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Defining the External Host

You define the external data hosts in the Host Administration view. This view allows you to do the following:

• Maintain external host names in a single place.
• Define how to handle (fix) links after external HTML content is rendered.

To define a data host

1. Navigate to the Administration - Integration screen, and then WI Symbolic URL List.
2. From the drop-down menu, select Host Administration.
3. Enter a new record and define the necessary fields.

   Some of the fields are described in the following table:

   Field	Comments
   Name	Name of the external host.
   Virtual Name	User-defined name for the host.
   Authentication Type	Leave this value blank. For more information, see Defining Symbolic URLs.