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Add Custom Links to the Dashboard

A custom link can launch any URL that provides more information about a service, such as an internet search on the service name or a URL for the source management application. You can add the custom launch-in-context links for all services to the Action drop-down menu on the Dashboard.

Follow these steps:

1. Open the SOI_HOME\SamUI\webapps\sam\WEB-INF\console\config\custom-menu-config.xml file in a text editor on the UI Server.
2. Create and uncomment a full menu item using the conventions described in the custom-menu-config.xml file, and follow the instructions in the file, paying close attention to the following attributes:

   item name

   Specifies the name to display in the Actions drop-down menu.

   URL

   Specifies the launch URL. You can use the value {0} as a substitution value for the service name in the URL.

   The Dashboard requires only these two attributes to enable the link, but they must exist in the context of a full menu item. The other attributes can be empty, but the link appears in the Launch menu of the Operations Console.

   For information about creating custom Operations Console menus and links, see Operations Console Menu Customization.

3. Save and close the file.
4. Restart the CA SAM User Interface service.

   The custom link appears in the Dashboard for all services when you click the Actions menu.