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url: /technical/link-references.md
description: 'When to use: When making simple links/calculations between cells.'
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# Link References

**When to use:**
When making simple links/calculations between cells.

**Description:**
The link function returns data from a specified cube at a relative location. If common dimensions exist, they can be excluded entirely from the relative location argument.

#### Simple Syntax

```vb
LINK("SourceCubeName", ["Element 1", "Element N"])
```

#### Example

Restrict to "Amount" Measure, Restrict to Account "Domestic Travel Spend"

```vb
LINK("Travel Planning", ["All Trips", "Domestic Travel Spend"])
```

#### Considerations

Besides having the ability to specify another cube to refer to the second argument of the `LINK` function behaves the same as a Direct Reference including the ability to prefix an element with its Dimension and/or Hierarchy.