Creating dashboard links

A dashboard link is the URL of a specific dashboard.

  1. Select Share > Create Dashboard Link.
  2. Select one of the options:
    • Simple link: opens the default view of the dashboard.

      The recipient of a simple link always sees the recently saved dashboard view.

    • Full context link: opens the saved view of the dashboard.

      Even if the dashboard view has been changed, the recipient of the full context link, sees the view that was saved at the time when the full context link was created.

    • Relative context link: represents the difference between the saved view and the simple link.

      The relative context link contains any values that were changed since the dashboard view was saved.

  3. Optionally, click Send E-Mail.
    If you use web-based email, press Ctrl + Send E-Mail to open your email client in a new window.
  4. Click Close.
    Note: Very long contextual links are not supported with Microsoft Outlook 2010.
  5. Optionally, if you use a web-based email client, press Ctrl + Send Email in the Create Dashboard Link dialog box to open your mail client in a new window. In Chrome, clicking Ctrl + Send Email has no effect.
The links created by the Create Dashboard Link feature require the recipient to sign in to the dashboard. But you can manually create dashboard links that include sign-in credentials.