Custom Help Link

A Custom Help Link is used to add a custom link to an external help page from a page in the application. For example, the custom help link widget can be used to link to a page contained in your organization's intranet or to a page located in the Internet.

Adding the Custom Help Link widget to a view

You can add a custom help link to any custom view or custom workflow that your organization wants to add to Serena Agile Planner. A custom help link must be configured to point to a URL that is accessible by a user, either a fully-qualified URL for a page that is on the Internet or an internal URL for a page that is within your organization's intranet.

To add the Custom Help Link widget to a view
  1. From the application toolbar, click Setup and select Configuration.
  2. In the Configuration module, select Module Designer.
  3. Under Modules, select an existing module.
  4. Under Module-Tabs, select an existing view (or one that you are currently creating).
  5. Select the Custom Help Link widget, click (and hold down) the mouse button, drag it to the layout pane (anywhere–only a single Custom Help Link widget will work for any custom view), and then release the mouse button.
  6. Set the properties.

    Properties for the Custom Help Link widget.

  7. Click Save All.

Properties

The Custom Help Link widget has the following properties:

Properties Description
CustomHelpURL

The CustomHelpURL property is used to specify the URL for a custom help page to be displayed when the help link on a page is clicked.

Height

The Height property is used to specify the height (in pixels) of an attribute, control, or widget.

ID The work type: portfolio, product, release, team, or sprint.
Left

The Left property is used to set the number of pixels from the left side of a page that an attribute, control, or widget is positioned. Use this property to align the attributes, controls, and widgets on a page.

Name

The Name property is used to specify the name of a control or widget.

Top

The Top property is used to set the number of pixels from the top of a page that an attribute, control, or widget is positioned. Use this property to align the attributes, controls, and widgets on a page.

Type

Read only. The Type property is used to show the control type. For example, linklabel, button, hr, and so on.

Width

The Width property is used to specify the width (in pixels) of an attribute, control, or widget.

Z-Index

The Z-Index property is used to set the order by which attributes, controls, and widgets are layered on a page. For example, you can layer a form on top of an image.