Hello - I am trying to create a "Landing" page for my customer. There are two columns with formatted text. Things like bullet lists and hard returns/paragraph breaks. The bottom of the page is links to three dashboards. 

Here is my issue. Using a dashboard, I can put in text, returns, bullets and formatting, but when I put in a link to the dashboards, it puts in a picture and I just want a hyperlink. Standard underline - clickable like this: The Google

Using a report - I can put in just straight hyperlink buttons and it works like a charm, but the text is just one big old run on blob of text, no returns, no bullets, no font sizes. I'm sure it's me, because this has to be something people do all the time, right?

Ideally I would like to put an old fashioned clickable hyperlink in my dashboard, but I just can't figure out how to do that. But if anyone can tell me how to format a lot of text in a report - I'm down with that too.

Any help is appreciated!

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Heather Gardner
Business Analyst
Alliant Energy
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#CognosAnalyticswithWatson

Hi Heather,

You can check out this link and the related information to Dashboarding

https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSEP7J_11.1.0/com.ibm.swg.ba.cognos.ug_ca_dshb.doc/wa_an_assemble_getting_started.html

Thanks
Steve

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Steve Templeton
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Original Message:
Sent: Mon February 03, 2020 08:56 PM
From: Heather Gardner
Subject: Formatting & Hyperlinks

Hello - I am trying to create a "Landing" page for my customer. There are two columns with formatted text. Things like bullet lists and hard returns/paragraph breaks. The bottom of the page is links to three dashboards. 

Here is my issue. Using a dashboard, I can put in text, returns, bullets and formatting, but when I put in a link to the dashboards, it puts in a picture and I just want a hyperlink. Standard underline - clickable like this: The Google

Using a report - I can put in just straight hyperlink buttons and it works like a charm, but the text is just one big old run on blob of text, no returns, no bullets, no font sizes. I'm sure it's me, because this has to be something people do all the time, right?

Ideally I would like to put an old fashioned clickable hyperlink in my dashboard, but I just can't figure out how to do that. But if anyone can tell me how to format a lot of text in a report - I'm down with that too.

Any help is appreciated!

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Heather Gardner
Business Analyst
Alliant Energy
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#CognosAnalyticswithWatson

Hyperlink Widget provided in the link below worked for me. You can customize and import this widget in the dashboard:

https://community.ibm.com/community/user/businessanalytics/communities/community-home/digestviewer/viewthread?MessageKey=220051c8-06c4-42df-bea2-389bc22d6a84&CommunityKey=6b10df83-0b3c-4f92-8b1f-1fd80d0e7e58&tab=digestviewer#bm220051c8-06c4-42df-bea2-389bc22d6a84

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Sri Vijay Bharat Peddi
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Original Message:
Sent: Mon February 03, 2020 08:56 PM
From: Heather Gardner
Subject: Formatting & Hyperlinks

Hello - I am trying to create a "Landing" page for my customer. There are two columns with formatted text. Things like bullet lists and hard returns/paragraph breaks. The bottom of the page is links to three dashboards. 

Here is my issue. Using a dashboard, I can put in text, returns, bullets and formatting, but when I put in a link to the dashboards, it puts in a picture and I just want a hyperlink. Standard underline - clickable like this: The Google

Using a report - I can put in just straight hyperlink buttons and it works like a charm, but the text is just one big old run on blob of text, no returns, no bullets, no font sizes. I'm sure it's me, because this has to be something people do all the time, right?

Ideally I would like to put an old fashioned clickable hyperlink in my dashboard, but I just can't figure out how to do that. But if anyone can tell me how to format a lot of text in a report - I'm down with that too.

Any help is appreciated!

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Heather Gardner
Business Analyst
Alliant Energy
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#CognosAnalyticswithWatson

You can also create a custom view for your landing page.  This approach is probably the most flexible, but will require some HTML/Javascript skills:

More info here:
https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSEP7J_11.1.0/com.ibm.swg.ba.cognos.ag_manage.doc/c_mng_cust_create_views.html


-Tim


Original Message:
Sent: Mon February 03, 2020 08:56 PM
From: Heather Gardner
Subject: Formatting & Hyperlinks

Hello - I am trying to create a "Landing" page for my customer. There are two columns with formatted text. Things like bullet lists and hard returns/paragraph breaks. The bottom of the page is links to three dashboards. 

Here is my issue. Using a dashboard, I can put in text, returns, bullets and formatting, but when I put in a link to the dashboards, it puts in a picture and I just want a hyperlink. Standard underline - clickable like this: The Google

Using a report - I can put in just straight hyperlink buttons and it works like a charm, but the text is just one big old run on blob of text, no returns, no bullets, no font sizes. I'm sure it's me, because this has to be something people do all the time, right?

Ideally I would like to put an old fashioned clickable hyperlink in my dashboard, but I just can't figure out how to do that. But if anyone can tell me how to format a lot of text in a report - I'm down with that too.

Any help is appreciated!

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Heather Gardner
Business Analyst
Alliant Energy
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#CognosAnalyticswithWatson