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You can create quick links, associate quick links to topics, and restrict access to quick links.">Quick links</a> > </div> <h1 class="title topictitle1" id="ariaid-title1">Assign topics to a quick link</h1> <div class="body taskbody"><p class="shortdesc">After you create a quick link, you can assign topics to the quick link. The quick link content is then displayed in the assigned topic in the <span class="ph">Employee Center</span> and <span class="ph">Employee Center Pro</span>.</p> <div class="section prereq p"> <p class="p">Role required: sp_admin, taxonomy_manager, or taxonomy_admin</p> </div> <ol class="ol steps"><li class="li step stepexpand"> <span class="ph cmd">Do one of the following:</span> <div class="itemgroup info"> <ul class="ul" id="assign-topics-to-quick-links__ul_znn_rm3_5qb"><li class="li">(If you have the sp_admin role) Navigate to <span class="ph menucascade"><span class="ph uicontrol">Employee Center</span> > <span class="ph uicontrol">Quick Links</span></span>.</li><li class="li">Navigate to <span class="ph menucascade"><span class="ph uicontrol">Content Taxonomy</span> > <span class="ph uicontrol">Quick Links</span></span>.</li></ul> </div> <div class="itemgroup stepresult">The Quick Link module displays the list of existing quick links.</div> </li><li class="li step stepexpand"> <span class="ph cmd">Click the quick link that you want to assign a topic to.</span> </li><li class="li step stepexpand"> <span class="ph cmd">Click the <span class="ph uicontrol">Assigned Topics</span> tab.</span> </li><li class="li step stepexpand"> <span class="ph cmd">Click <span class="ph uicontrol">Add</span>.</span> </li><li class="li step stepexpand"> <span class="ph cmd">In the Select a Topic dialog box, do the following:</span> <ol type="a" class="ol substeps" id="assign-topics-to-quick-links__substeps_sqv_ytf_mqb"><li class="li substep substepexpand"> <span class="ph cmd">From the Taxonomy list, select a taxonomy.</span> <div class="itemgroup stepresult">The list of all the topics associated with the selected taxonomy is displayed.</div> </li><li class="li substep substepexpand"> <span class="ph cmd">Select the topic that you want to assign to the quick link.</span> </li><li class="li substep substepexpand"> <span class="ph cmd">Click <span class="ph uicontrol">OK</span>.</span> <div class="itemgroup info"> <div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:</span> Add only the root topics to the Quick Links for optimal performance. Access the subtopics through the parent topics.</div> </div> </li></ol> <div class="itemgroup info"> <div class="fig fignone" id="assign-topics-to-quick-links__fig_lgy_wjk_zbc"><span class="figcap"><span class="fig--title-label">Figure 1. </span>Assign topics</span> <img class="image" id="assign-topics-to-quick-links__image_i32_wjk_zbc" src="../images/assign-topics.png" alt="Assign topics and related list" /> </div> </div> </li><li class="li step stepexpand"> <span class="ph cmd">Click the <span class="ph uicontrol">Navigation</span> tab to see the associated <span class="ph uicontrol">Advanced portal navigation</span> and <span class="ph uicontrol">Menu item</span>.</span> </li><li class="li step stepexpand"> <span class="ph cmd">Click <span class="ph uicontrol">Update</span>.</span> </li></ol> <div class="section postreq" id="assign-topics-to-quick-links__postreq_nnn_lbv_jdc">Ensure you relog in to make the new quick links visible.</div> </div> <div class="related-links"> <div class="familylinks"> <div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent Topic:</strong> <a class="link" href="https://servicenow.com/docs/bundle/australia-employee-service-management/page/product/employee-center/task/create-quick-links.html" title="You can create quick links using the quick links module in the Employee Center for accessing internal and external resources, such as knowledge bases, catalog items, pages, and links.">Create a quick link</a></div> </div> <div class="linklist relinfo relconcepts"><strong>Related concepts</strong><br /> <ul class="linklist"><li class="linklist"><a class="link" href="https://servicenow.com/docs/bundle/australia-employee-service-management/page/product/employee-center/concept/gss-guided-self-service-overview.html" title="Empower employees with easier self-serve capabilities through guided experiences to improve productivity and efficiency.">Guided Self-Service in Employee Center</a></li></ul></div> <div class="linklist relinfo reltasks"><strong>Related tasks</strong><br /> <ul class="linklist"><li class="linklist"><a class="link" href="https://servicenow.com/docs/bundle/australia-employee-service-management/page/product/employee-center/task/config-quick-links-widget.html" title="Design and manage the appearance of the widget, such as the title, display style, tile size, and content alignment.">Modify the Quick links widget display</a></li></ul></div> </div> </body></html></div>