Reuse Object by Using Layout Component

[pakhi]

Hi Team - I have one hyperlink on report page itself which gets change in every quarter and this requires manual efforts to manually edit the link in all the applicable reports. I want to set up something  Layout Component where I just need to update the Hyperlink on one report(source report) and which will automatically update the link in all the target reports.

The problem I am facing here that, this hyperlink is not on Report header or footer so even I go for Layout Component reference option ,this won't help as only header or footer can be reused in the report. Please advise any other possible solution for the same.

[Lynn]

Hi Team - I have one hyperlink on report page itself which gets change in every quarter and this requires manual efforts to manually edit the link in all the applicable reports. I want to set up something  Layout Component where I just need to update the Hyperlink on one report(source report) and which will automatically update the link in all the target reports.

The problem I am facing here that, this hyperlink is not on Report header or footer so even I go for Layout Component reference option ,this won't help as only header or footer can be reused in the report. Please advise any other possible solution for the same.

Although headers and footers are a common use case for a layout component reference there is nothing that limits you to only using them for that purpose. Any named object in a report can be the basis for a layout component reference.

https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSEP7J_10.2.1/com.ibm.swg.ba.cognos.ug_cr_rptstd.10.2.1.doc/t_cr_rptstd_frmat_rep_reuse_object.html

[Deep750]

Another possibility if you cant get it to work with reference.
If you are using relational source, you can add the URL in a data item in Framework manager. Then you'll just update the URL there, and it should be updated in reports.

example: in the data item: URL:
'http://www.google.com'

Add html-item to the report, and select type: Data Item
In the content, write: '<a href=' + [URL] + ' target="_new">name/site</a>'