# Configuring Send as Link

From within the **Admin** tab collection, Vault Owners can configure various options for [**Send as Link**](/en/lr/4754/). In the audit history pages (**Admin > Logs**), all Admins can view events related to **Send as Link** and edit the notification templates.

## Send as Link Settings {#setting}

The following configuration options appear in the **Send As Link Settings** panel in **Admin > Settings > Security Settings**:

Allow users with Edit Sharing Settings permission to add users as Viewers when sending link
: When selected, users with the _Edit Sharing Settings_ and _View Document_ permissions on the latest version of the document can send a link to any user or group in Vault. Users who do not already have permission to view the document will be assigned the _Viewer_ role. If unselected, or if the sending user has _View Content_ permission but not _Edit Sharing Settings_ permission, the user can send a link only to users in existing roles on the document.

Allow users to send link to non-Vault users
: When selected, users with _View Content_ permission on the document can send a link to any external email address. The non-Vault user is assigned to the _Viewer_ role, but can only access the viewable rendition via the link, which expires after the specified period. No other permissions granted to this role are available to a non-Vault user.

Allow users to give non-Vault users ability to download viewable rendition
: When selected, users can allow external recipients to download a viewable rendition of the document. This option is hidden when **Allow users to send link to non-Vault users** is unselected.

In eTMF Vaults, an additional configuration option appears in the **Send As Link Settings** panel in **Admin > Settings > Application Settings**:

Disable Send As Link for restricted documents (eTMF)
: When selected, Admins can select **Content** field values in the **Restrict ability to Send As Link where Content equals** field. When defined, Vault looks to the **Content** field on eTMF documents and prevents users from selecting the Send As Link action on documents that match the values defined.

## Send as Link with Dynamic Access Control {#dac}

If your Vault has [Dynamic Access Control](/en/lr/31824/) enabled for the _Viewer_ role, Vault restricts the recipients of the **Send as Link** action to:

* Users in allowed groups on the _Viewer_ role. If no group is listed, you cannot add new viewers to the document via **Send as Link**.
* Users who already have access to the document via Sharing Settings, either by name or by group.

## Notification Templates

Vault uses two templates to notify recipients that a Vault user has sent a link. You can review and edit these from **Admin > Configuration > Notification Templates**.

sendAsLink
: For in-app and email notifications to Vault users.

sendAsLink-External
: For email notifications to non-Vault users (external recipients). The Notification Text field is not applicable for this message because external recipients only receive email notifications.

## Related Permissions {#permissions}

The permissions required to view and use the _Send as Link_ action are dependent on whether Dynamic Access Control (DAC) is enabled on the _User_ object:

* If DAC is not enabled on the _User_ object, the _Send as Link_ action is displayed to users with the _Application: Users: View User Information_ permission and _View Document_ role-based permission, and the user can send a link to any user with a role on the document.
* If DAC is enabled on the _User_ object, the _Send as Link_ action is displayed to users with the _View Document_ role-based permission, and the user can send a link to any user they have permission to see.

To send a link to a group without a role on the document, an Admin must [enable](/en/lr/4876/#setting) the _Allow users with Edit Sharing Settings permission to add users as Viewers when sending link_ setting, and the sending user must have the [_Edit Sharing Settings_](/en/lr/2572/#perms) permission on the document lifecycle state. To send a link to a user without a role on the document, the sending user must also have permission to see other users in the Vault.

To send a link to a non-Vault user, an Admin must [enable](/en/lr/4876/#setting) the _Allow users to send link to non-Vault users_ setting, and the sending user must have the _View Content_ permission on the document lifecycle state. The _Edit Sharing Settings_ permission is not required.