Clickable link in Calculation field?

July 23, 2015 05:11

Is it possible to have a calculation field display a regular word or phrase that contains a "clickable link"? For example: "To see my link click here". Where "click here" has the underline and is clickable?

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Hamid

July 23, 2015 07:51
Hi Martin,
Can you guive more details !
why you want use a calculation for this ?
you can use a text field and tape your link with http:// or www. in it when you create a new item and it will be automatically clickable.
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Rainer Grabowski

July 23, 2015 08:39
Hi Martin,

yes, that's possible with markdown syntax
```
"To see my link [click here](https://support.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/203691016-Formatting-text-with-Markdown#topic_xqx_mvc_43__row_fs1_zln_1n)"
```
will be shown as: To see my link click here

The [alt text] and the (url) can also be variables like
```
 "[" + @text+ "](" + @link ")" 
```
Rainer
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Martin Boonzaayer

July 23, 2015 15:38
Thank you so much for the help! Due to your response regarding "Markdown", I was able to find this very handy "cheat sheet" that may help others as well: https://github.com/adam-p/markdown-here/wiki/Markdown-Cheatsheet
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William Willman

April 04, 2016 21:33
can you also make the link open in a new tab/window instead of opening in the same window?
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Rainer Grabowski

April 05, 2016 07:24
Hi William,

no not possible.

Rainer
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Carson Young - Red Cliff Labs

September 14, 2016 17:18
I am looking for a similar solution...but instead of a clickable link I want a viewable video thumbnail.

Basically I want to post a video in the calculation field and have it appear as an embedded video inline (just like what happens if you post a youtube link in a Link Field format)

I need this in a calculation field so that it can be copied to multiple workspaces. If I use a link field I would have to go to each app in the new workspaces and paste in the correct links over and over again.
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Tim

October 12, 2016 12:54
Hello Carson,

Maybe this will help you > here

See section about you tube videos.
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Tim

October 12, 2016 13:48
I could not get
```
 "[" + @text+ "](" + @link ")" 
```
to work, so ended up using:

@Organisation + ' > ' + @Page URL

It's not pretty, or what I wanted, but does some of the job.
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Carson Young - Red Cliff Labs

October 12, 2016 17:38
Hey Tim,

Thanks for that suggestion. The Globiflow article on Markdown - Rich Text in Podio looks like it's headed the right direction, but unfortunately I still haven't achieved the desired outcome yet.

Primarily in this case because I'm actually trying to use a video from the Wistia platform not YouTube and I couldn't get the syntax right to be accepted in a Podio calculation field. (honestly I tried with just a random YouTube video too and failed....my coding skills are zero, so it might be beyond me unfortunately)

If anyone knows how this might work with a Wistia video link it would be super helpful, but otherwise I've found a work around solution for now.
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Lennie

November 09, 2017 14:27

Edited
Is it also possible to add markdown syntax or something inside a help texts?

Am trying to have my help text as:

---------------

To see sample, click here: www.samplewebsite.com (clickable)

Instructions:

1.  Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.
2.  Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.
3.  Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.

---------------

Currently what I'm getting is just like:

---------------

To see sample, click here: www.samplewebsite.com (not clickable) Instructions: 1.  Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet. 2.  Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet. 3.  Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.

---------------

I've tried adding some before but to no avail, it just posted every word as it is and didn't actually read it.

This one's actually using a webform and with that format, it doesn't seem to be all that appealing with a link not being able to click and an instruction in a paragraph form. Ekkkk

Thanks
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Rainer Grabowski

November 12, 2017 18:45
Not possible.
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Jarrett A. Smith

June 26, 2018 01:20
I have a similar question, is it possible to have a category field display a phrase that contains a "clickable link"? For example: "To see my link click here". Where "click here" has the underline and is clickable?
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Randy Bantigue

June 27, 2018 11:24
No, not possible in a category field, only in calculation or text fields.
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Simon Midtgaard Guldberg

July 24, 2018 07:48

Why does this not work?
"[Click here](" + "file://" + @TextFieldwithNetworkFilePath+ ")"
- where TextFieldwithNetworkFilePath is exactly that, like N:/Branding/file.pdf

It creates a link, but clicking it does nothing...

Krisjanis Berzins

July 28, 2018 02:31
Simon, I believe it should be file:/// not file://
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Chris Edis

September 21, 2018 01:47
Can anyone show me how to convert a webform link into a hyperlink in a calculation field? The hyperlink is added to an SMS using Globiflow but comes out as...

Take our survey here "https://podio.com/webforms/21555944/1499965?fields[title]="+@Unique ID+"&"+"fields[description-2]"+"="+@DESCRIPTION »»».replace(/ /g, '%20')+"&"+"fields[seekar-id]"+"="+@Call Owner+"&"+"fields[customer-id]"+"="+@All of Seekee ID with nulls

I'd like it to be just the words "Take our survey here" as a clickable link.

Thanks
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Rainer Grabowski

February 25, 2019 20:54
Алексей,

sure, that's possible:
```
var text = @whatever field;
"To see my link [click here](https://google.com '" + text + "')"
```
Rainer
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Kevin Oechsel

August 27, 2019 23:28
@rainer what would the script look like to create a clickable link to an item, with custom text (As pictured), that jumps directly to a field's location within an item. Does it have to do with tying in the field's external id? (also pictured)

I apologize if you've already covered this somewhere else!

Thanks for your time.
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Rainer Grabowski

September 01, 2019 19:17
Hi Kevin,

that's not possible, you can't jump directly to a field in another item, it's only possible in the item itself. You can create direct links to a field in the same item: "[field xyz](#external-id)". The external id you find in the developers section of the app.

Rainer
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Maitrey Shah

October 15, 2019 07:20
Hi Rainer,

Would it be possible to show up the value of the calculation field as we are filling the form before we save the webform? If we can then it will solve all our and many other people's problem.

I will look forward to hearing from you very soon.

Regards,
Maitrey
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Anna Paparizou

April 23, 2020 07:10
Hi

can someone help me succed this:
```
 "[" + @text+ "](" + @link ")" 
```
Actually I only want the link to be a field and I don't mind about the text.
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Susan Warren-Moy

June 23, 2020 11:22
I'm struggling to get a link to work in this way. I want to set up a field which takes the URL for the item (which was added to the item via Globiflow as I couldn't work out how else to do this), and shows the title of the item for the text.

This is to be used in a Globiflow process which emails people with a link to the item - I can of course set up the email to just show the URL link but I would far prefer to show the Title of the item as the text to click on. I can't see how to do this in Globiflow so thought if I could set up the field in Podio (and then hide it) I can use that in the flow.

In Podio I have the Title field (text) and URL field (text), then a calculation field:
```
"[@Title](@URL)"
```
However this then displays:

[field_83606101](field_208751746)

On the item

What am I missing? Am I not able to use @URL in this way?
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Rainer Grabowski

June 24, 2020 13:00

Edited
Hi Susan,

it's:
```
"[" + @Title +"](" + @URL+ ")"
```
[ and ( are text - and text must always be wrapped in ", field tokens/variables like @Title should never be wrapped in ". Text and variables must be concatenated by +

Rainer
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Susan Warren-Moy

June 24, 2020 15:27
As an update for this - to aid anyone else who might need help on this one.

Having got my URL field populated (I used a script in Globiflow as I'm going to need it populating on any future items in the app), the code to use in the calculation field is this:
```
"[" + @Title + "](" + @URL + ")"
```
All spaces and quotes need to be exactly as above for the script to work. The hyperlink is now a field which I can access in Globiflow as a token to insert to an email.
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