#Check Links

The Check Link feature searches for links in SharePoint.

To check links, complete the following steps:

1. Select the Scope of the content (from group level to site level).

2. Click Management > Check Link > Check Link. The Check Link screen appears.

3. Enter a Plan Name. A default plan name in the format Check Link HH:MM:SS YYYY-MM-DD is provided.

   • Click Check next to the plan name to check whether the specified plan name is available. A green check mark indicates that the specified plan name is available. A warning message appears if the specified plan name already exists and some suggested plan names are listed beneath.

   • Add an optional Description.

4. From the Link Type Selection section, select the link types that you want to search for.

   • Hyperlinks

   • Image links

   • Email addresses

   • Links to documents

   • Links

   • Links in classic web parts

   • Links in modern web parts

   • Links in column values

   • Links in the page contents (script,css…)

5. Select the URL Filter policy for the URL scan.

   • No filter – Select this option to check all links’ URLs.

   • Include URLs that match the criteria – Select this option and enter the URL of the links that you want to search. In the displayed area, enter the full URL or keywords of the links to specify the searching scope before performing the links checking job. If you enter a keyword, all URLs that contain the keyword will be associated.

   • Exclude URLs that match the criteria – Select this option and enter the URL of the links that you do not want to search. In the displayed area, enter the full URL or keyword of the links to specify the searching scope before performing the links searching job. If you enter a keyword, all URLs that contain the keyword will be associated.

6. Select a scheduling option.

   • No schedule – Select this option to manually run jobs of this plan without a schedule.

   • Configure the schedule myself – Select this option to configure a customized schedule, and run jobs of this plan by schedule. Fill in the parameters according to your desired schedule. After configuring the schedule for the search, click Calendar View to view the scheduled search by day, week, or month.

7. Select a previously created user notification profile from the Notification drop-down list or select New Notification to configure a new user notification.

8. Click Save and Run Now or Save on the lower-right section of the screen. The check link plan is now listed in Plan Manager.