Websheet URL

[jed]

Has anyone worked out whether it's possible to get links to websheet urls to open just in another tab within the current session of TM1web?
My websheet urls open a new browser session with 2 tabs - 1 for sheet linking to and 1 for sheet linking from.

My websheet URL is in the format of:
"http://adminhost/TM1Web/TM1WebMain.aspx ... -C5=Budget"

I'm using IE8.

cheers

[lotsaram]

The easiest way is to hold the ctrl key when clicking the link...

[jed]

The easiest way is to hold the ctrl key when clicking the link...

I had thought of that but it doesn't work with websheet URLS in TM1 Web.

[rkaif]

IE8 is not supported/recommended browser to use with TM1.

See this website: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.w ... wg27014836

[jed]

IE8 is not supported/recommended browser to use with TM1.

Thanks - aware of that too. I don't believe this impacts on the issue. We have had no issues using IE8 to date so not about to change now.

I'm looking for a "real" solution to this usability problem. From a user interaction point of view, telling the users to hold down control to open in a new tab (even if it did work) is not going to cut it.

I would have thought that the expected behaviour when linking websheets via URL would be to open in the same tab and create new websheet tab as TM1 Web does when you select another websheet from the application folder list.

Maybe a websheet URL is not the correct approach??? Maybe there is another option? The core of the issue is that I want to link to another websheet and pass title element parameters. I would have thought this would be a common requirement but there are few posts on this subject here and the IBM doco on this subject is poor.

Might try using an Action button next and see if I have better luck...

[jed]

hmmm Action button doesn't appear to be an option given I can't use action buttons on rows in Active Forms.

[jed]

I'm going to elaborate on the behaviour that occurs with the websheet URL I'm referring to because I think it's interesting (or unexpected)...

URL example is:
"http://adminhost/TM1Web/TM1WebMain.aspx ... -C5=Budget"

So from a user point of view they are already in TM1 Web and they are clicking on a link to another websheet that is passing 2 parameters 1) Scenario 2) the row element from the active form which is a title element in the destination linked sheet.

Behaviours
The first time a user clicks on one of the links (there is one link for each row in the active form) a new browser is opened with 1 IE tab but 2 TM1Web tab (the source sheet and destination sheet). Active websheet tab is destination sheet.

If after the first open the user clicks on the first websheet tab to go back to the original websheet then clicks on another link it does not open a new browser (or IE tab) but just links to the second websheet tab in the existing IE window.

If after the first open the user closes the linked to websheet tab and users the source tab (in same IE window) and clicks on another link the same behaviour occurs and the just opens in the existing browser window but in a new websheet tab.

So to summarise (in case I've confused everyone) the unexpected (undesirable) behaviour only occurs the first time the link is clicked...so what is different and how can we bypass it?