# Configuring CrossLinks

Users with _System Administrator_, _Business Administrator_, and _Vault Owner_ permissions can create CrossLinks. Other users who will create CrossLinks must be assigned the [appropriate permissions][1] and have access to at least one other Vault in your domain.


### Creating CrossLinks {#creating-crosslinks}


This video demonstrates how to enable and create CrossLink documents in your Vault:
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[Details](/en/lr/676780/)


## Enabling CrossLinks {#enable-crosslinks}

To enable CrossLinks, navigate to **Admin > Settings > General Settings > CrossLinks** and check the **Enable CrossLink Documents** checkbox. Under the _Enable CrossLink Documents_ setting, you can also check the **Exclude source document overlays** and **Exclude source document signature pages** checkboxes to exclude overlays and signature pages from CrossLink documents.

When you enable CrossLinks in your Vault, the standard [source document fields](/en/lr/23143/#sourcedocumentdetails) and [CrossLink document fields](/en/lr/23143/#crosslinkdocumentdetails) are added to the base document type, the _Source Document Details_ section is added to the _Information_ panel on the [Doc Info pane](/en/lr/9753/#doc-info-panels), and the _Related CrossLinks_ section is added to the _Relationships_ panel on the Doc Info pane.

## Configuring Lifecycle Entry Actions {#configure-lifecycle-entry-action}

While it is not required to use CrossLinks, you can configure a lifecycle entry action to **Set CrossLink binding to explicit version**. This entry action sets the CrossLink version binding to explicitly bound upon [entry to the state](/en/lr/12399/). If the CrossLink binding was set to the _Latest Steady State_ version, it will set the binding to the actual version number of the latest steady state.

## Related Permissions {#permissions}

The permissions below are required to work with CrossLinks. The permissions below are also required for the _Authorized Connection User_ system user to create [cross-domain CrossLinks](/en/lr/23143/#cross-domain).

| Type | Permission Label | Controls |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Security Profile | [Application](/en/lr/22824/#applicationpermissions): CrossLink: Create CrossLink | Ability to create new CrossLinks. |
| [Document Type](/en/lr/618/#settings-at-all-levels) (on the CrossLink Vault) | Create Document Permission | Ability to create CrossLink documents for this document type. |
| [Document Role](/en/lr/2572/#perms) (on the CrossLink document) | Edit Document, Edit Field | Ability to create CrossLink documents. Ability to use the _Resync with Source_ action from the CrossLink document. Ability to use the _Create Draft_ action on the CrossLink document. Ability to update source binding rules on the CrossLink document. |
| Document Role (on the source document) | View Content | Ability to use the document to create a CrossLink document when the [document type's _CrossLink Source Type_](/en/lr/618/#settings-at-all-levels) is set to _Source document's rendition_. |
| Document Role (on the source document) | Download Source | Ability to use the document to create a CrossLink document when the _CrossLink Source Type_ is set to _Source document's source file and rendition_. |

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      <p><strong>Note</strong>: Users with the <em>External User</em> license type cannot create CrossLink documents.</p>
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[1]: #permissions