Share Links to Additional Analytics Content

You can create URL links to content outside of SAP Analytics Cloud, and save them in the Files list or publish them to the Catalog. For example, you may have documents on a different BI platform system, or various web resources, that you want to make available to SAP Analytics Cloud users.

Who does this apply to?

  • Users who have the Create permission for Content Link.
  • Users who have the Execute permission for Publish Content (if they want to publish content links to the catalog).
  • Users with any of the Content Creator standard application roles, such as BI Content Creator.
  • Users with any of these standard application roles: Admin or BI Admin (if they want to publish content links to the catalog).

Add Content Links

Procedure

  1. From the side navigation, choose Files.
  2. Select Start of the navigation path Create Next navigation step  Content LinkEnd of the navigation path.
  3. Type a name for the content, and optionally a description.
  4. Under File, select Add.
  5. Type or paste a URL for the content.
  6. Select Add.
    If you didn't enter a title for the content link yet, you'll need to enter one before you can add this link.
  7. Select Add again if you want to add secondary links to SAP Analytics Cloud files or other web content.
  8. If you want to include images, select Add an image.
  9. You can apply any available custom filters to the card. For more information, see Enable Content Discoverability with the Analytics Catalog.
  10. If you want to have the metadata associated with the content link translated, switch on Enable translation.
    See the following section Enabling Content Links for Translation for details.

    If there are many filters and links in the right-side panel, you might have to scroll down to see the switch.

  11. Select Save when you're finished.
    The content link appears in the Files list.
  12. If you want to publish the content to the Catalog, see Publish and Share Content to the Catalog.
  13. If you want to edit the content link, open it from the Files list and select Edit.

Enabling Content Links for Translation

Context

You can have content link metadata translated.

When you enable a content link for translation, the following metadata is translated:

  • Title
  • Description
  • Titles of secondary links to other web content

Procedure

  1. From the () Main Menu, select Files.
  2. Open the content link you want to have translated and select Edit.
  3. Switch on Enable translation.
  4. Click Save.
    Any changes made to the content link will be sent for translation every time the content link is saved.
    Caution
    If you disable translation for a content link that has been enabled for translation, all of its translations will be permanently deleted.
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