Creating a placeholder link for an artifact element

Besides linking to new and existing artifacts, you can add a placeholder links to artifact elements. A placeholder link does not have a specified target, but you can use it as a quick way to capture relationship information that is not fully defined.

Procedure

  1. Open a non-document artifact, such as a business process diagram, a use-case diagram, or a user interface sketch.
  2. Select an element, such as a business process task, a use case, a user interface element, or a glossary term, and then click the Link to other artifacts icon.
  3. In the Links window, type a name for the new link in the Link Description field.
  4. Press Enter to save the link, and end the procedure.

What to do next

You can specify a target for the link later by using the Edit Link option in the Links window or when attempting to navigate to the link.

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