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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)

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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 and Adobe Champion
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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.

If my response answered your question, please mark it answered, so others can find the answer
    Mikaela-Newell
    Mikaela-NewellAuthor
    Level 3
    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?

    Mikaela-Newell
    Mikaela-NewellAuthor
    Level 3
    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?

     


    When I try it this way, it gives me Link where the hyperlink text is just "link" instead of the URL. I wish it worked this way, much easier haha. Skye's answer below was the fix!

    Thank you so much for your quick replies, Kurt!!

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