tag:help-archives.hannonhill.com,2010-02-09:/discussions/how-do-i/16325-keep-link-field-blank-in-asset-factory-with-base-assetCascade CMS: Discussion 2015-02-24T21:13:49Ztag:help-archives.hannonhill.com,2010-02-09:Comment/359133122015-01-29T19:59:39Z2015-01-29T19:59:39ZKeep Link field blank in asset factory with base asset<div><p>The first line should read<br>
How do I keep the Link field blank in an External Link base
asset?</p></div>c-siemstag:help-archives.hannonhill.com,2010-02-09:Comment/359133122015-01-30T15:14:26Z2015-01-30T15:14:26ZKeep Link field blank in asset factory with base asset<div><p>Hi,</p>
<p>There would be no way to create a base External Link asset with
an empty link field within the application, but you could certainly
pre-fill with <code>http://</code> and ensure your Formats filter
out External Links who's link value is <code>http://</code>.</p>
<p>The only way to attach a different Metadata Set to an External
Link would be to create a base asset, so as you indicated, you
would need to fill in the link field.</p>
<p>That being said, you may be able to use Web Services to generate
the base asset without a link field as well as assign the different
Metadata Set, because it appears the WSDL is not requiring the
<code>linkURL</code> element. This would limit you to performing
the create/update using Web Services, because any subsequent edit
through the UI would force you to fill in the field.</p>
<p>Please let me know if you have any questions.</p>
<p>Thanks!</p></div>Ryan Griffith