Field
InformationQuick links must first be defined on the QuickLink Library (QUICKLNK) page before they can be added to a home page.
Field Name |
Description |
ID |
A unique identification of a quick link for system use. IDs less than 500000 are reserved for delivered and sample quick link. Numbering is controlled by a Unique Numbering record of R_QUICKLINK_LIB. |
Name |
Indicates the name that will appear in the quick link when placed on a home page. |
Type |
Indicates the type of quick link for editing and system processing. Valid values are:
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Description |
Provides an extended description of the quick link to supplement the Name. |
Icon |
The required icon from the icon repository used to represent the quick link on each home page. In order to make a new icon available here, the icon file must first be placed in the ADV_ICON_REPO database table through DML. Before using the file, the following files have to be updated followed by a rebuild and deployment of the UI project: advantage-icon.eot, advantage-icons.svg, advantage-icons.ttf, advantage-icons.woff, and app.component.css. |
Page Code |
Indicates the Page Code that will open with the quick link to an Advantage page. |
External Link URL |
Indicates the external URL that will open in a new browser window from the quick link. |
Initial Page Mode |
Indicates the initial mode of the associated Advantage page, when the quick link is accessed: Add, Browse, or Query. |
Application Name |
An inferred field Indicating the application associated with the selection made for Page Code for system processing purposes. |
Page Type |
An inferred field from the Application Page Registration record for the page code selected for system processing: Transactions, Reference Tables, Inquiries, and Widgets. This field is visible only when the Type (QuickLink Type) selected is Page. |
Mobile |
Indicates whether the QuickLink is to be used on a mobile or non-mobile home page.
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Bypass Transaction Catalog |
Indicates if the QuickLink should bypass the Transaction Catalog and open the transaction page directly. This field is visible only when the Page Type is Transactions. |
Report ID |
Indicates the entire report path that is used to access the Business Object report. The path must include the folders and name of the report (for example, CGI infoAdvantage R41 Financial Reports/Accounts Payable/OFIN-AP-0001 Check Listing). This field is visible only when the Type (QuickLink Type) selected is Webi Report. |
Report Name |
This field is only visible when the Type (QuickLink Type) selected is Power BI Analytic, Power BI Dashboard, or Power BI Paginated Report. Based on selection of one of those three values, the pick list only displays records from the Widget Library table with a corresponding value in the Type field. For example, if the Type field on QuickLink Library is set to Power BI Analytic, then the pick list for Report Name will only show records from the Widget Library table that have Power BI Analytic selected in the Type field. Reports can be searched by the Power BI workspace name too. |
Application Type |
This field is only visible when the Type (QuickLink Type) selected is External Application. Valid values are determined by the settings in the sso.config file. Refer to the “SSO Configuration” section in the System Administration Guide for more information. If the Type field is External Application and this field does not appear, then the ability to set up links to an external application is not enabled in the feature.conf file for your site. Refer to the “Feature Flag Configuration” section in the System Administration Guide for information on the ssoForExternalApplication flag, which enables this functionality. |
Workspace Name |
This field is visible only when the Type selected is Power BI Analytic, Power BI Dashboard, or Power BI Paginated Report. When a record is selected from the Report Name pick, the Workspace Name field is populated from the selected record in pick. This field is a non-persistent field (that is, it is not saved to the database). |
Additional
Configuration Information
Config file - boreport_config.conf should be deployed to the adv_conf folder in VLS\bin. This file contains all details regarding the Business Object server name, port, and so forth.
Field Name |
Description |
enabled |
Indicates if this feature to access the business object report from the quick link should be enabled or not. |
open_doc_url |
Indicates the API and syntax for opening the business object report. This field contains the Web server name that is used for opening the BO report. The webservername in this field may/may not be different from boservername indicated in base_url. For example: open_doc_url="http://webservername:8080/BOE/OpenDocument/opendoc/openDocument.jsp?iDocID=<WEBI_ID>&sIDType=CUID&token=<logon>" |
base_url |
Indicates the base url for connecting to the business object server. This field contains the BO server name that is used to get the login token. The boservername in this field may/may not be different from webservername indicated in open_doc_url. For example: base_url="http://boservername:6405/biprws" |
sap_trusted_user_token |
Indicates the token required in the HTTP request for trusted authentication. |
sap_logon_token |
Indicates the token to login to SAP business object server. |