Link settings

Link attributes contain references to other elements. The target element can be in a module in any workspace.
Table 1. Link attribute settings
Setting Name Description
Value Default Value The value of the link attribute for a new element. You can edit this value before the element is saved. To display the list of workspaces that you can access, click the Click to Add link. Select a workspace and a module. Select the default value from the elements and folders.
Allow Links to All Other Workspaces If this option is cleared, you must manually specify the modules in other workspace that the users can link to. If this option is selected, users can link to all other modules in all other workspaces.
Allowed Target Modules To select the workspace and module that users can link to, click the Click to edit link.
Link to Views If you want users to link to views instead of modules, click the Edit link to select the views to display for the link attribute. The views that you select must contain the elements that the users need to link to.
Note: Make sure that the users who use this link can access the workspace and modules that you use as targets.
Visual Link Color Select the color of the links that connect the elements in the Gantt chart and the Relational Graph. This setting does not affect the color of other links.
Allow Group By If this check box is selected, the integer attribute can be used to group elements in tree structures in a Display view.
Mandatory
Note: Mandatory setting do not apply when you add folders.
Mandatory To make sure that users specify a value for the attribute, select this check box. Mandatory attributes are displayed with an asterisk.
Feedback Text The text to display when users do not enter a value for the mandatory attribute
Note: Users cannot remove a link that is mandatory. They can only replace the link with another link.
Change Log Log Changes If this check box is selected, history logs are created for each change of the attribute value.

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