View: display an image instead of a string in a column
You can replace the name of an object in a view with an image using text mode. You can also add a link to the image that can open the object it replaces.
Access requirements
You must have the following access to perform the steps in this article:
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ÃÛ¶¹ÊÓƵ Workfront plan | Any |
ÃÛ¶¹ÊÓƵ Workfront license* |
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Current:
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Access level configurations |
Edit access to Reports, Dashboards, Calendars to modify a report Edit access to Filters, Views, Groupings to modify a filter |
Object permissions | Manage permissions to a report |
*For information, see Access requirements in Workfront documentation.
Example: Replace the name of a project in a project view with an image:
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Upload an image to a web site or server external of ÃÛ¶¹ÊÓƵ Workfront. You must be able to access the image using your web browser.
note tip TIP - Every browser type is different but all are capable of displaying URLs.
- Avoid using images that are uploaded to Workfront. Because images stored in Workfront are not publicly available and have an access key that expires after a period of time, these images stop displaying in the view over time.
- An image saved on your computer does not have an inherent URL. Find a site that provides image hosting and host your image there. Your organization might already have such a site.
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Using your web browser, go to the image that you saved.
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Obtain the image’s URL by doing the following:
- Right-click and select Copy image location, or Get link, depending on your browser. You now have the URL for that specific image and can paste it from your clipboard.
- Ensure that everyone with that link has permissions to view the image by just going to the link and they don’t need a login to access it.
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Go to a project, click the More menu next to the name of the project, then click Edit.
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In the URL field, add the link to the image.
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Go to a project view in a list of projects.
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Click the View drop-down menu, then click New View.
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Click the header of the column for the Project Name, then click Switch to Text Mode.
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Add the following code to the column to the existing code:
code language-none displayname=Link Project image.name=Link Project image.valuefield=URL link.linkproperty.0.name=projectID link.linkproperty.0.value=ID link.lookup=link.edit link.page=/view link.valuefield=objCode link.valueformat=val textmode=true type=image valueformat=
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Click Done > Save View.
The image you selected replaces the Project Name in the project view and the image is a link to the project.