EncodeLink

encodes a text value to be used in a query part of a url some ascii characters, such as commas and brackets, are considered to be unsafe inside an argument, so they need to be encoded non ascii characters must also be encoded see http //en wikipedia org/wiki/query string http //en wikipedia org/wiki/query string for information about url encoding see http //www blooberry com/indexdot/html/topics/urlencoding htm http //www blooberry com/indexdot/html/topics/urlencoding htm for a list of url codes syntax encodelink(value) enabled for for a description of the business object categories, see notes on "enabled for" docid\ u26v9fecfs6ilwa0 pvjd business object category yes/no business rules before save rules yes business rules calculation rules (after save, with or without also recalculate on load) yes business rules calculation rules (before save or always, without also recalculate on load) yes business rules calculation rules (before save or always, with recalculate on load) yes business rules editing rules yes business rules initialization rules yes business rules read only rules yes business rules required rules yes business rules validation rules yes client expressions yes object permissions no services yes ldap yes mobile yes quick actions (except ui quick actions) yes ui quick actions yes reports yes search/dashboard without field references yes search/dashboard with field references no parameters none return value text value example $(encodelink(" https //www ivanti com/ ")) the example above translates to "https%3a%2f%2fwww ivanti com%2f" you might encode the url if you needed to pass this url as an argument of another url