KB9317: How to add email links to a MicroStrategy Report Services document

Adding email links to images and auto text fields within a Strategy Report Services document can be achieved by performing the following steps:
 

1. Place an image or auto text field in a Strategy Report Services document.
2. Click on the object and click on the control on the right of the Property List: Navigation > "Is hyperlink". Choose to enable this to "True".
3. Within the control, click on "Hyperlink" and enter in the syntax of the mail tag. It should appear in the following format:
   mailto:myaccount@Strategy.com
   
4. Select to view in Portable Document Format (PDF) and click on the image or text.

Note that the default email software on the client machine (Outlook, Outlook Express, etc.) will launch and will display myaccount@microstrategy.com..