Creating web links to data objects

Use the Web Link wizard to create web links to QMF objects. You can use these links to open the objects directly in web browsers.

1. From the main menu, select File > New > Other > Web Link to open the Web Link wizard.
   Note: You can also access this wizard from the repository tree pop-up menu option Create Web Link . If you access the wizard by using this method, the Repository object field and User-Defined Parameters are pre-filled automatically.
2. From the Repository object field, select the object to which you want to create a web link.
3. Specify settings for the following Predefined Parameters:
   • The Toolbar check box indicates whether to show or hide the toolbar.
   • The Run check box indicates whether to run the object when it is opened.
   • The Environment check box indicates whether to use the default environment to run the object.

     If you want to use an environment other than the default one, select the check box and choose from the list of environments.

   • The Renderer mode check box is available for visual reports. It determines the mode in which visual report is rendered.
4. Specify User-Defined Parameters to represent the selected parameters of repository objects.

   You can add parameters into the generated URL by selecting Include in URL check box.

   When the Toolbar check box is selected, the URL formula is:

   http://{host}:{port}/{app_context}/g?object_name&param1=value1

   When the Toolbar check box is clear, for visual dashboards the URL formula is:

   http://{host}:{port}/{app_context}/go?object_name&param1=value1

5. Click Next to display the second page of the Web Link wizard.

   On the page, you can add data sources. Use the Add Data Source and Remove Data Source buttons to edit the list of data sources. In the Login and Password fields, you can enter logins and passwords for added data sources.

   You can specify the access mode for the web link as Public or Private. Web links are private by default.

   • For private web links, you can enter the data source credentials.
     • If you enter the data source credentials on this page, you need to provide only the repository storage credentials and repository credentials when you access the link.
     • If you do not enter the data source credentials on this page, you need to provide data source credentials, repository storage credentials, and repository credentials when you access the link.
   • For public web links, you can enter the data source credentials, repository storage credentials, and repository credentials. If you enter these credentials on this page, you will not be prompted to enter them when you access the web link. The credentials are saved and used at the time of access.

   In the Web link name field, enter the name for the current object, that you want to use in the URL and in the tab title in your browser.

   For example, if you specify NEW_OBJECT_NAME in the Web link name field and check the Toolbar check box, the following URL is generated:

    http://{host}:{port}/{app_context}/g?NEW_OBJECT_NAME

   When the Toolbar check box is clear, the URL is:

   http://{host}:{port}/{app_context}/go?NEW_OBJECT_NAME

   You can change the link name by using the Web link name field.

   If you leave the Web link name field empty, a new name is created automatically.

6. Click Create to generate a web link.

   If the specified link name exists, you must either rename it, or leave the Web link name field empty to create the name automatically.

7. Click Open Web Link to open the created web link in the browser.
8. Click Finish to close the Web Link wizard.