Platform URLs

A Short URL is a convenient, user-friendly URL that can be used (by someone with a platform login) to access virtually any element of the platform.

Obtaining a Short URL

Clicking the tilted "figure-8" icon on a page File:CopyShortURL.png brings up dialog that gives you a URL you can copy. You can put that URL into an email, a web page, or a bookmark. Any authorized user who follows the link goes directly to the targeted page in the platform.

Note:
The Short URL icon for an application appears at the top of the Manage Application page for the app.

Using that URL, you can get to any of the following:

Application URL	http://{domain}/networking/app/{application_id}
Dashboard URL	http://{domain}/networking/dashboard/{page_id}
Document URL	http://{domain}/networking/document/{document_id}
Record URL	http://{domain}/networking/record/{record_id}   http://{domain}/networking/record/{record_name}
Report URL	http://{domain}/networking/report/{report_id}
View URL	http://{domain}/networking/view/{object_name}/{view_id}

Once you know the pattern, you can also simply type a URL that matches one of those patterns into your browser.

The Record URL is particularly worthy of note because, once things are set up properly, you can use the record name to define the URL. (More on that subject below.)

Considerations

Some URLs go to the platform GUI, and display the page as a tab within it. Other URLs display the page content only, without the platform GUI surrounding it. The following table shows which is which:

URL	Full GUI	Content Only
Application URL
Dashboard URL
Document
Record URL
Report URL
View URL

Record URL

Record URL

Record Name

Record Name

Sample App

• HowTo:Use a SQL Query to List Records in a Custom Page

This sample page uses short URLs as links in a JSP page populated with a list of object records.