Sending Location, View, or Object Id Links

You can include a Location Link, View Link, or Object Id in an email or message sent to an individual user or group of users.

Note: The Location Link, View Link, and GUID commands are affected by the option selected in the Send Link Options field in your User Properties form. See Modifying User Properties.

Right-click the repository object to create the link and select:

Publish > Location Link.
Publish > View Link.
Publish > GUID.

The result depends on your Send Link Options setting:

User Properties Send Link Options Selection	Result
Prompt	The Link Destination dialog appears, asking you to choose the link type: Email Clipboard The command result depends on the type selected, as described below.
Email	An email message form appears. The email message field contains the link. The From field contains your email address. The Subject field contains the name of the object you selected.
Clipboard	Your clipboard contains the link. You can open an email form and paste the link in the message area, send the link through another messaging application., or paste the link for other processing purposes.

User Properties Send Link Options Selection

Result

Prompt

The Link Destination dialog appears, asking you to choose the link type:

Email
Clipboard

The command result depends on the type selected, as described below.

An email message form appears. The email message field contains the link. The From field contains your email address. The Subject field contains the name of the object you selected.

Clipboard

Your clipboard contains the link. You can open an email form and paste the link in the message area, send the link through another messaging application., or paste the link for other processing purposes.

When a recipient clicks on a Location Link, the Workbench Navigation view expands to the object's location and it is highlighted.
When a recipient clicks on a View Link, the object is displayed in either the user's Workbench or the Astoria Reviewer interface, depending on the option they have selected in the Settings dialog. See Specifying User Settings.
When an administrator receives an Object Id, they can use it to locate the object in the repository.
Note: See About Look Up by Object Id. It can also be used in the Global Substitution Custom Rule Replace repairConrefByGUID scriptlet to migrate conref attributes. See Custom Rule Replace Scriptlets.