Custom links are an important component of multi-dashboard architectures, and particularly the organizational dashboard architecture described in the previous section. In the absence of custom links, clicking a dashboard tile opens the report page from which the visual was pinned to the dashboard. Custom links allow BI teams to take control of the navigation experience and enable users to navigate directly to another dashboard with related information or even to an external site, such as a team site on SharePoint Online.

Tile details can be accessed by hovering over the top-right corner of a dashboard tile, clicking the ellipsis, and then selecting Edit details. In the following image from the Tile details window, a Subtitle (Europe) is added to one of the Total Net Sales vs. Plan KPI tiles:

Additionally, per the preceding Tile details image, the Set custom link property has been enabled and the Europe Sales (dashboard) has been selected for the target of the link. Clicking Apply at the bottom of the dialog (not included in the preceding screenshot) confirms the selection. Different options are available in the tile details window for widgets added directly on the dashboard (not pinned), such as text boxes and images, per the following section.