Creating external links

You can create external links from objects in IBM® Engineering Requirements Management DOORS® - Web Access (DWA) to web pages or other IBM Engineering Requirements Management DOORS (DOORS) databases. External links are URLs.

Before you begin

To create external links, you must have create access to the DWA object. You must also have an Edit package. Your current package is displayed in the header of the web client workspace.

About this task

A pop-up menu is displayed when you click the arrow display edit menu icon in the upper right corner of any attribute in the grid. The arrow is displayed in each attribute in the current row, and when you hover the cursor over any attribute in the grid.

Procedure

  1. Open the pop-up menu from any attribute of the object that you want to link.
  2. Click New Link > External Link. The New External Link window is displayed.
  3. Type a Name and a Description for the link. The description is displayed in the External Link menu when you right-click on the link arrow.
  4. Type the URL for the link in the Link path field.
    Note: The link path must be no more than 256 characters long. If the link path contains spaces or special characters, the upper limit is less than 256.
  5. Select whether you want the link to be displayed in the module as an in-link or an out-link. The link type does not affect the link behavior. No corresponding link is created in the resource.
  6. To open the linked resource in the default browser when the link is selected, select Open URL.
  7. Click commit changes icon to create the external link.

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