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Link PDF File to a column value

daraghwalker
7 - Meteor

Hi, I would like to include a column in my excel sheet that contains a hyperlink which directs the user to a local PDF file.

 

Is there a way to do this in Alteryx? I know the Report Text tool allows you to link to a web-page URL but is this possible for a file?

 

Thanks

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atcodedog05
22 - Nova
22 - Nova

Hi @daraghwalker ,

 

It should be possible. Let me check.

hanykowska
11 - Bolide

Hi @daraghwalker 

 

I looked into what you described and I think I managed to solve it!

 

The way I approached it is to have a full filepath and the name of the file or anything you want to show as the text. Then in the pop up window for hyperlink, you can choose them from available fields:

hanykowska_1-1602063338883.png

 

The key, is to then make a table which is something you will probably need to do anyway to output to an excel file, and make sure to include that text object in there

hanykowska_2-1602063427696.png

 

Then you can use a render tool to save it to a specific or temporary excel file

 

hanykowska_3-1602063473190.png

 

I will share my workflow, but you will need to update the directory tool to point something on your local machine - otherwise it will be looking for a filepath that I have!

 

Hope this helps, I also learnt something new, so thanks for asking the question!

 

 

daraghwalker
7 - Meteor

Thanks very much for this!

atcodedog05
22 - Nova
22 - Nova

Hi @hanykowska ,

 

This is amazing. But i am little bit stuck where did this Hyperlink option. Not able to get it.

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Please help

 
 
atcodedog05
22 - Nova
22 - Nova

Hi @hanykowska 

 

Found it ignore

 

@daraghwalker  & @hanykowska  thank you for this use case this was great learning 🙂

 

Happy to help 🙂

 

Cheers and happy analyzing 😀

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