In the Link Text field, enter the text to display as the link to execute the associated If you are adding the action link to a value, then in the Show Link component in In the New Action Link dialog, click OK to add the action link to the Action Links Cli

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2. Move the mouse pointer over the Options button for the column or hierarchy level

to which you want to add one or more actions and select Column Properties or Hierarchy Level Properties . The Column Properties dialog is displayed. 3. Click the Column Properties dialog: Interaction tab .

4. In the Primary Interaction box in the Column Heading area To add one or more

actions to a column heading or the Value area to add one or more actions to a column value or hierarchy level value, select Action Links to display the Action Links area. 5. To add an action that has been saved as a systemwide default for the column or level, click the Add Action Link button and select the action. For more information on saving systemwide defaults for a column or level, see Column Properties dialog . 6. To add a new action: ■ If one or more actions have been saved as systemwide defaults for the column or level, then click the Add Action Link button and select New Action Link. ■ If no actions have been saved as systemwide defaults for the column or level, then click the Add Action Link button. The New Action Link dialog is displayed.

7. In the Link Text field, enter the text to display as the link to execute the associated

action.

8. To create a new action that is, an inline action, then click the Create New Action

button and specify the settings for the new action. For information, see Specifying the Settings for New Actions . 9. To add an existing named action that is, a named action:

a. Click the Select existing action button.

The Open dialog is displayed. b. Complete the Open dialog. If there are parameters associated with the action, then the Edit Parameter Mapping dialog is displayed. c. Complete the Edit Parameter Mapping dialog if displayed.

10. If you are adding the action link to a value, then in the Show Link component in

the New Action Link dialog, select one of the following options: ■ Always — Specifies that the action link is always to be enabled. ■ Conditionally — Specifies that the action link is to be enabled only under certain conditions. Selecting this option displays the Conditions area. For more information, see About Conditionally Enabling Actions . If you are adding the action link to a column heading, then the Conditionally option is not available.

11. If you selected Conditionally, then add one or more conditions to be used to

enable the action link. For each condition to add: Working with Actions 10-15

a. Click the New Condition button and select the column to use. The

New Condition dialog is displayed. b. Complete the New Condition dialog.

12. In the New Action Link dialog, click OK to add the action link to the Action Links

area on the Interaction tab. 13. For each additional action link to add, repeat steps 5-12. 14. To specify that, when only one action link is available at runtime, the action link is to be executed immediately rather than be displayed in a menu for selection, select the Do not display in a popup if only one action link is available at runtime box.

15. Click OK to close the Column Properties dialog.

16. Click the Save Analysis toolbar button on the Analysis editor to save the analysis.

About Adding Actions to Dashboard Pages You can add actions to dashboard pages in one of two ways: ■ By adding to a section on the dashboard page an Action Link object to which you add an action. When a dashboard page that contains one or more action links is presented to users, users can click a link to run the associated action. ■ By adding to a section on the dashboard page an Action Link Menu object to which you add action links. When a dashboard page that contains an action link menu is presented to users, users can select a link from the action link menu to run the associated actions. For more information on action links and action link menus, see What Are Action Links and Action Link Menus? Adding Actions to Dashboard Pages Using Action Links To add an action to a dashboard page using an action link: 1. Edit the dashboard page to which you want to add an action. 2. From the Dashboard Object pane, drag and drop an Action Link object on the dashboard page.

3. Click the Properties button for the Action Link object to display the