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3220971 - Standard Link Attachments not Working

Symptom

You are unable to access the attachments hyperlink in the UI for specific transactional document.

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Go to Supplier Invoicing workcenter
  2. Select Invoices and Credit Memo view
  3. Search, open and View All the Supplier Invoicing
  4. Go to Items tab
  5. Select Attachment sub-tab

Link as attachment: http://xxxx/xxxx/xxxxxx.pdf
(where http://xxxx/xxxx/xxxxxx.pdf is sample attachment hyperlink)

When you select the hyperlink, you will see a web page in error:

This site can’t be reached
dtsrvapp3’s server IP address could not be found

Cause

When you select the link in the ByD system, it will only open the URL in a new browser tab.

Your browser reacts differently when the URL is copied into the addressbar is beyond our control.

Resolution

Please try to replace 'http' with 'https' in  https://xxxx/xxxx/xxxxxx.pdf

Keywords

Attachment, Hyperlink, Error, HTTP, HTTPS , KBA , AP-RC-DOC , Document Centric Application Service , Problem

Product

SAP Business ByDesign 2205