CMS Technologies - Information - How to check whether a link has been created

This page provides information on how to check whether a link has been created.

For more information, refer to:

• For 8.3: CMS - CAST Management Studio - How To
  
• For 8.3 (KB Update Tool): Creating new links between existing unlinked objects using CI_LINKS
• For 8.3 (Dependencies Tab): CMS - Dependencies tab (targets)

To determine if a link has been created, these are the following methods

1. Check Enlighten
   1. Put the two objects in question in Enlighten and see if a link is drawn between them
   2. If a link has been created, and a determination of how the link was created is needed, select the link, right click and choose properties. The project that created this link will be shown in the properties window as indicated in the screenshot below:
      
      
2. Query the KB or local knowledge base
   

   1. Run the following query on the local database (KB) substituting the caller and called names for the items you are trying to see if there is a link (this query requires that the CAST System Views have been updated) :

      SELECT *
      FROM   CTV_GUID_LINKS cgl
             JOIN CTV_LINKS cl
             ON     cgl.LINK_ID = cl.LINK_ID
      WHERE  cgl.CALLER_NAME    = '<caller name>'
      AND    cgl.CALLED_NAME    = '<called name>'

   2. If any result is returned, then a link exists between the two objects.