Bug 125867

Summary: [LOCALHELP] Add a link for the description of hierarchies in a pivot table
Product: LibreOffice Reporter: Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring>
Component: DocumentationAssignee: Not Assigned <libreoffice-bugs>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: enhancement CC: ilmari.lauhakangas, mentoring, olivier.hallot
Priority: medium Keywords: easyHack, skillDocumentation
Version: 6.2.4.2 release   
Hardware: All   
OS: All   
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Bug Blocks: 80430, 103381    

Description Markus Elfring 2019-06-11 20:33:41 UTC 
The information “The pivot table must be based on an external source data that contains data hierarchies.” was published for the dialogue “Data field options”.
https://help.libreoffice.org/6.2/en-US/text/scalc/01/12090106.html

How do you think about to add a link for a helpful description in a corresponding document?
Comment 1 Roman Kuznetsov 2019-06-12 16:24:36 UTC 
Olivier?
Comment 2 Olivier Hallot 2019-06-12 17:48:55 UTC 
I'd like t have the contents of this extra page. You can add it here.
Comment 4 Markus Elfring 2022-01-02 09:36:40 UTC 
(In reply to Olivier Hallot from comment #3)
Should any more helpful information be read at this place than the deletion of a quotation character?

How would a link look like for the suggested improved functionality description according to the pivot table data source extension?
Comment 5 Olivier Hallot 2022-01-02 09:57:14 UTC 
(In reply to Markus Elfring from comment #4)
> (In reply to Olivier Hallot from comment #3)
> Should any more helpful information be read at this place than the deletion
> of a quotation character?
> 
> How would a link look like for the suggested improved functionality
> description according to the pivot table data source extension?

As indicated, documentation of the extension must be provided by the extension developer.

Also, see comment#2.
Comment 6 Buovjaga 2022-01-02 10:00:37 UTC 
(In reply to Markus Elfring from comment #4)
> (In reply to Olivier Hallot from comment #3)
> Should any more helpful information be read at this place than the deletion
> of a quotation character?
> 
> How would a link look like for the suggested improved functionality
> description according to the pivot table data source extension?

Olivier made a mistake in providing the link. His commit adding the note is https://git.libreoffice.org/help/commit/327d999641b54d40d8f939a09ab79f37b4a9fc32
Comment 7 Markus Elfring 2022-01-02 13:20:25 UTC 
(In reply to Olivier Hallot from comment #5)
Would you like to point any more information sources out for the safe application of pivot table data source extensions?