Answer Link Checking Using Analytics

Maintaining your knowledge base includes making sure that links in answers to other answers and external sites are not broken. Analytics provides reports for checking answer links.

These reports are found in Public Reports\Common\Site Administration\Link Checker.

Link Checker Reports

Report	Description
Broken URIs	Use this report to search for broken links to other answers and external references. After searching, click the link in the Usage column to list where the broken links occur.
Top URIs	Use this report to search for the most commonly used links to other answers and external references. After searching, click the link in the Usage column to list where the links are used.
URI Sources	Use this report to search for answers that have links. After searching, double-click an answer to open it to examine the links. You can embed the URI Sources report in the answer workspace. In the answer workspace, the URI Sources report automatically filters by answer ID and show all answers that link to the answer that is currently open.

Report

Description

Broken URIs

Use this report to search for broken links to other answers and external references. After searching, click the link in the Usage column to list where the broken links occur.

Top URIs

Use this report to search for the most commonly used links to other answers and external references. After searching, click the link in the Usage column to list where the links are used.

URI Sources

Use this report to search for answers that have links. After searching, double-click an answer to open it to examine the links.

You can embed the URI Sources report in the answer workspace. In the answer workspace, the URI Sources report automatically filters by answer ID and show all answers that link to the answer that is currently open.