How to perform the URL Linking between Bold BI Dashboards

Overview:

In Bold BI, users are able to interact with the multiple dashboards through URL linking. By clicking the value shown on the chart, users can view the desired results from other dashboards. This functionality enables the seamless transfer of values from one dashboard to another, allowing for the presentation of diverse results across multiple dashboards. This article serves as a comprehensive guide on how to successfully implement this use case.

Steps to Implement the URL Linking:

By following the below steps, you can implement URL linking in your Bold BI dashboards, allowing for more interactive and customized user experiences.

1. In this dashboard, we have selected the Bar widget (Order Details By Country) that requires the linking functionality to be performed. Select the bar widget and access the properties panel in designer mode. You can refer to this link for opening Dashboard Designer.
   

   

2. Please go to the Link section within the properties panel and enable it.
   

   

3. Next, insert the copied dashboard link into the URL field, along with the desired column name that you wish to pass to another dashboard. Refer to the below screenshot, which illustrates the process of passing the column (ShipCountry) to another dashboard.
   

   

4. After configuring the link section, proceed to the preview mode to verify the functionality of the linking feature by selecting the “Preview” button.
   

   

5. In the preview mode, select the specific bar value from this dashboard that you wish to transfer to another. In the screenshot below, we have selected the ship country as “USA”.
   

   

6. Once the bar value is clicked in preview mode, the specified dashboard will open in a new tab, passing the selected value. In the screenshot below, the value ‘USA’ has been passed, and the targeted dashboard is displaying data based on selected value.
   

   

7. In the Grid widget alone, there are two methods of linking: row-level linking and column-level linking. For detailed configuration settings, please refer to the documentation on Row Level Linking and Column Level Linking. The column-level settings for the OrderID column have been configured in the screenshot provided below. By clicking on the OrderID column, a popup dialog will display the product details for the corresponding ID. The screenshot below displays the product details associated with OrderID 10248.
   

   
   
   
   
   
   Note: The dashboard can be accessed through various options, including opening it in a new tab, the same page, the current frame, the parent frame, or a popup, by adjusting the settings in the target properties, please refer to this link for configuration details.