Create New Mosaic Model Links

Starting in Strategy (October 2026), you can link Mosaic models using metrics, allowing users to link models that are similar by metric rather than attribute.

Starting in Strategy One (January 2026), Mosaic model linking is available out-of-the-box.

Starting in Strategy One (December 2025), you can link attributes between Mosaic models when creating and editing models. You can use Mosaic Studio's AI capabilities to create links between attributes or create them manually.

Suggestions

  1. Import an Existing Mosaic Model.

  2. Click Prep and Model.

  3. Click Models.

  4. Click Suggestions.

    Linking suggestions display as dashed lines. A count of the attribute and metric links display under the Suggestions panel.

  5. Click an attribute or starting in Strategy (October 2026), a metric with a suggested link.

  6. If you select an attribute, the following link details display:

    • Linking Attributes: List of detected attributes that should be linked.

      To edit the list of attributes to link, select the check box next to the attribute.

    • Attribute Alias: The attribute name that displays in the model and dashboard.

      To edit this value, click the text box, type a new name, and press Enter.

    • Value Source: The lookup table for the linked attribute.

      To edit this value, expand the drop-down list and choose a new model.

  7. Starting in Strategy (October 2026), if you select a metric, the following link details display:

    • Alias: The metric name that displays in the model and dashboard.

      To edit this value, click the text box, type a new name, and press Enter.

    • Primary Base Metric: The source metric that the description, formatting, and aggregation will be used for the linked metric.

      To edit this value, expand the drop-down list and choose a new metric.

  8. Click Apply.

  9. Click Save.

Manage Links

Create Links

You can also manually create links.

  1. Click Manage Links.

  2. Click Add New Link.

  3. In Linking Objects or Linking Attributes, expand the model drop-down list and choose a model.

  4. Expand the object drop-down list and choose an object.

  5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 for the object you want to link to.

  6. If you want to link more objects, click Add Model or Add Attribute and choose and a model and object.

  7. If you are linking attributes, update the following:

    1. In Attribute Alias, type a name to display for the linked attributes.

    2. In Value Source, expand the drop-down list and choose a look up table for the linked attribute.

  8. If you are linking metrics, expand Primary Base Metric and choose a source metric to inherit description, formatting, and aggregation.

  9. Click Apply.

    The link is created.

  10. Click Save.

Edit Links

  1. Click Manage Links.

  2. Hover over an attribute and click Edit .

  3. In Linking Attributes, expand the model drop-down list and choose a model.

  4. Expand the object drop-down list and choose an object.

  5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 for the attribute you want to link to.

  6. If you want to link more objects, click Add Model or Add Attribute and choose and a model and object.

  7. If you are linking attributes, update the following:

    1. In Attribute Alias, type a name to display for the linked attributes.

    2. In Value Source, expand the drop-down list and choose a look up table for the linked attribute.

  8. If you are linking metrics, expand Primary Base Metric and choose a source metric to inherit description, formatting, and aggregation.

  9. Click Apply.

    The link is created.

  10. Click Save.

Additional Information

Mosaic Model Linking in Access Control Lists

When attributes and metrics are linked across Mosaic models, the system enforces the Access Control Lists of all underlying base attributes and metrics to maintain consistent governance. For example, if attribute A1 in your first model is linked to A2 in your second model and exposed as a linked attribute aliased as A3, the following behavior occurs:

  • A user must have at least view access to both A1 and A2 to use A3.

  • If  a user is denied access to either A1 or A2, the user is denied access to A3.