You can create external links from objects in Rational® DOORS® Web
Access to web pages or other Rational DOORS databases. External links
are URLs.
Before you begin
To create external links, you must have create access to the Rational DOORS Web Access object. You must also have
an Edit package. Your current package is displayed in the header of
the web client workspace.
About this task
The
Options menu is displayed when
you click the arrow

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
- Open the Options menu from any attribute
of the object that you want to link.
- Click . The New External Link window
is displayed.
- 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.
- 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.
- Select Open URL with default browser.
- 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. In either case when you select the link, the resource
that is referenced by it is opened by the default browser. No corresponding
link is created in the resource.
- Click
to create the external link.