Relink report elements after a template update
Relink report elements after a template update changes a Shared Report Element in the source financial period.
A template update doesn't automatically update linked report elements in target financial periods. After a template update changes a
Shared Report Element
, OSR creates a Pending Template Update
state in each target financial period that contains a linked copy. OSR pauses updates and shows the Relink
option. - Apply the template update to the source financial period.
- Update the Shared Report Element in the source financial period.For example, update the report element from XYZ to ABC and update the template version from V1 to V2.
- Open the affected target financial period.
- Locate the linked report element.
- Select the ellipsis on the linked report element.
- SelectRelink.
- Verify the relink action.
- OSR syncs the source report element and the linked report element, then removes theRelinkindicator.
- Restore a source backup to revert the source report element.
- SelectRelinkin the target financial period to apply the restored source state to the linked report element.
- Relink after a template update deletes a report element.
- Delete a report element through a template update to remove it from the source immediately.
- Then useRelinkin the target financial period to delete the linked copy and remove the link.