Temporary Links

How to create and share temporary links for alarms, sites and site groups.

In this tutorial, we will create temporary links to share a site, a site group, or an alarm during the execution of a workflow. You can use temporary links to share information about a particular site or a particular alarm with stakeholders who do not have their own account in evalink talos.

1. Share a Site with a Temporary Link

From your evalink talos dashboard, navigate to the menu Sitesand select the site you want to share.

On the tab Overview, click on the Share button on the bottom-right corner.

Click on + Create Link button, give a name to the share link, and choose the desired settings.

On the bottom of the Create Link dialog, make a selection for Expire link after and click Submit.

Your temporary share link has been created and the expiry date is visible just next to the link.

2. Share a Site Group with a Temporary Link

Similarly, from your evalink talos dashboard, navigate to the menu Site Groupsand select the site group you want to share.

On the tab Overview, click on the Share button on the bottom-right corner.

Click on + Create Link button, give a name to the share link and choose the desired settings.

On the bottom of the Create Link dialog, make a selection for Expire link after and click Submit.

Your temporary share link has been created and the expiry date is visible just next to the link.

3. Share an Alarm with a Temporary Link via a Workflow

evalink talos allows you to share a link with an expiry date during the execution of a workflow. This link can be added via the placeholder {{ alarmShareLink() }} in an email, a PDF report, an SMS, etc.

To share an alarm through a workflow, navigate to the menu Sites and select the site of your choice. On the tab Workflows, click on the + button on to create a new workflow.

Upon selecting the corresponding alarm for this workflow, click on the + button next to Incoming Alarm.

Select Automated Actions and then click on Send Email

Important Note: If you have not activated the Email Integration, you can follow the instruction in the following tutorial.

You can now send an alarm link within your email body by using the following placeholder:

{{ alarmShareLink() }}

You can find a concrete example in the following screenshot.

And... That's it!

You have now learned how to share a site, site group or alarm using temporary links in evalink talos.