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March 9, 2015
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How can I insert a link to the project backing item?

  • March 9, 2015
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Hi,

is there a chance to insert a link to an item that leads to the project backing item?

For example making the 'Project' field an active link that leads to the Project's backing item?

I can get values from the project backing item by using FVA, but FVA cannot be turned into hyperlink.

I would be thankful for any suggestions.

Thanks,

Chris

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    KaelLizak16-Pearl
    16-Pearl
    March 9, 2015

    Hello Christoph,

     

    If you can get the item ID, you can create a hyperlink to any item using the URL:

         http[s]://<ServerName>:<ServerPort>/im/viewissue?selection=<ItemID>

    This opens the item up in the web interface.  The equivalent one for the Integrity client would be:

         integrity://<ServerName>:<ServerPort>/im/viewissue?selection=<ItemID>

    This one requires that the integrity protocol handler is registered with whatever program is doing this.

     

    Since backing items are just Integrity items of a given type, the above should work.

     

    References:

    • CS119067 covers creating web UI links to Integrity Manager artifacts.
    • CS187241 covers creating client UI links to Integrity Manager artifacts.
    • Note:  while there is some overlap between the functionality of the above two, there are some links each can follow that the other cannot.

     

    Regards,

    Kael

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    cpabst1-VisitorAuthor
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    March 10, 2015

    Hey Kael,

    thank you so much. To be honest. the linking was not the problem - instead I am having a hard time getting the item ID.

    Or to be precise - if have not a clue how this could be accomplished from within the item.

    Any idea of how this could be solved?

    Thanks in advance.

    Best,

    Chris

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    KaelLizak16-Pearl
    16-Pearl
    March 10, 2015

    From the CLI you could do it with im projects --fields=name,backingissueid. I'm guessing you're trying to do this through a computed field somehow? I don't think that gets you to where you want to be unless your project structure is short, stable, and you don't mind constructing a look-up table of some sort.

    Actually, if you can get the values from an FVA, you should be able to get those values through a computation.

    Out of curiosity, what is your use case for linking to the backing items?

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