Hyperlinking configuration

Every asset is a potential target of an automatically created hyperlink. If a text attribute of an asset contains the name of another asset, the name is automatically converted to a link to that asset.

Depending on your environment, follow this procedure either in Collibra Console or on the Services Configuration tab of the Collibra settings:

Important You can't edit the service configuration from the Settings page in the latest UI. If you use the latest UI, you can edit the service configuration only in Collibra Console. For more information, go to DGC service configuration settings.

Prerequisites

Steps

  1. Open the Services Configuration tab:
    1. On the main toolbar, click Products icon → Cogwheel icon Settings.
      The Settings page opens.
    2. Click Services Configuration.
    3. Click Edit configuration.
    Open the DGC service settings for editing:
    1. Open Collibra Console.
      Collibra Console opens with the Infrastructure page.
    2. In the tab pane, expand an environment to show its services.
    3. In the tab pane, click the Data Governance Center service of that environment.
    4. Click Configuration.
    5. Click Edit configuration.
  2. In the Hyperlinking configuration section, modify the information as needed.
    SettingDescription
    Enable hyperlinking

    True: Hyperlinks are created automatically.

    False (default): Hyperlinks aren't created automatically.

    For more information about automatic hyperlinks, go to Automatic hyperlinking.

    Warning Enabling this setting affects Collibra's performance.
    Enable case sensitivity

    True: Hyperlinks are case-sensitive.

    False (default): Hyperlinks aren't case-sensitive.

    Note If you edit this setting, you need to reindex Collibra.

    Excluded asset type IDs

    List of asset types that is ignored by automatic hyperlinking. You can use this setting to exclude particular asset types so that not all the assets become potential targets for automatic hyperlinking.

    Tip 
    • Each time you enter an asset type ID in this field, another field appears for you to add another ID. To exclude multiple asset types, use separate fields, instead of entering multiple IDs in a single field separated by commas.
    • Excluding assets reduces the amount of hyperlinks, which improves performance.
    • We recommend excluding technical asset types such as Column, Field, Table, Code Value, and Code Set.

    Note If you edit this setting, you need to reindex Collibra.

  3. Click Save all.
  4. Reindex Collibra Platform.