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[Bug]: Help buttons that point to documentation pages that don't exist #8975
Description
Apache Hop version?
SNAPSHOT-20261009
Java version?
Java 21
Operating system
macOS
What happened?
The documentationUrl of five plugins points to a page that doesn't exist, so their Help button opens a 404 on hop.apache.org:
| Plugin | documentationUrl | Page that exists |
|---|---|---|
| Data Stream (metadata) | /metadata-types/data-stream.html |
/metadata-types/data-stream/data-stream.html |
| Web Service (metadata) | /metadata-types/web-service.html |
/hop-server/web-service.html |
| Kettle import | /plugins/import/kettle-import.html |
/hop-vs-kettle/import-kettle-projects.html |
| S3 connection (metadata) | /metadata-types/s3-connection.html |
documented in /vfs/aws-s3-vfs.html |
| Surefire report output | /pipeline/transforms/surefirereport.html |
none (separate issue for the page) |
Two more work but don't follow the usual form: Impala (/database/databases/cloudera-impala, no .html) and Variable Resolver (/metadata-types/variable-resolver/, a folder).
Related: in the Metadata perspective, the editor tab of a metadata element has no Help button; help is only in the right-click menu of the tree (MetadataPerspective.onHelpMetadata), and for a type without elements only after "Show empty types and categories". The same editor opened as a dialog, e.g. New or Edit next to a connection field, does have one (MetadataEditorDialog).
Issue Priority
Priority: 3
Issue Component
Component: Hop Gui
Activity
mohitjoshi-hey commentedon Oct 16, 2026
.take-issue