Visual Overview – Page navigation not working for data pages containing “/” in their names

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Hi everyone,

I'm experiencing an issue with page navigation in DataMiner Cube using the Page shape data field in Visual Overview.

I've created several clickable shapes in Microsoft Visio to navigate directly to specific data pages of an element. Most of them work correctly, but navigation fails for pages containing a forward slash (/) in their names, such as ASI I/O and SDI I/O.

For example, the following Shape Data configuration works correctly, navigating to the "Decoder Services - Overview" page:

Working configuration:

The shape is recognized as clickable, but nothing happens when I click it. The target page exists and can be accessed normally through the element's DATA menu.

Environment:

  • DataMiner Server 10.6.11
  • DataMiner Cube Client 10.6.x

My questions are:

  1. Is there a known limitation or issue with the Page shape data field when the target data page name contains a forward slash (/)?
  2. Is there a supported way to escape special characters or reference the target data page differently, without modifying the connector?

Any guidance would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

Miguel Obregon [SLC] [DevOps Catalyst] Answered question

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Hi Daniel,

Having a look at the documentation (Making the shape navigate to a specific page), the forward slash character is used to point to a subpage. Based on this, the behaviour that you are experiencing is expected.

According to the note available in the same documentation:

If you link to a Data or Visual page but do not include the above-mentioned prefix, Cube will look for the closest match across the available pages.

You should be able to access to the specific page by only including the name of the page before the forward slash character (e.g. `ASI I`). Can you give a try and let us know the outcome?

Kind regards,

Daniel Silva [DevOps Member] Posted new comment
Daniel Silva [DevOps Member] commented

Hi Miguel,

Thanks for your response!

I've tried your suggestion, but unfortunately, it didn't work.

I tested using `ASI I`, `ASI`, and even the full page name `ASI I/O`, all without the `data:` prefix. The behavior remains the same: the shape is clickable, but nothing happens when I click it.

Do you have any other suggestions on what I could try?

Thanks again for your help!