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Handling of external documents

2026-09-18

Initial external document support implementation

  • TethysDash 4.99.129
  • Dash4 4.99.54

An external document is basically only defined in terms of a name and a URL, that is, the document contents and versioning are not handled by TethysDash but delegated to the host that serves the given URL. TethysDash only keeps track of the last time the document entry was updated.

Dash4 only exposes the external document feature if the backend reports that it supports it (via appConfig.doc.handlesExternalDocs = true in GET /api/info response).

The new exposed elements are:

  • An "External..." option in selection to create a document:

  • Dialog captures name and URL:

  • In the document list, external document entries are displayed with a link that opens the external URL (in a new browser tab) and buttons to edit and delete the entry. Other options, like for deployment and vehicle associations, remain available as with any other documents.