Create a link
IBM InfoSphere Enterprise Records allows you to create and maintain different kinds of links. Before you can create links
in IBM InfoSphere Enterprise Records, you must set the link class site preference using
Workplace. For information about setting this preference, see Set
the link class site preference.
To create a link
- Navigate to the record or record folder from which you
want to create links to another record or record folder.
- Right-click the entity and select Create Link.
- Perform the following steps in the Create Link page.
Set
Properties
- Click Change Class to select the type of link you want
to create. See Links for an explanation of each type.
- Click Link To and browse to the record or record folder
for which you want to create a link.
- Click Select <name> under
the path to select a folder
- Click Select Current Version, Select
Released Version, or Select from Versions as appropriate
for records.
- Specify the Link name and Description, then click Next.
Set
Security
- Add new users or groups if desired.
- Click Add New.
- Select the domain from the Select in drop-down menu.
- Select Users or Groups.
- Enter the first few characters of the user or group name and click Search.
- Select one or more names from the list and click Accept.
- Change the permissions of a user or group if desired.
- Click the user or group name in the Title column to change the access rights
for that user or group.
- Select the appropriate Allow or Deny check box for each permission. Allow overrides
group rights to let the user or group perform the associated functions; Deny overrides
group rights to prevent that user or group from accessing that function.
- Click Accept.
- To remove an existing user or group from the list, select the Remove check box for that
user or group.
- Click Finish and then OK on
the confirmation page. The internal ID (GUID) displays instead of the link name.