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IBM Cognos 10 Platform => Cognos 10 BI => Report Studio => Topic started by: Grayson_Basil on 10 Oct 2014 10:49:08 AM

Title: email link in a report with Hyperlink in body
Post by: Grayson_Basil on 10 Oct 2014 10:49:08 AM
A sales manager wants to run reports then send emails to the owner of the accounts if something looks like it needs to be addressed.

The email I have is working fine, but the mangers want to click the email and have it take them to a cognos report and or webpage (separate from cognos)

So what I need is a way to have the body of the mailto contain a link.

For example the email is currently


Dear Sales Person

Account 1245 is overdue and needs your attention. 


Requested email
For example the email is currently



Dear Sales Person

Account 1245 is overdue and needs your attention.  Click here for details of this account
Title: Re: email link in a report with Hyperlink in body
Post by: bdbits on 10 Oct 2014 05:16:16 PM
If you are running these from a schedule, look at the schedule options. Check "Override the default values", then look under delivery options and to the right of "Send a link to the report by email" click on "Edit the options...". You can build whatever you like in the body, including hyperlinks, and check whichever combo of report or link you want at bottom of this page.
Title: Re: email link in a report with Hyperlink in body
Post by: Grayson_Basil on 22 Feb 2016 02:39:22 PM
Well, the need for this has come back.

This is not from a scheduled report, but from an ' on demand' report


Title: Re: email link in a report with Hyperlink in body
Post by: BigChris on 23 Feb 2016 02:00:56 AM
That doesn't make sense then...if it's on demand they're running the report anyway - what does it need an email for?