Can I add a WF v8.28 tab to my portal that when clicked opens a document

[robert fuschetto]

I know it sounds odd but an I add a tab to my portal that when clicked opens a document from baseapp...like a Power Point or Word doc?

[David Beagan]

I was able to create a WebFOCUS URL file to

/approot/baseapp/3sql/njuf-sqldemystified.ppt

Referece: ebFOCUS User's Guide, Creating URLs

Then in the portal place this URL file on the tab. When I run the portal and click the tab. It prompts me to Save the ppt file.

Note: this assumes that /approot is defined on your webserver.

[Patrick Huebgen]

Hi David,

Instead of putting it into baseapp - yo can upload it to repository (darag an drop or use the feature to upload images or other docs).

Having done so you can drag and drop it to the portal or use the "link tile" for a drillö down to the doc

Patrick

[David Beagan]

Hi Patrick, the original questioner just mentioned baseapp as a location, so I assumed he had some reason for wanting the files in an app folder. But yea, uploading to a folder in the repository might be better.

[robert fuschetto]

please elaborate on 'uploading to a folder'. We had been instructed to save our PowerPoint etc to a subfolder under baseapp...

(this all became an issue when we went MS Edge...portal page hyperlinks to Excel content ceased to work since data was stored on a share drive. . SharePoint is not really supported here, we cannot get web server space, our users go to a portal page with a big Download button, that calls the PowerPoint document from baseapp, that in turn has links to share drive content...its a kludgey mess!) I'd like to save them a click by having the PowerPoint open when the 'Excel Reports' tab is pressed.)

[David Beagan]

I think 'uploading to a folder' is documented here:

WebFOCUS User's Guide Release 8207, Uploading Files

[Patrick Huebgen]

Yes that is what I was referring to. If you store the file there you can integrate is very easy into a WebFOCUS portal. It can be treated like any WebFOCUS report and can be added to Portals. amd used as a drill target.

[Patrick Huebgen]

here‘s a very useful link for linking external content http://kb.informationbuilders.com/topic/linking-external-content-page-8207

[robert fuschetto]

hmmm...when we upgraded to 8207 2 years back..we were instructed to load to folders under baseapp..not sure thats what this doc describes or something similar. I do know Excel files did not work; either they were too large or the links did not work. PowerPoints seem fine. Mp4 video did not work as I recall. I will take a look at the doc.

[Patrick Huebgen]

Created a short video how to link documents -

Hope this helps