topic Re: SAS VA7.4 and 7.5 multiple links in SAS Visual Analytics

SAS VA7.4 and 7.5 multiple links

youki — Wed, 06 May 2020 15:00:31 GMT

I have a report with a bar char with 2 bars

I would like to know if in SAS VA 7.5 it is possible to add link1 to bar1 and link2 to bar2. Rather than having the same link for the whole bar chart graph.

I've tried in SAS VA7.4 and it's not possible.

Thank you.

Re: SAS VA7.4 and 7.5 multiple links

Sam_SAS — Fri, 08 May 2020 15:29:45 GMT

Hello youki,

I'm not sure I understand what you want to do.

You want one bar in a bar chart to link to one place, and you want the other bar in the same chart to link to a different place?

I don't think this is possible. Depending on what you want to achieve with such a link, maybe there is a different approach that would give you the desired result.

Can you confirm if I am understanding correctly?

Thanks,
Sam

Re: SAS VA7.4 and 7.5 multiple links

youki — Fri, 08 May 2020 16:39:17 GMT

Hi,

Yes, you are understanding correctly.

Thanks

Re: SAS VA7.4 and 7.5 multiple links

Sam_SAS — Fri, 08 May 2020 17:09:10 GMT

If the links are URL links and you administer the site you are linking to, you could get to different places based on the value of the bar that was clicked, by setting up parameters as part of the link definition on the Actions pane.

If the links are internal to the current report, I'm not sure if there is a workaround to get what you want. When you click a bar, the data on the destination page will be filtered using the value of that bar. So the two bars will give you a different result (linking to the same place, but with different data), but you probably already know that.

All in all, it is probably going to be better to set up links in a more straightforward way in a Text object.

I hope this helps,
Sam