Presentation Title | May 4, 2009

Drill Down URLs

Greg Chick – Senior Associate Director

Office of Financial Aid Services

• UMB & Financial Aid• What is a Drill-Down URL?• How to Design• Walkthrough• Examples• Question and Answer

Agenda

• Founded in 1964 – merged with Boston State College in 1982

• Public university with an urban mission• 16,756 students – graduate and

undergraduate• Commuter campus – Division III Athletics• Neighbors the JFK Presidential Library and

Edward M. Kennedy Institute

University of Massachusetts Boston

Finish your query – Add lots of fields & order them

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Expressions tab -> Add Expression Expression Type = Drilling URLComponent URL

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Click ‘Add Content Reference Link’

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Navigate to desired menuMenu Action = UpdateClick ‘Search Keys’

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Click checkbox in Selection Flag columnClick Field Lookup in same row

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Click the correct field

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Go through each row, clicking the box in each row then the Field Lookup

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Click ‘Map Columns’Select which field the link populates

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Run the queryClick your new link

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New window opens to your link!

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Click ‘Add Content Reference Link’Navigate to desired menu

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Click ‘Add Content Reference Link’Navigate to desired menu

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Click ‘Add Content Reference Link’Navigate to desired menu

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