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Mikaela-Newell
Mikaela-Newell
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May 12, 2025
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Convert Field Input to Hyperlink (Part 2)

  • May 12, 2025
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I feel silly having to ask this because I've asked a very similar question (thank you @kurt_jones and @rafal_bainie!). How do I turn the URL field on a task into a hyperlink in my project view? I would assume the API value is task:URL?

The solution on my last question was:

displayname=Dropbox link.url=customDataLabelsAsString(Dropbox link) valueexpression=IF(ISBLANK({DE:Dropbox link}),"","Link") valueformat=HTML

What I'm looking for now must be in the ballpark of:

displayname=URL link.URL=task:URL valueexpression=IF(ISBLANK({task:URL}),"","Link") valueformat=HTML

 ... What am I missing?

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Best answer by skyehansen

it should be link.url (all lower case)

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Kurt_Jones
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Kurt_JonesCommunity Advisor
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May 12, 2025

Mikaela, basically when you're inside a project plan viewing tasks, you want a special view that shows any URLs on tasks, right?  In that case you have the right text mode for that column when you update the view, just remove the task:   Its actually a task view that is created when you create them inside of the project plan space.

    Mikaela-Newell
    Mikaela-NewellAuthor
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    May 12, 2025

    Hi Kurt, thank you! 🙂

    It being a task view just occurred to me a minute ago, but that doesn't work either 😞

    displayname=URL link.URL=URL valueexpression=IF(ISBLANK({URL}),"","Link") valueformat=HTML

     Also doesn't work if I leave "link.URL=task:URL" as-is... Any idea what to try next?

    Kurt_Jones
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    Kurt_JonesCommunity Advisor
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    May 12, 2025

    I think we can make it easier. 

    1. Add the URL column to your view
    2. Click Advanced Options over by the text mode/standard mode area
    3. Make a column rule where if URL is not blank, click Show Text in that box type Link
    4. Save

    Should look like the below, that what you need?

     

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