External Page URL Placeholders

To show a web page from a different system in Meridian Explorer (for example, PowerWeb or IBM Maximo), URLs can include placeholders that will be automatically replaced with the corresponding values of the current item. You show an external web page in a detail page layout of the External Page type as described in Create And Edit Detail Page Layouts.

For example, the following URL shows the Meridian Enterprise audit log viewer record for the current item in Meridian Explorer:

http://<MyServer>/WebExtensibilityDBViewer/AuditView.aspx?MachineName=<ServerName>&VaultName=<VaultName>&HideHeader=1&ObjectID={globalid}

If Meridian Enterprise is configured to use the Meridian Enterprise Server audit log, the URL is simpler:

https://<MyServer>/bcenterprise/Audit?ID={globalid}

Note:

Property placeholders and property names are case-sensitive for compatibility with the external systems with which they might be used. Also, the URL is not converted to another case. Be sure to type the URL exactly as required by the other system.

The supported placeholders are described in the following table.

External page URL placeholders
Placeholder	Description
{aid}	The GUID (Meridian Enterprise Global ID) of the current project.
{did}	The GUID (Meridian Enterprise Global ID) of the selected document.
{globalid}	The internal Global ID of the current item.
{p:<PropertyName>}	The value of the specified internal property name for the current item. All properties in the Custom property set are available as well as the following system properties: Name ID GlobalID RevisionID (only for documents and tags, not for projects) RevisionNumber TypeName IsLatestRevision
{rid}	The GUID (Meridian Enterprise revision ID) of the current item.
{rn}	The name of the Meridian Explorer repository.
{tid}	The GUID (Meridian Enterprise Global ID) of the selected tag.
{vid}	The internal ID of the current view.
{webaccess}	The complete PowerWeb URL for the current item. Equivalent to: {WebAccessRoot}/?FSObject&vault={WebAccessID}&oid={GlobalID}
{WebAccessID}	The PowerWeb location of the Meridian Enterprise vault. It is not necessary to specify this placeholder. It is retrieved by the Meridian Explorer repository database and updated during each synchronization.
{WebAccessRoot}	The root path of the PowerWeb server, for example, http://<ServerName>/Meridian/. It is not necessary to specify this placeholder. It is retrieved by the Meridian Explorer repository database and updated during each synchronization.