Create a hyperlink to a web address

Important 

In Collibra 2024.05, we launched a new user interface (UI) for Collibra Data Intelligence Platform! You can learn more about this latest UI in the UI overview.

Use the following options to see the documentation in the latest UI or in the previous, classic UI:

In addition to creating hyperlinks to other assets in your environment, you can also create hyperlinks to web addresses. When you click the hyperlink, it will automatically open in a new tab.

Steps

  1. Open an asset page.
  2. Double-click Click a text attribute or click to edit the text.
  3. Select the text to transform into a hyperlink.
  4. On the Edit toolbar, click (Insert/edit link)(Link) → Link to asset.
  5. Enter the required information.

    Setting

    Description

    URL

    The target website of the hyperlink.

    If you don't start the URL with http:// or https://, the system will ask if it has to add http://. If you don't add either prefix, Collibra Data Intelligence Platform will consider the URL content an asset.

    Note You will only see this field if the hyperlink you edit is a link to a URL.

    Text to displayThe display text that will be visible in the attribute. By default, this is the text that you selected.
  6. Click Save, to save the hyperlink.
  7. Optionally, edit the source code so that the hyperlink automatically opens in a new tab when you click it.
    1. Click Source code ().
    2. Type target ="_blank" after the href attribute.

      Example Click <a xml="lang" href="https://productresources.collibra.com/" target="_blank">here</a> for more information.

    3. Click Save.
  8. Click Save. Click out of the text field to save the content of the text field.