You can create links in documents (or in any text-based
artifact), to other artifacts in your project repository, files that
are uploaded from your local file system, or any URL.
About this task
This topic describes how to link to artifacts and URLs.
To link to requirements or embed requirement text, see Creating requirements from document content and Linking to requirements from documents and artifact elements.
Procedure
- Highlight the text in the document (or in any text-based
artifact) to use as the link text or place the cursor where you want
to add the link.
- Click the Create Link icon
in the toolbar or right-click in the editor and click Create
Link.
- In the "Link to" window, select one
of the following options:
- Click Choose Existing Artifact and
browse to a project and folder in the repository or type a partial
entry for an artifact name in the Search field.
Select a target artifact and click OK.
- Click Create New Artifact. Enter the
artifact type, location, optional tags, and name. Click OK.
- Click Specify External Resource. Type
or paste a URL and click OK. Optionally, leave
the Link Description field blank to display
the URL as the link text.
- Click Choose a File to Upload. Enter
the upload information and click OK. The artifact
is linked to the new uploaded artifact. For more information, see Uploading files to a repository.
Results
A link to the artifact is inserted into the document. To navigate
to the target artifact, press the Ctrl key and click the link.