HotLink Exception: Exception of type 'Forecast5.Model.HotlinkException' was thrown.

Issue:

When opening your forecast, you get the following error:

HotLink Exception:

Exception of type 'Forecast5.Model.HotlinkException' was thrown.: 'location and name of the hotlink file.xlsx". 

Hot Link error found in 'Record Name'.

HotLinkDataSourceException.

File not found: 'location and name of the hotlink file.xlsx".

Cause:

This is caused if the hotlink has been moved or renamed from when it was set up.

Solution:

Click Ok to past the error messages. There may be multiple depending on how many hotlinks you have.

Then you will need to re-link the hotlink files for each error message.

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