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3628946 - Extension Field of Type Web Link Is Not Rendered as Hyperlink in Report Output

Symptom

You have created an extension field of type Web Link and in a report it shows only as text and not a clickable link.

Environment

  • SAP Cloud For Customer
  • SAP Business By Design

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Go to Business Analytics.
  2. Go to Design report.
  3. Search for a report you have added the extension field to.
  4. Run the report and you notice the field is only text value and not a clickable link.

Cause

There is no hyperlink functionality available for extension fields — this feature is only supported for attachment type.

Resolution

There is no hyperlink functionality available for extension fields — this feature is only supported for attachment type.

Please refer to the Influence Portal to add this a future feature for reporting.

Keywords

web link, report, not clickable, unclickable, text only, text, URL , KBA , AP-RC-ANA , C4C, ByD, Travel: Analytics Tools & Frameworks , Product Enhancement

Product

SAP Business ByDesign all versions ; SAP Cloud for Customer add-ins all versions ; SAP Cloud for Customer core applications all versions