How can I add an External Document (like URL link)?

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Hi.

I want to add a new Document, in Documents module.
But I don’t want to upload a file, I want to give only URL, so I can click on the URL later (The URL is to Google Drive Directory).

I found that I have no option to do that, and the only way is to upload a file.

Any suggestions?? B)

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Hi talsuite

I have never done it however in the documents table there is a doc_type field if this is not set to “Sugar” then it will give the user the ability to view a document from the doc_url field.

you would need to do a bit of work with the fields as both these fields are not displayed in studio, however looks like the module partly supports external documents.

again never tried it might be worth puttng a URL that field in the database and changing the doc_type to something other than Sugar to see if it works with external links before going and making modifications.

Ian.

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Has any work been done to enable this functionality? In reading Sugar CRM docs it looks like this works out of the box, but my Suite CRM instance doesn’t behave in the same way, nor does it have the fields you mention in the base install.

Thanks!

Alan