Creating a Shortcut Object

Create a shortcut to access objects from another location in the portal. A bibus » shortcut object can refer to a bibus » URL, bibus » baseAgentDefinition, bibus » basePowerPlayClass, bibus » pagelet, bibus » query, bibus » folder, bibus » jobDefinition, bibus » report, or bibus » reportView object.

To create a shortcut, specify a bibus » shortcut object for the objects parameter of the content » add(parentPath, objects, options) method.

You can change access permissions for a shortcut object, but the access permissions for the target object do not change.

If you want to use a generic report as the underlying structure for additional reports, make a copy of the report instead of creating a shortcut.

If you want to keep the underlying report specification of a report, but want the choice of another report format, language, delivery method, or run option, create a report view. For more information, see Creating Report Views.