Use Information Designer to create information links. The building
blocks are column-, filter- and procedure elements that either the database
administrator or you have configured.
Procedure
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In
Information Designer, click
New and select
Information Link.
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In the
Elements tree, select the column or filter
element that you want to include. You can also include
procedures.
Tip: If the
Elements tree is not visible in the
left-hand pane, click on the
Elements tab to show it. Click the
+ symbol to expand a folder. You can select
multiple elements simultaneously by pressing Ctrl and selecting the elements of
interest, or by pressing Shift and selecting the first and last element in a
list.
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Click
Add >.
Tip: To remove an item from the information link, select
the item and click
< Remove.
The selected element is added to the Elements list on the
Information Link tab.
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If the selected elements come from more than one data source
table, you must specify a
Join path. This means that you must create all
joins needed to link all data tables together, and you must also specify these
in the Join path section on the Information Link tab.
- Optional:
In the
Description field, type some text describing
the purpose of the information link.
- Optional:
To filter the data, open the
Filters section and follow the instructions in
Adding hard filters to information links.
- Optional:
To add prompts (run-time filtering), open the
Prompts section and follow the instructions
under
Adding prompts to information links.
- Optional:
Specify any
Conditioning,
Parameters or
Properties that are needed for your
information link. You can also specify whether the information link should be
cacheable. See
Information Link tab for
more information and links.
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Click
Save.
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In the
Save As dialog, select the folder where you want
to save the information link.
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In the
Name field, type a name for the information
link, and then click
Save.
Results
The new information
link is added to the library. It can now be accessed by other users.
What to do next
- To test the information
link directly, click
Open Data.
- To view or edit the SQL
behind the information link, click
SQL.