SID-01679: Modifiable Hyperlink

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Background My company uses the following style hyperlinks on an internal network.

• http://[server]/[constant]/YYYMMDD/[constant]/

Is there a way that I can create a link that automatically updates itself on a daily basis?

Any suggestions are welcomed. If anyone knows how to do this in Java Script, please provide a detailed explanation.

Thanks

-- Alec Stephanov - 2013-04-10

Discussion and Answer

Use %SERVERTIME{$year$mo$day}%, details in VarSERVERTIME2.

-- Peter Thoeny - 2013-04-10

Hi Peter,

This works great for current day links, however, some of the links use a prior date. Is there a way to use a variable by adjust it by 1 i.e. $day-1?

I was also wondering is there is a plugin I can use to grab user input and use it with in the link i.e. "Enter date (Format = YYYYMMDD) in this box"

Thanks,

Alec

-- Alec Stephanov - 2013-04-11

To calculate a time in the future or past based on the current date look into $TIME(), $TIMEADD() and $FORMATTIME() of SpreadSheetPlugin.

On user input, create an HTML form where the form action ends up on the same topic:

<form action="%SCRIPTURLPATH{view}%/%WEB%/%TOPIC%"> ... </form>

Add a text input field or a date picker input field and a submit button to the form. If you are not familiar with HTML consult HTML documentation.

Use VarURLPARAM to feed the selected date into the link, such as %URLPARAM{date}%, assuming the form input field name is date.

-- Peter Thoeny - 2013-04-11

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