Link Formats to Accolade Items

Create links that display in the Accolade menu bar that point directly to deliverables, activities, reports, and pages within Accolade. Use these links as short cuts to areas that you or users access most often. Similar to creating a favorites list in a web browser. Users can define their own links in their profiles, and Administrators can assign links globally or per user in user accounts.

You can create links to Accolade items in one of the following ways:

  • Navigate to a page or item within Accolade, copy the URL in the browser Address field, and paste it when creating links.
  • Navigate to a page or item within Accolade and bookmark the page in the web browser.
  • Creating links using the formats described below that reference IDs within the Accolade database.

The advantage of creating links using the formats described below is that if Sopheon changes the URL format in a future release, the reference IDs to the data in the database does not change. Therefore, the link references remain intact, even if the web page address to reach a particular page changes.

When creating a link using the link formats below, replace the <website URL> with the URL of the Accolade website, which is typically the URL to the server, and replace later segments in < > with the object IDs from your database. The < > symbols are not included in the link.
  • If the website has a port number other than the default of 80, the port number must be included in the <website URL> portion of the link. For example, http://MyServer:443/?P=DOC&PID=242&DID=12
  • To determine the values of the website URL and of the system IDs such as DID, (deliverable ID), navigate to the document or page in Accolade and note the IDs displayed in the web browser's Address bar.
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http://MyServer/?P=DOC&PID=242&DID=12

This link when added a user link or a global link creates a link to:

  • A deliverable on a server named MyServer.
  • In a project with an ID of 242.
  • With a deliverable ID of 12.

Use the following formats when creating links to items within Accolade:

Link Type Description Format and Example

Deliverable
Details

Links to the Deliverable Details dialog box for the deliverable specified.

<website URL>/?P=DD&PID=<project ID>&DID=deliverable ID>

Example: http://MyServer/?P=DD&PID=14&DID=25

Deliverable
Document

Links to the Deliverable Details for the deliverable specified, and opens the Open/Save dialog box for a deliverable version.

<website URL>)/?P=DOC&PID=<project ID>&DID=<deliverable ID>

Example: http://MyServer/?P=DOC&PID=14&DID=25

Only use this link type if there is currently a version of the deliverable.

Deliverable Version Details

Links to the deliverable version detail.

<website URL>/?P=DVD&PID=<project ID>&DID=<deliverable ID>&DVID=<version ID>

Example: http://MyServer/?P=DVD&PID=14&DID=25&DVID=2

Deliverable Online Form

Links to the online form defined for the specified deliverable.

<website URL>/?P=FRM&PID=<project ID>&DID=<deliverable ID>

Example: http://MyServer/?P=FRM&PID=3&DID=74

 

Activity Details

Links to the Activity Details dialog box for the activity specified.

<website URL>/?P=AD&PID=<project ID>&AID=<activity ID>

Example: http://MyServer/?P=AD&PID=158&AID=7

Activity Document

Links to the Activity Details and opens the Open/Save dialog box for an activity version.

<website URL>/?P=DOC&PID=<project ID>&AID=<activity ID>

Example: http://MyServer/?P=DOC&PID=158&AID=7

Only use this link type if there is currently a version of the activity.

Activity Online Form

Links to the online form defined for the specified activity.

<website URL>/?P=FRM&PID=<project ID>&AID=<activity ID>

Example: http://Online Forms/?P=FRM&PID=3&AID=1

 

Related Document

Links to the Related Document details for the specified document.

<website URL>/?P=DOC&PID=<project ID>&RFID=<related document ID>

Example: http://MyServer/?P=DOC&PID=62&RFID=22

 

Gate Document

Links to the Gate Document details for the specified document.

<website URL>/?P=DOC&PID=<project ID>&GDID=<gate document ID>

Example: http://MyServer/?P=DOC&PID=257&GDID=2

 

Initial Project Page Specified in a Model

Links to the page that was set in the model as the initial page to display when opening a project that uses that model.

<website URL>/?P=PH&PID=<project ID>

Example: http://MyServer/?P=PH&PID=78

 

HTML Report

Links to the display of the specified HTML report.

<website URL>/?P=HRPT&RPTID=<report ID>

Example: http://MyServer/?P=HRPT&RPTID=12

MS Excel Report

Links to the download of an MS Excel Report.

<website URL>/?P=XRPT&RPTID=<report ID>

Example: http://MyServer/?P=XRPT&RPTID=33

 

Notes:   

  • As an Administrator, it is possible to create a URL that a user cannot follow because they do not have access to the page due to project security rights or role assignments. In that situation, a new browser window or tab opens, and the user is prompted to log in, and the log in fails.
  • To create a link directly to an idea form, the form the link calls must be identified as an idea deliverable for its model.