{"id":3353,"date":"2023-04-12T15:32:48","date_gmt":"2023-04-12T15:32:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quebit.com\/askquebit\/linking-a-website-url-to-my-cognos-analytics-11-0-4-welcome-page\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T15:00:04","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T15:00:04","slug":"linking-a-website-url-to-my-cognos-analytics-11-0-4-welcome-page","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quebit.com\/askquebit\/linking-a-website-url-to-my-cognos-analytics-11-0-4-welcome-page\/","title":{"rendered":"How Do I Add a Website URL Link to My Cognos Analytics 11.0.4+ Welcome Page?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wow, now I can add a URL link to my Cognos Analytics (CA) Welcome Page!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Business Case:\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

In an earlier QueBIT Knowledge Base article, \u201cSetting a Default Welcome Page in Cognos Analytics 11.0.4+\u201d<\/a>, <\/em>you learned how to set up a custom welcome page in CA.\u00a0 In this article, we are going to add a URL link to the welcome page, giving the users easy access to additional resources right from the welcome screen.<\/p>\n

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For this example, we are specifically adding a URL link to our \u201cAskQueBIT\u201d site, providing our users quick access to our \u201cAsk the Expert\u201d blogs and articles under the Quebit website (www.quebit.com).<\/p>\n

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Please note, I recommend you review the earlier article on how to customize the welcome page prior to starting this article.<\/p>\n

Procedure:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. When creating the new Welcome Page, you updated some Sample files and stored them in the QueBIT_Welcome folder.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    1. Drill down to QueBIt_Welome\/js\/views\/ folder and open the SampleWelcomeView.html file<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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      1. Using a code editor, add the following code to the html file:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        <div class=”samplePrimaryWelcomeMsg” style=”display: inline-block; font-size: 20px; color: #FFFFFF; margin-top: 50px”>Please choose an action from the navigation bar on the left, or ask the experts\u00a0 <a href=”https:\/\/quebit.com\/askquebit\/business-intelligence-data-management\/”target=_blank”><b>AskQueBIT<\/b><\/a> …<\/div><\/p>\n

        Here is some additional information on the HTML code used above:<\/p>\n

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        • <div>: Definition of a section in a document<\/li>\n
        • \u201cClass = \u201d specifies one or more class names for an element and is mostly used to point to a class in a style sheet. However, it can also be used by a JavaScript (via the HTML DOM) to make changes to HTML elements with a specified class.<\/li>\n
        • \u201cStyle = \u201c defines style information for an HTML document. Inside the <style> element you specify how HTML elements should render in a browser.<\/li>\n
        • \u201chref = \u201c Specifies the URL of the page the link goes to. If the href attribute is not present, the <a> tag is not a hyperlink.<\/li>\n
        • \u201ctarget=_blank\u201d specifies the new target will open in a new browser window.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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          1. Below is a screen print of the added code to the HTML file<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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            1. Zip the image, js, ccs folders and the spec.json file using any zip program available to you. For this example, we are writing over the original \u201cQueBIT_Welcom.zip\u201d file already created.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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              1. Open CA. In the Manage > Customizations slide-out panel, select the Extensions tab, click the \u201c\u2026\u201d symbol next to \u201cQueBIT_Welcome\u201d and choose \u201cUpdate\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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                1. Browse to the folder where the zip file is located, and select QueBIT_Welcom.zip to open<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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                  1. The following message will appear showing you have successfully uploaded the file.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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                    1. Refresh the browser, and you will see the updated welcome page with the URL link.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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                      Wow, now I can add a URL link to my Cognos Analytics (CA) Welcome Page! 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