---
title: EncodeLink
slug: neurons-for-itsm/admin-user-help/enu/latest/encodelink
createdAt: 2026-07-14T19:16:38.848Z
---

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

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Text value.
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## Example

$(EncodeLink("https\://www\.ivanti.com/"))

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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.
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