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Hyperlink component for web reports

The Hyperlink component displays a hyperlink to a given URL. Users can navigate to the URL by clicking the link text on the web report.

Example hyperlink in a web report

IMPORTANT: The legacy web report feature has been deprecated. For information on our new web report and Report Builder features, see Web Reports and Using the Report Builder.

Component properties

You can define the following properties for a Hyperlink component. To configure component properties in the Report Designer, select the component in the report and then edit the properties as needed using the Components panel.

Item Description

Item	Description
Text	The display text for the hyperlink.
URL	The URL to launch when the button is clicked. The URL must use full HTTP syntax—meaning, use `http://www.axiomepm.com`, not `www.axiomepm.com`. If desired, you can use the URL to open an Axiom form, a web report, or a spreadsheet Axiom file. However, in order to do this, you must have access to the Desktop Client to generate the URL and copy it to the component properties. For example, you can use GetFormDocumentURL, GetWebReportDocumentURL, or GetDocumentHyperlink within a spreadsheet file to generate a hyperlink to a given file, and then copy the URL from the spreadsheet to the component properties.

Text

The display text for the hyperlink.

URL

The URL to launch when the button is clicked. The URL must use full HTTP syntax—meaning, use http://www.axiomepm.com, not www.axiomepm.com.

If desired, you can use the URL to open an Axiom form, a web report, or a spreadsheet Axiom file. However, in order to do this, you must have access to the Desktop Client to generate the URL and copy it to the component properties. For example, you can use GetFormDocumentURL, GetWebReportDocumentURL, or GetDocumentHyperlink within a spreadsheet file to generate a hyperlink to a given file, and then copy the URL from the spreadsheet to the component properties.