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Dawn Kassube posted Thu February 18, 2021 03:44 PM
Hello,

Is there a way to enter Button Navigation to a Sharepoint Document?  I have tried via the Navigate Properties and Edit Data Path with no success.  I am able to successfully open a new window via HTML but would like users to click the Button from the Cost Transparency Service Costing Home Page.

HTML:
<a href="https://teams.microsoft.com/l/file/E7A97489-5FBE-43DD-80FC-01519D7EEE99?tenantId=ce56fae6-055d-4c9f-b6c9-9d341506a491&fileType=pdf&objectUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fqbe.sharepoint.com%2Fsites%2FITBMCostModelandExpenseArticulation%2FShared%20Documents%2FApptio%20Training%2FCost%20Model%20Diagram.pdf&baseUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fqbe.sharepoint.com%2Fsites%2FITBMCostModelandExpenseArticulation&serviceName=teams&threadId=19:378f280e462449c4a24f45910b88f515@thread.skype&groupId=543a48bc-d4c4-421b-a808-51c1e7bca465"target="_blank"><button type="button">Review Cost Model Allocation Diagram</button></a>

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Apptio Community Member posted Mon February 22, 2021 01:43 PM  Best Answer
@Dawn Kassube
have you tried removing the <button type="button">Review Cost Model Allocation Diagram</button>
from the HTML?  that looks like you are trying to establish that it is a button and naming it.  You would name it in the Button Text Field in the Properties
Then put the HTML without the button part in the Navigate field on the Actions tab in the Properties

Buttons are always tricky for me - I typically have to play around with them a lot before they work the way I want them to.

Not sure if that will work or not.  If not I will pull in someone else to give us a hand with this.
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Apptio Community Member posted Thu February 18, 2021 04:54 PM
@Dawn Kassube
I am looking into this question for you.​
I have now gotten some feedback on your question.

for the HTML that you provided - the one note is to make sure there is a space between the hyperlink and the target="_blank"

HTML:
<a href="https://teams.microsoft.com/l/file/E7A97489-5FBE-43DD-80FC-01519D7EEE99?tenantId=ce56fae6-055d-4c9f-b6c9-9d341506a491&fileType=pdf&objectUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fqbe.sharepoint.com%2Fsites%2FITBMCostModelandExpenseArticulation%2FShared%20Documents%2FApptio%20Training%2FCost%20Model%20Diagram.pdf&baseUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fqbe.sharepoint.com%2Fsites%2FITBMCostModelandExpenseArticulation&serviceName=teams&threadId=19:378f280e462449c4a24f45910b88f515@thread.skype&groupId=543a48bc-d4c4-421b-a808-51c1e7bca465" target="_blank"><button type="button">Review Cost Model Allocation Diagram</button></a>

there is also another option of adding a HTML box which can be the hyperlink you are looking for:

https://teams.microsoft.com/l/file/E7A97489-5FBE-43DD-80FC-01519D7EEE99?tenantId=ce56fae6-055d-4c9f-b6c9-9d341506a491&fileType=pdf&objectUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fqbe.sharepoint.com%2Fsites%2FITBMCostModelandExpenseArticulation%2FShared%20Documents%2FApptio%20Training%2FCost%20Model%20Diagram.pdf&baseUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fqbe.sharepoint.com%2Fsites%2FITBMCostModelandExpenseArticulation&serviceName=teams&threadId=19:378f280e462449c4a24f45910b88f515@thread.skype&groupId=543a48bc-d4c4-421b-a808-51c1e7bca465" target="_blank">Review Cost Model Allocation Diagram</a>

that should then create a hyperlink

Please let me know if either of those options work for you.  If they don't, I can reach out again for more help with this.
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Dawn Kassube posted Mon February 22, 2021 12:41 PM
Hello Kelly,

I would like the HTML to be within the Button Report (not via HTML) so I can take advantage of the delivered Button formatting rather than trying to figure out how to format the button in HTML.

Thank you,
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Guillermo Cuadrado posted Tue March 02, 2021 02:31 AM
I have only managed to have buttons point to Apptio reports.
To do what you want, I use an HTML component, which is not your preferred option, it seems. It works for us, though.
 
And yes, as pointed out by @Kelly McDonald, the syntax of the buttons requires a bit of trial & error. We rewrote the landing page in CT to point to our own set of custom reports, so it took us a while to figure this out.​
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