Hello Chris,

There is a possibility to build a URL to open a specific Item, Baseline, Request in the Web Client. You'd need to know object specification for that.

Say, to open an item with the specification "QLARIUS:BUILD XML.A-SRC;java_p1_1#8" you need to URLencode this value (say using www.urlencoder.org) and append to the URL:

yourWebServer:port/dimensionscommand=openi&object_id=

In the example case we get a URL: yourWebServer:port/dimensionsopeni&object_id=QLARIUS%3ABUILD%20XML.A-SRC%3Bjava_p1_1%238

If you have multiple Dimensions DBs/Servers you can also append to URL these parameters: &DB_CONN=yourDBconnection&DB_NAME=yourDBname&DM_HOST=dimensionsHost

In the case of opening a request the "command" parameter value in the URL will be "opencd", for a baseline - "openb".

While testing - please open a URL in a new browser tab, as it is not supported to open in the existing Web Client application tab.

Kind Regards,
Alex

Hi Alex Shevchenko ,

thank you very much for the detailed description. I've understood what to do, but my environment is a little bit different.

The web interface is not avilable, only the Dimensions Desktop Client.

Is there a possibility to do it this way?

Best Regards

Chris

Hi Chris,

I probably still do not completely understand the expectations. Should "the link" download the file from the Dimensions CM repository and open it in a default system editor? Or do you want the Desktop Client to open the Folders view with the file home folder opened and the file being selected in the grid? Or locate that file in the Windows Explorer in the populated earlier work area? Or...? 

Though any of these options will require some scripting to fetch/open a file (not a "link") or require writing custom application which will process custom URL scheme (say "myapp://<URL-containing-file-info>", e.g. like described here https://stackoverflow.com/questions/80650/how-do-i-register-a-custom-url-protocol-in-windows). 

Kind Regards,
Alex

Hi Alex Shevchenko ,

maybe the problem was the unknown field around the Desktop Client.

If I open the webserver Adress on Port 8080, then I can access Dimensions via WebUI - that was not known by me.

If I then select a file in the CM under "Items"  and choose registercard Annotations I can find a link to use directly.

Thank you very much for your very useful answers.

Best Regards

Christopher

You are very welcome, Christopher, happy to help.