# SailPoint IIQ: Change Help Link (helpPath) to point to External Link

**URL:** <https://community.sailpoint.com/discuss/t/sailpoint-iiq-change-help-link-helppath-to-point-to-external-link/30563>\
**Category:** Implement & Extend\
**Tags:** identityiq, compliance, identityiq-8.2\
**Created:** [June 19, 2023, 1:02pm UTC](https://community.sailpoint.com/discuss/t/sailpoint-iiq-change-help-link-helppath-to-point-to-external-link/30563 "2023-06-19T13:02:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![rjasrotia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@rjasrotia](https://community.sailpoint.com/discuss/u/rjasrotia)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2023, 1:02pm UTC](https://community.sailpoint.com/discuss/t/sailpoint-iiq-change-help-link-helppath-to-point-to-external-link/30563/1 "2023-06-19T13:02:26Z")

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Hi,

We are on v8.2 and would like to update the Help link on the homepage to an external URL. Currently it is pointing to ‘doc/help/help/index.html’ in web.xml

As per my understanding, we can use build.custom.xml to modify a web.xml file. But when I digged more it looks like the HelpServlet still uses the root context and appends whatever we pass in web.xml

How can I update my source code to point the help link to an external URL ?

 ![Screenshot 2023-06-19 090038.png](https://cdck-file-uploads-global.s3.dualstack.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/sailpointsbx2/original/2X/b/b40efdce68b1e5da07bd85bdd36e46bbd0bdf769.png)

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**Author:** ![vishal\_kejriwal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/sailpoint2/discuss/user_avatar/community.sailpoint.com/vishal_kejriwal/32/17605_2.png) [@vishal\_kejriwal](https://community.sailpoint.com/discuss/u/vishal_kejriwal)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2023, 10:23pm UTC](https://community.sailpoint.com/discuss/t/sailpoint-iiq-change-help-link-helppath-to-point-to-external-link/30563/2 "2023-06-19T22:23:23Z")

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You need to modify ootb xhtml page “menu.xhtml”&nbsp; (found inside identityiq folder look for the text “help” and there you will see the href = link that needs to be pointed to your external page.

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**Author:** ![rjasrotia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@rjasrotia](https://community.sailpoint.com/discuss/u/rjasrotia)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2023, 5:19pm UTC](https://community.sailpoint.com/discuss/t/sailpoint-iiq-change-help-link-helppath-to-point-to-external-link/30563/3 "2023-06-20T17:19:46Z")

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This is what I have in menu.xhtml. So I can update href=“#” to point to any external link ?

```markup
<li role="presentation">
          <a href="#" role="menuitem" class="menuitem"
            onclick="SailPoint.launchHelp(CONTEXT_PATH, helpKey); return false;">
            <i role="presentation" aria-hidden="true" class="fa fa-question-circle fa-lg"></i>
            <span aria-label='#{sp:localizeKey("menu_label_help")}'/>
          </a>
</li>

```

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**Author:** ![vishal\_kejriwal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/sailpoint2/discuss/user_avatar/community.sailpoint.com/vishal_kejriwal/32/17605_2.png) [@vishal\_kejriwal](https://community.sailpoint.com/discuss/u/vishal_kejriwal)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2023, 6:23pm UTC](https://community.sailpoint.com/discuss/t/sailpoint-iiq-change-help-link-helppath-to-point-to-external-link/30563/4 "2023-06-20T18:23:15Z")

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```markup
Change from:
<a target="_blank" href="http://google.ca" role="menuitem" tabindex="0" onclick="SailPoint.launchHelp(CONTEXT_PATH, helpKey); return false;">

To:
<a target="_blank" href="http://google.com" role="menuitem" tabindex="0" >

```