To help manage navigation on your site, the Links component provides options that let you create links to features and other system defined items. Features are a specific set of defined capabilities on your site. They are defined by the site and managed using Feature Manager forms provided in the administration page. By design, Feature Manager enables an authorized user to manage security on the set of features provided. However, when you create a link to any of these features, the site needs a way to honor and respect permissions set within Feature Manager. You can ensure consistent permissions on feature links using the Links component. When you add a feature link using the Links component, it automatically respects permissions set on the feature in Feature Manager. Therefore, the link will not appear for any users who do not have the appropriate permissions.
In addition to feature links, you can also add links to other system-defined pages, such as a user's profile, the Clipboard, the Process Manager work area (Projects link), and a user's personal page.
Important
Adding links to features and system-defined locations is a more advanced operation. Therefore, you should only add these links if you are familiar with administration aspects of the site.
To add links to features or system defined items
In the title bar of the Links component, click Add.
If Add is not available on the component where you want to publish, you do not have appropriate permissions to publish content to that component. You should find a different component to submit your link or notify the page owner to request contributor permissions on the component.
In the Link Title box, type the text you want users to see for your link.
Next to Link, one of the the following options:
Feature Link— Click the Feature Link option and then use the drop-down list to select the feature.
System Defined— Click the System Defines option and then use the drop-down list to select the location.
Fill out other options on the form, as necessary.
For more information on the form options, see Submit a Link.
Important
By default, links are visible to users who have Read permissions on the component where they're published. However, if a user does not have access to the product, document, or page you select, they will not be able to access it. You can select custom security settings when you fill out the publishing form by clicking the Show Advanced Options button. For more information, see Set permissions on your site.
Click OK.
After you submit the form, one of the following things can happen, depending on whether the component supports collaboration or not. (A component with collaboration enabled requires resources to be approved by a content manager before they're available to other users.)
If collaboration is enabled on the component, the link you submit will be placed on a Pending Items tab for a content manager to review. After a content manager reviews the link, it will be published to the page.
If the component does not support collaboration, your link will immediately appear in the component you used to submit it.