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10 Click Open.
11 Under File Description, enter a brief description for the file as indicated in Figure 144.
Figure 144 Selecting and Describing a File to Link
Note:
Entering text in the File Description text box is optional.
12 Click OK to close the dialog box and link the file to the cell.
Essbase copies the file to the server and establishes a link to the current data cell.
13 Click Close to close the Linked Objects Browser dialog box.
Do not close the Asymm.xls file. You use the file in the next tutorial task.
To recognize cells that have linked reporting objects attached to them, you may want to apply
a visual cue, or style, to the cells.
➤ To apply styles:
1 Select Essbase > Options and select the Style tab.
2 In the Data Cells area, select Linked Objects.
3 Click Format.
4 From the Font style list box, select Italic.
5 From the Color list box, select Purple. Click OK.
6 Select the Display tab.
7 In the Cells option group, select the Use Styles box and click OK.
8 Select Essbase > Retrieve to refresh the worksheet and apply the styles.
Cell D5 (the cell to which you just attached the linked file) is now displayed in purple, italic font,
as shown in Figure 145. Essbase also refreshes the worksheet with the other options set in the
Essbase Options dialog box.
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