How to Customize the Document Task Flows in WebCenter Portal to change the Hyperlink that Brings the Document Details Page to Call the Document Download link Instead (Doc ID 1928810.1)

Last updated on NOVEMBER 09, 2022

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Goal

Most of the Document Task Flows in WebCenter Portal have a link to the document name, for example: the Document Explorer Task Flow, Document List Viewer, etc.

You can find the complete list of task flows with screen shots here:

• Fusion Middleware Developing Portals with Oracle WebCenter Portal and Oracle JDeveloper
  29 Adding Content Task Flows and Document Components to a Portal Page (See the Documentation, which can be found here: https://<HOST>/en/middleware/ near the bottom of the page under the "WebCenter" heading).
  Table 29-1 Documents Task Flows
  
  

This document will explain how to customize the Document Explorer Task Flows in WebCenter Portal to change the Hyperlink that brings the Document Details Page to Call the Document Download link Instead.

For example, this is the default behavior with the Document Explorer Task Flow, if you click on the document name the hyperlink will take you to the Document Details page:

The desired behavior is that when you click on the document name it should open the document download URL. In this case:

For customizing other Document Task Flows check the following documentation that explains what files you need to modify:

• Oracle Fusion Middleware Developing Portals with Oracle WebCenter Portal and Oracle JDeveloper
  23 Customizing WebCenter Portal Tools and Services Task Flows
  Table 23-1 Oracle WebCenter Portal Tools and Services Customizable Task Flows
  
  

Solution

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