In analytic applications, there may be times when you may need to include
links to more information about the data within your grids. Links can serve
many different uses, including:
- links to more information about a heading
- links to information about a particular cell
- links to alert information on a cell, based on business logic
Alphablox offers three types of information links: header links, cell links,
and cell alert links. The following lists the advantages and disadvantages
of each of these link types.
- Link Type
- Summary of Uses
- Header Links
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- Links appear to the right of dimensional members when they appear in row
or column headers
- Defined in the application definition page of the Alphablox Admin pages
- Always visible when member has an associated link
- Only one icon image available for all header links
- Cell Links
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- Links can be defined using scope.
- Defined using GridBlox cellLink property
- Different images can be defined based on cellLink
- Can result in opening of information window or can trigger execution of JavaScript™ function
- Cell Alert Links
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- Defined as part of the cellAlert property
- Can be used in conjunction with cell links, but if images appear in both,
cell alert links take precedence
- Can be used to appear based on conditional logic or scoping
- Can result in opening of information window or can trigger execution of JavaScript functions
See details about the use of each of these information link types below.