Q&A about linking in Workiva, including source links, destination links, links in text, paragraph links, sub-cell links, link limits...all things links!
Currently, the linked files report doesn't show the location of where a file might be linked within the document, it just states all of the files the document is linking to. Is Workiva working on updating this so that if there's a file we don't wa...
In Classic, it was possible to check all of a document's links in order to check that a document was only linked to the correct workbook. This has been especially useful when disclosures with linking was copied from other documents with the links...
I ran a doc link validation and get a link to the prior document which is not to be linked to the current document. The link itself doesn't bring me to the "link" source, so I can update the link. How can I fix it?
Is it possible to change the letter case in the destination link from a next gen document to a spreadsheet cell? The document title is all uppercase letters but I want the destination linked cell to show as title case? I don't see anywhere to set ...
I have added new links to controls database in a document. Instead of the usual green triangle, I'm getting a green underscore for the control references & control summaries in the document. What's more, the search function will recognize the Co...
Hi - Similar to default setting for tables font 10 arial etc. Is there a default where I can state that all text numbers should be in thousands and percentages in the workbook and the document should be stretched to one decimal point? For the e...
Hi Team, Can we create multiple destination links within a single spreadsheet cell? If not, is there a way to concatenate data from two cells in one spreadsheet and link them in an other spreadsheet cell?
Hi! I have noticed in Next Gen that when I update numbers in the spreadsheet that is linked to the document, the document isn't updated until I press publish on the spreadsheet? In the classic version it updated automatically. How do I fix this?
Whenever I link a cell that has a superscript in it, the superscript formatting does not carryover to the destination even when I select apply formatting. This is happening between two next gen documents. Is there something that I may be missing? ...
In classic documents, when we created a source text link in a document, partial sections of the text could be formatted differently. For example, you could italicize a few words within a sentence and that formatting would carry through to the des...
Am I able to drill down into the Linked Files Report to find where in the document I have outside sources? In Classic we could go straight to the location, however, in Next gen it only directs us to the document. This means we have to search throu...
Hello - I switched a workbook over to spreadsheets and then moved all the source links to the new spreadsheet. I am now having trouble with the following: some of the source links in spreadsheets have superscripts included (for footnote references...
We are trying to link a cell from a spreadsheet to our document that has a footnote notation at the end "Other revenue (1)" and we have "Other Revenue" in 10pt font and the "(1)" in 9 pt font in the spreadsheet. When we link it to the document ev...
Within Link Properties and then Locations, can the cell detail i.e. C7 be added? Right now it looks like the only way you can see exactly where the link is coming from or where else it is linked is by using the go to link feature.
Ability to create source links in a document that includes text and amounts that are linked. Would allow us to link sections of MD&A to the press release that we want to be consistent rather than having to copy and paste from one to the other and ...
I was trying to link amounts presented in my Exhibit 99 to a spreadsheet for purposes of having the spreadsheet perform a calculation whose results I am linking to the Exhibit 99. For whatever reason the link from the Exhibit 99 to the spreadshee...
The number is 1,235 and I want to link to the document to show as 1,000 or if the number is 1,560 to show as 2,000. Can this be done? Any solution is appreciated.
I'm not sure if this questions been asked before but given that Presentations is a relatively new platform feature I'm curious whether or not it's possible to link a set of spreadsheet figures to a table within a Presentation.
Is there a way to identify unpublished links in a workbook spreadsheet without opening all the individual workbooks? We make several changes to workbooks that publish to other workbooks and at time creates a situation where that link now needs to ...
Hello,We are moving a lot of source links from one location of the spreadsheet to another within the spreadsheet to streamline. I followed the direction in this article: https://support.workiva.com/hc/en-us/articles/360046357671-Manage-Source-Link...
I have a cell in a spreadsheet that is linked to multiple destinations in Editor. Some of the destinations no longer exist as the pages were removed. How can I remove these specific destinations showing in Link Properties in my spreadsheet without...
Hello Wdesk community,I'm looking for the "document links" feature , similar to what is available in the Classic version. Does anyone know if this exists, if so, where?Thanks!
When I highlight a range of cells, most of which are links but also includes a formula, the formula is also removed. Is this the expected behavior as would have have thought the formula should have stayed?
I can see where I can put a non-breaking space between (for example) 158 million via a checkbox in the "format link" section; however, I don't see where you can do the same for percents (58 percent). Is it possible?
Will it be possible to create a text link with custom formatting, such as capitalised first letter, all caps, cusom suffic, prefix?
If I publish links in the spreadsheet the document is updated but does not show as a DRAFT, and then cannot be shared to create another version. So therefore cannot run a blackline, even though all the numbers may have changed?
I created a formula in spreadsheet to return whether a value "increased," "decreased," or "was consistent between periods." My goal with this was to link this to an explanation in the financial document (ie Net revenues increased $XXM for the thr...
Hello,Can I have a destination link within a source link? The purpose of this is to change only certain words within a paragraph, but we able to link to the whole paragraph so that whenever these words are changed through the destination links, th...
I'm linking from spreadsheets to docs. It appears I can only apply 'values only', possibly the amount of data I'm linking is too great? Any way around this?
