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Hi: I have a layout that includes a custom dashboard. For a given project, I want to provide a link that takes you directly to that dashboard for that project. When I look at the URL for a project, it doesn't change when I select various menu options, so I can't simply grab the URL from the browser. Does anyone have any idea how to link to a specific dashboard on a specific project? Thanks, Eric
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Hi Eric. If the dashboard is specific to the Project, I'd suggest you use a Custom Tab, which will then pass along the Project ID to the Dashboard and automatically filter "down" to the Project. If it is a more generic dashboard, though -- not specific to the Project -- I would suggest you create a Custom form with a Report of Dashboards on it, filtered to the one Dashboard of interest. Regards, Doug

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Hi: (my email response didn't get through, so I'm cutting and pasting the response to the Community site directly) Thanks, Doug. What I wanted to do is provide a URL that, when clicked, takes you to a specific dashboard associated with a specific project. I wanted to send people to our standard project Status Dashboard, which is represented by a single tab on the project screen. The problem I was running into was that the dashboard for a given project is not directly addressable - I think. I can't give anyone a URL that takes them to any of the tabs on the Project screen. I can't send someone directly to the issues screen, the Project Details screen, the Tasks screen etc. When I click between the various tabs on the project screen, the URL in the address line of the browser doesn't change. I was hoping there was a way to directly address the subscreens on the project screen. I think I solved the problem though. I had to make changes to every layout in our system to make that Status Dashboard the left most tab. I did that because when you go to a project, WorkFront displays whatever is on the left-most tab first. That way, in our case, the first thing you will see when you go to any project is the status dashboard. As of today, to get to the project status dashboard, you just go to the project. You'll be served up the status dashboard auto-magically. I'm still interested in knowing if there is a way to determine a URL that takes you to a subscreen on the project page. I'm hopeful. Thanks! Eric Lucas Eric MPM Crowley Information Technology

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Gotcha: thanks Eric. Your workaround (putting the tab you want at the far left) is what I would do, too. That said, to "land" on a particular sub-tab under an object, Workfront allows a special "activeTab" parameter to be passed in the URL. Here are a few Issue level examples: https://[domain].my.workfront.com/issue/view?ID=535828a0001a3f7b948b73c0af0156b5&activeTab=tab-issue-updates (to land on updates) https://[domain].my.workfront.com/issue/view?ID=535828a0001a3f7b948b73c0af0156b5&activeTab=list-issue-documents (to land on documents) https://[domain].my.workfront.com/issue/view?ID=535828a0001a3f7b948b73c0af0156b5&activeTab=list-issue-hours (to land on hours) https://[domain].my.workfront.com/issue/view?ID=535828a0001a3f7b948b73c0af0156b5&activeTab=tab-issue-approvals (to land on approvals) https://[domain].my.workfront.com/issue/view?ID=535828a0001a3f7b948b73c0af0156b5&activeTab=tab-issue-details-forms (to land on details) By following these patterns (and experimenting), you could land similarly for Projects, Tasks, etc. However, I don't know of a way to land on a user defined custom tab, which is why I think that your "leftmost tab" workaround is best. Regards, Doug Doug Den Hoed - AtAppStore CEO AtAppStore Calgary AB

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Try &activeTab=tab-content-dashboard__5954fee5000052e57375d1acbd2c1762 where you need to replace my hex-id with yours. -- Melinda Layten, Senior Consultant Work Management Improvement CapabilitySource Phone: (484) 505-6855 site: www.capabilitysource.com email: melinda.layten@capabilitysource.com - we simplify your work so you can run your business -

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Wish that would have worked....but it just kept landing on our left most tab. :( Admin Kelly-Wehrmann SSFCU

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Hi Eric, using Doug's examples + Melinda's suggestion + some trial and error helped me arrive at what you were looking for. To go directly to a custom dashboard on a project use the following url template https://.my.workfront.com/project/view?ID= &activeTab=content-dashboard__ Justin Renteria SSFCU

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Well done, Justin! Thanks for persevering, and for sharing! Regards, Doug Doug Den Hoed - AtAppStore

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Thank you very very much! Jamie Hill JLL EMEA

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Awesome, I apologize for only looking for 2 minutes and not getting a full answer. Thanks for figuring it out. -- Melinda Layten, Senior Consultant Work Management Improvement CapabilitySource Phone: (484) 505-6855 site: www.capabilitysource.com email: melinda.layten@capabilitysource.com - we simplify your work so you can run your business -

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&activeTab[1]=tabs-task-details-forms - This opens the Custom Forms tab directly. Now any brilliant ideas how to create this as a link in a task report? -- Melinda Layten, Senior Consultant Work Management Improvement CapabilitySource Phone: (484) 505-6855 site: www.capabilitysource.com email: melinda.layten@capabilitysource.com Helpful? Buy me a coffee: https://www.patreon.com/mlayten - we simplify your work so you can run your business -

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In a task report: valueexpression=CONCAT("https://yourdomain.my.workfront.com","/","task/view?ID=",{ID},"&activeTab[1]=tabs-task-details-forms") textmode=true valueformat=HTML displayname=Custom Tab Link

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I've opened this on the idea exchange related to this ....let's see if we can get some points on the board! Thanks! https://support.workfront.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/360000119514-Provide-unique-URLs-for-Custom-T... Admin Kelly-Wehrmann SSFCU

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@Alison Milbury This is a perfect example of why the Workfront Community is so awesome. This is a group of heavy-hitting users working together to solve a challenge, and the result is likely going to be useful for many people. This is the sort of outcome you can't get from regular Support (as it is beyond their charter). Thanks all. David Cornwell

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@David Cornwell I love it! I love how helpful everyone in this community is. Alison Milbury Workfront

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Does anyone know if there's a way to link to a specific sub-tab e.g. "Custom Forms" on an issue? Jamie Hill JLL

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Hi Jamie, this should work: https://<>.my.workfront.com/issue/view?ID=< >&activeTab=form-customdata I am currently working on a document that provides examples for all the possible deep linking options. Stay tuned! William English
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William, that would be a huge help to have your documentation around linking!

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William - any chance you can share the deep linking document you mention above? Would LOVE to see it. Thanks! Jossua Hernandez Getty Images, Inc.

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Hi Jossua, There are a couple versions floating around in other threads, but this is the most recent. Hope it helps! William English Disney Destinations
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