Add a Link Widget to a Dashboard

Use the Dashboard Editor to add a Link Widget to a Dashboard. A Link Widget is capable of executing a single Action when clicked (ex: Run an Action/One-Step Action). You can also enter a simple URL.

Good to know:

• A Link Widget is highly configurable. Add one or many to a Dashboard, then define the Action to run when the link is clicked, and how the link looks and behaves on the Dashboard (ex: Text, size, color, background style and gloss, border style, image, alignment, anchoring, layering, and visibility).
• Text, image, and colors can be conditional (Expression-driven).
• See Dashboard Editor Behaviors for tips on working with Widgets on Dashboards.

To add a Link Widget to a Dashboard:

1. Open a Dashboard in the Dashboard Editor
2. Drag-and-drop the Link Widget from the Shapes, Etc. tree onto the Dashboard.
3. Right-click the Link Widget, and then select Widget Properties. Either define the Action to execute when the link is clicked, or enter a URL:
   1. Select the Action radio button. Click the Ellipses button to open the Action Manager, then select the Action to execute, or:
   2. Select the Web Link radio button and enter a URL.
4. Define the text to display on the link:
   1. In the Label text box on the Dashboard Editor toolbar, provide the text to display in the link.
   2. (Optional) Change the font, font size, font style, font alignment, and text wrap, if needed.
5. Define how the Link Widget looks and behaves on the Dashboard (ex: Size, alignment, etc.).

6. Continue making changes, or click OK to save and close the editor.