Symptom
How to use direct link notification tags in the WYSIWYG notification editor.
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Environment
- SAP Successfactors HCM Suite
- SAP SuccessFactors Learning
Resolution
- Generate the direct link
- Navigate to System Admin > Tools > Direct Link
- Select your direct link from the drop-down
- Select radio button "Notification Tags"
- Click Display link
- Copy the link provided
This is how the link will look in case of a stand-alone LMS system
For an integrated system, where LMS is Integrated with BizX the Direct link for Notification Tags will displayed in the below format.
- Add direct link to template
Navigate to System Admin > Configuration > Notification templates and open in edit mode the template of your choice
OR
Navigate to the Item/Class/Program you wish to customize the template for.
- Launch the editor
- Place your mouse cursor where you would like to insert the direct link and either right click to select "Insert/Edit link" or click the link icon at the top of the editor
- Please note: currently, it is not possible to select a text and click in the "Insert/Edit link" option; this will cause some direct links to be broken in the email notification after saving the changes.
c. In the pop-up, paste in the URL field the Direct Link you copied and write the required text in the "Text to display" field.
d. Click OK.
Don't forget to save your changes!
- Results
The direct link is populated with the required information:
See Also
TIP:
- Please note that direct links can be used in certain templates but not all direct links can be used with all templates.
- When generating the direct link, the tag provided in the "URLENCODE value=" must be found in the list of syntax tags of the template you are customizing. Otherwise, data may not be populated.
In our example, the value after URLENCODE value= was <SCHD_ID/>. Therefore, when in the editor to modify my template, make sure that this tag can be found:
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