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Define and connect links

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You can define as many links as you want, and then connect them to Items. The connection can be done manually or be automatically generated.

The following is described here:

Defining links

  1. Select Shared link.
  2. You access the Shared link page. Click New.

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    Complete the following information:

    Shared link
    Enter a name for the link.
    Description
    Enter the text that you want to be displayed on the page in NetStore.
    Link address
    Enter the http address of the link.
    Tip: You can exclude the http:// if the address starts with www.
    Language sensitive
    Check this option to make it language sensitive.

    Click OK.

Manually connecting links

You can connect as many links that are defined in the Links database to an Item.

Do as follows:

  1. Access the object for which you want to connect a link (in this case, click Item).
  2. Click the icon next to the user that you want to edit.
  3. Click Links.
  4. You access the Links page. Click New.

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    Complete the following:

    Shared link
    Select the applicable link from the drop-down list.
    From date
    Defaults with today’s date, but can be changed to that applicable.
    To date
    Defaults with today’s date plus 10 years. Enter the applicable end date valid for displaying this link.
    Presentation sequence
    Enter the order in which the link should appear on the page.

    Click OK to update. The User will see this link when he/she has signed on.

Automatically connecting links to items

You have the possibility to automatically assign any links to one or several items – which will be exposed on the Product information page. The link could contain any complementary information that you deem useful, e.g., a picture of the item, a text document outlining more details about the item, a sound file, etc.

Prerequisites
In order for the generation to work, the following must be true:

  • The applicable data restriction set has been defined for the Item Data restriction.
  • The actual resource type, for which the link will be generated, must exist in the applicable resource location. For example, if you are going to generate an image link to item ABC, then the image itself must exist in the applicable resource location, with the same name as the item (e.g. ABC.gif)

The following describes how to create a data restriction set for specific item codes to which you want to assign links.

  1. Click Others.
  2. Click Data restrictions.
  3. Click the icon next to the Item.
  4. On the Data restriction type window, click the Define sets button.
  5. You access the Data restriction sets window. Click New.

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    Complete the following information:

    Data restriction set
    Enter the identification of the new set.
    Description
    Enter a description for the data restriction set.
    No restriction
    Check this box, if there are no restrictions for this set.
    Prepared select clause
    This section will be updated with the actual query once the restriction is used.

    Click OK.

  6. On the Data restrictions window, click New.

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    Complete the following information:

    Field name
    Select that applicable from the drop-down list. Since you are going to automatically assign links to the item code here, select Code.
    Operand
    Select the applicable operand from the drop-down list. The following operands have special requirements:
    • In and Not in require at least two values
    • Between and Not between must have two values
    • Like and Not like are wild cards
    Restriction values
    Enter the applicable values to which this restriction should apply, meaning in this case, the item codes to which you want to assign links. The entries in this field are case sensitive.

    Click OK and then Exit.

  7. Select Item links update.
  8. You access the Item links update page:

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    On this window you can toggle Generate and Deletion of links.

    Complete the following:

    Data restriction set
    Select the applicable data restriction set from the drop-down list. Here, select the set you created for the Item code.
    Resource type
    Select the applicable resource type from the drop-down list.
    File extension
    Enter the applicable file extension for the resource type.
    Valid from date
    Optional entry. Enter the date from which the link will be valid.
    Valid to date
    Optional entry. Enter the date to which the link will be valid.
    Default link
    Check this box if this should be the default link.
    Submit to batch
    Check this box if you want a batch run of the generation.

    Click the Generate button. You will receive a confirmation message in the bottom of the window. If generated successfully, the image will be available on the Product information page for each of the items specified in the data restriction set, assuming the corresponding resources exist. These are here; BEOCOM1400.gif, BEOCOM1600.gif, BEOCOM2000.gif.

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