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Applies to: All connections except for SAP BW (INA Provider) connections.

This function retrieves a specified text on which you double-click to open in a browser a Planning and Consolidation web page or any other web page, depending on the URL address you have specified.
Note
  • Make sure that double-click actions are enabled (the Enable Double-Click option must be selected in Start of the navigation path EPM Next navigation step Options Next navigation step User Options End of the navigation path).
  • If the cell on which you double-click is merged with other cells, the double-click will not function.
Parameter Description
URL Web address or specific text to a Planning and Consolidation web page.
displayedText Text in the cell on which to double-click. Optional. If not specified, the following text appears: "Navigate to".
Access a specific web page of Planning and Consolidation

Applies to: Planning and Consolidation connections.

To access a specific web page of Planning and Consolidation (objects such as a web report or a specific view; or features such as opening the Documents view), enter the text corresponding to the page you want to open as the URL parameter. The web server is automatically added (even though not visible in the URL parameter).
  • To access a specific web page of Planning and Consolidation (objects such as a web report or a specific view; or features such as opening the Documents view), enter the text corresponding to the page you want to open as the URL parameter. The web server is automatically added (even though not visible in the URL parameter).
    • To access a specific web report, an input form, a workspace or a Flash dashboard (designed with SAP BusinessObjects Dashboard Design), do as follows: in the Library view, select the row of the object, then select and copy the Direct Reference displayed at the bottom of the page and paste it in the URL parameter of the EPMURL function.
    • To access a specific document, do as follows: in the Documents view, right-click on the row of the document, then select Copy Direct Reference and perform a paste in the URL parameter of the EPMURL function.
    • To access a specific book, you must open the book from the Planning and Consolidation web client, copy the entire URL and paste it in the URL parameter of the EPMURL function.
    • To perform the following actions, copy the text from the second column and paste it to the URL parameter of the EPMURL function.
      Action Text to insert as the URL parameter
      Create a web report action=createNewLiveReport
      Create an input form action=createNewInputSchedule
      Create a workspace action=createNewWorkspace
      Open the Manage Comments tab action=createCommentManager
      Open the EPM plug-in in Microsoft Excel action=openXL
      Open the EPM plug-in in Microsoft PowerPoint action=openPP
      Open the Administration view action=openAdmin
      Open the Activities view homePageFeature=MYACTIVITIES
      Open the Process Monitor view homePageFeature=PROCESSMONITOR
      Open the Library view homePageFeature=LIBRARY
      Open the Documents view homePageFeature=DOCUMENTS
      Open the Consolidation Monitor view homePageFeature=CONSOLIDATIONMONITOR
      Open the Controls view homePageFeature=CONTROLS
      Open the Journals view homePageFeature=JOURNALS
      Open the Ownership Manager view homePageFeature=OWNERSHIPMANAGER
      Open the Audit view homePageFeature=AUDIT
      Open the Analysis view

      Applies to: Planning and Consolidation, version for the Microsoft platform, connections.

      		 homePageFeature=ANALYSIS
Open another web page

To open another web page that is not related to Planning and Consolidation, enter the full URL in the URL parameter. For example: http://google.com