Lesson: Accessing a Linked File

  To access the external file that you previously linked to a data cell:

  1. In the Asymm.xls file, select cell D5.

  2. Select Essbase, and then Linked Objects.

  3. In Linked Objects Browser, select the Budasmp.txt file.

  4. Click View/Launch.

    The Budasmp.txt file is opened from the source application.

    Viewing the contents of a linked external file.

  5. Close the Budasmp.txt file, and then click Close.

Leave the Asymm.xls file open for the next task.

User Reference

Accessing Linked Files