Using external links in VBU one can open applications or web sites from the VBU dashboard. This can be used to open programs in SmartOffice. There are two methods of doing this. External and internal SmartOffice links

External link

Open SmartOffice. Go to the program and panel you want to link to. Click Tools->Bookmarks→Copy External Link to Clipboard

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Click OK

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Paste the link into the "External URL" field on the statistics definition. Mark the input values you want to replace with a parameter and input the parameter label with $$ before and after

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Internal link

Using an internal link is similar to using an external one. Open SmartOffice and go to the program and panel. This time click Tools->Bookmarks→Copy to Clipboard

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Click OK

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Paste the link into the statistics definition external url field. Notice that this time, it does not start with the reference to the SmartOffice application:

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Replace the paramters the same way as for external URL. To use internal URL, select "Smart Office" in the link type input on the right side of the link input.

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Internal links can only be used when VBU is running inside Smart Office. Create a monitor token for the dashboard that includes the link. Right click on the SmartOffice desktop and click "Create Shortcut". Paste the monitor token url in the target. Do