to define a hyperlink. The chart element can be a value series, the chart area, the legend, the x- and y-axis, or a title. Figure 19‑3 shows an example of a pie chart’s value series selected.

Figure 19-3 Edit chart displaying format options for value series

Figure 19-3
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Choose Edit Base URL to open Hyperlink Options. Figure 19‑4 shows the hyperlink action selected in the interactivity editor.

Figure 19-4 Interactivity editor showing hyperlink action selected

Figure 19-4
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In Bookmark, select a bookmark from the drop-down list. The list displays all the bookmarks that you defined for the report. The bookmark you select appears in both Bookmark and Linked Expression, as shown in Figure 19‑5.

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In Linked Expression, choose the expression builder button, then build an expression.
Figure 19‑5 shows an example of a hyperlink definition that uses a bookmark value.

Figure 19-5 Hyperlink Options

Figure 19-5
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Choose OK.
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Preview the report to test the hyperlink. In the previewer and the report viewer, a data or label element with a hyperlink appears as blue underlined text, and an image has a blue border. For a chart, a hyperlink does not have a different appearance, but a cursor shaped like a hand appears when you hover the mouse pointer over a hyperlink.

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