PDF action links

I have report with table view.
One of the column has action link, whivh open Google search page with the cell value as the query.
The exported PDF of table report include the action links in the resulting table: below the cell value there is also the link option (in each row).
a. It doesn't work. When I click on the action link in the PDF I got error on browser.
b. Even if would have been working. When the user send this PDF to someone else without OBIEE connection, it won't work. Can I disable it?

Hi Adil,
Placing the pdf file in /l_en folder dint work for me too however you can place them inside the following paths and restart the services,
D:\MWARE\user_projects\domains\bifoundation_domain\servers\AdminServer\tmp\_WL_user\analytics_11.1.1\silp1v\war\res
AND
D:\MWARE\Oracle_BI1\bifoundation\web\app\res
You can then call your file with the url, http://hostname:port/analytics/res/filename.pdf
It worked for me, let me know in case of any issues.
Rgds,
Dpka

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