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Hyperlink Attributes
The value for a Hyperlink data type attribute is a URL in the format URL. For example, http://www.mysite.com. The URL is displayed as a hyperlink in the user interface. No validation is performed to ensure that the value entered is a properly formatted URL.
If a Hyperlink data type attribute is included as a variable in a derived string or derived numeric attribute, then the attribute value is displayed in the format URL, with the URL as the hyperlinked text.
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When entering the URL value, always include the protocol for the URL. For example, enter http://www.ptc.com rather than www.ptc.com. Although browsers may display the page correctly when the protocol is not included, if a Hyperlink data type attribute URL without a protocol is used in a derived string or derived numeric attribute, it does not display as a hyperlink.
Any protocol can be entered for the Hyperlink data type attribute URL value, but only the following protocol can be used for hyperlinks in derived string or derived numeric attributes: telnet, ldap, ldaps, http, https, hftp, mailto, news, skype.