Nick, the UI recognizes the value as a URL if it begins with http:// or
https://. You can prevent it from showing the GO button by preceding the URL with some additional text, such as: "URL:
http://cnn.com". If the URL is being syndicated to downstream systems, there are ways you can strip off such a prefix, including:
- Use a View scheduled export to strip off the prefix in the SQL SELECT statement
- Use a Syndication Template and the necessary VTL logic to strip off the prefix
- Use Change Notification to either strip off the prefix to store in a separate attribute, or insert the prefix on the value in the actual URL attribute and store the prefixed value in a display-only attribute. This would allow any export to be used as the attribute without the prefix would be selected.
If you want the ability to control whether the GO button is displayed or not, I suggest you open a Zendesk ticket so an Enhancement Request can be submitted to Product Engineering. I also suggest that the requested functionality be defined at the attribute level so you can have GO buttons and URLs intermingled in the same repository if desired.
-Brian
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Brian Zupke | Senior Technical Support Engineer
Winshuttle North America | 9099009179
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Original Message:
Sent: 09-27-2021 13:13
From: Nick Lavely
Subject: HTTP automatically showing "Go" button
Hey everyone,
I'm having an issue where a field that is defined as Control Type = Text Field is showing a "Go" button whenever an https:// value is added. If I click to the side, I get the standard edit window and I can see the URL. I've tried modifying the Control Type to Text Area and NULL, but I did not see any change.
Any idea on how I can disable this data detection on this specific field? We need our users to see the URL and not have a Go button.
Thanks!
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Nick Lavely | Manager of master data platform and services
Thomson Reuters
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