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Review these link examples for ideas on how to use the Link Wizard to build links between workspaces.
linkIsEnabled Usage Example

Custom Workspaces
- Customizing Workspaces
- Custom Workspace Options and Guidelines
- Tutorial: Defining a workspace
- Starting Workspace Administration Mode
  Typically, workspaces you create are saved with your user ID and no other users can see them. You can turn on administration mode so that all workspaces you edit and save while in this mode are shared with all users who log on to the same Marvel Enterprise Portal Server.
- Workspace Properties
- Creating a New Workspace
  You can create a new workspace from any existing workspace. The new workspace is associated with the same Navigator item as the original workspace. You cannot save a new workspace if your user ID does not have Workspace Author Mode permission.
- Saving a Workspace
  You must save a workspace to maintain the changes you make to the workspace properties; otherwise, the changes you have made are lost.
- Editing a Workspace
  Use the Properties editor to change the general characteristics of a workspace and to edit the style and content of any of its views. You can delete or restore the original version of an edited workspace through the File menu.
- Renaming a Workspace
  You can rename a workspace to better suit your environment.
- Deleting or Restoring a Workspace
  You can delete a workspace of your creation and restore the original version of a predefined workspace or one created by the administrator.
- Defining Links between Workspaces
  - Creating a New Link
    Use the link wizard to define a link from a Navigator item, graphic view, or query-based view that opens the targeted workspace in the same or new windows.
  - Testing the Link
    You can test the link you have created to ensure that it works correctly.
  - Editing a Link Definition
    You can edit a link definition after it has been created.
  - Deleting a Link Definition
    You can delete a link definition when it is no longer useful.
  - Adding or Editing a Link Anchor
    You can add or edit a link anchor by using the Link Anchor Properties editor to hide the link indicator, disable it for table rows that do not meet the link criteria, and to assign a different default link or no default link.
  - Link Examples
    Review these link examples for ideas on how to use the Link Wizard to build links between workspaces.
    - Dynamic Linking
      The dynamic link type has you specify an identifier for the target workspace. When the source is a table row or chart point, you can often select a symbol for an attribute that identifies the managed system.
    - Relative Link from a Navigator Item
    - linkIsEnabled Usage Example
      - Text in Link Expressions
        You can add text and spaces to the link expression by enclosing them in " double quotes and joining to any other functions with a + plus sign. Here are some examples.
      - Symbols in Text
    - Link Anchor Properties
      The link anchor properties enable you to show a visual indicator on tables where customized links have been defined, and to establish a default link that opens when the user clicks the indicator.

linkIsEnabled Usage Example

Follow along with these steps to see how a link to the System workspace was created using the linkIsEnabled symbol. This example tests the value of the Product cell in the selected row to determine whether or not to offer the link on that row.

Open the Managed System Status workspace in the Navigator Physical view: Click Enterprise to open the default workspace; right-click Enterprise and click Workspace > Managed System Status.
Right-click a row in the Managed System Status table and click Link To > Link Wizard.
Create a new link, name it System Details, select a link type of Relative, and target the Windows Systems workspace.
Click Next to go to the Workspace Link Wizard - Parameters.
Click thelinkIsEnabled row. The Expression box reads true.
Click Modify Expression.
In the Expression Editor, click Clear, and then click Symbol.
In the Symbols list, select Product and click OK. The expression is displayed as $kfw.INODESTS:ATTRIBUTE.INODESTS.PRODUCT$ .
Click Operator, select Equal and click OK to see the == operator.
Type "NT" at the end of the expression, which should then read,$kfw.INODESTS:ATTRIBUTE.INODESTS.PRODUCT$ == "NT".
Click Evaluate. If the row from where you started the Link Wizard has NT in the Product column, the test will betrue; otherwise, it will be false.
Click Finish.
Click the link indicator in one of the NT rows to open the Services workspace for that monitoring agent. Note that you can disable the link indicator for invalid rows by clearing Link Indicator Always Enabled.