Change the link text

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title: Change the link text
description: To show the display value of the record as the link text instead of the word LINK, use the $\{URI\_REF\} parameter instead of the $\{URI\} parameter.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/platform-administration/c\_ChangeTheLinkText.html
release: australia
topic_type: concept
last_updated: "2026-09-10"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [Links to records, Create an email notification, Email and SMS notifications, System notifications, Notifications, Configure core features, Administer the ServiceNow AI Platform]
---

# Change the link text

To show the display value of the record as the link text instead of the word LINK, use the $\{URI\_REF\} parameter instead of the $\{URI\} parameter.

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For example, if the URL displays an incident record, the link text is the incident number, which is the display value for incidents. If the URL displays a user record, then the link text is the user name.

**Parent Topic:**[Links to records in email notifications](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-administration/c_EnablingLinksToServiceNowRecords.md)