> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://sleekplan.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Link documents to feedback

> Connect a document to the feedback posts it informs, from the document or from the post, so the reasoning behind a request sits next to the request.

A document explains the thinking behind one or more requests. Linking the two means anyone opening a feedback post can read the research or the decision behind it, without hunting for it.

A link works in both directions and is not exclusive. One document can inform several posts, and one post can have several documents. You can create the link from either side.

<Info>
  Linking and unlinking requires the **Starter** plan or above, and an **Owner** or **Admin** role. **Members** can see linked documents but not change the links. See [Team roles and permissions](/help/account-security/roles-permissions).
</Info>

## Link a post from the document

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open the document">
    Go to [**Documents**](https://app.sleekplan.com/documents) and open the document. It has to be saved first, because a link needs something to attach to.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Click Link a post">
    In the right panel, under **Linked posts**, click **Link a post**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Search for the post and pick it">
    Type part of the post's title. Select a result to link it.

    <img src="https://mintcdn.com/sleekplangmbh/laV1gw1IOLnBlElP/images/documents-link-posts-dialog.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=laV1gw1IOLnBlElP&q=85&s=7a2da141d1e8be661b89440c79cb0981" alt="The Link a post dialog with a search term and one matching feedback post" width="1440" height="900" data-path="images/documents-link-posts-dialog.png" />
  </Step>
</Steps>

Linked posts appear in the panel with their feedback status and ID. Select one to open it. To remove a link, hover the row and click the unlink icon. Unlinking only removes the connection, and never touches the post or the document.

## Link a document from the post

Every saved feedback post has a **Documents** block, between the metadata and the activity feed. It lists the documents that inform this request.

<img src="https://mintcdn.com/sleekplangmbh/laV1gw1IOLnBlElP/images/documents-link-posts-post-block.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=laV1gw1IOLnBlElP&q=85&s=2f36f86c29c6fbd82ba7cb0548bfed1f" alt="A feedback post with its Documents block highlighted, listing two linked documents" width="1440" height="900" data-path="images/documents-link-posts-post-block.png" />

From here you have one shortcut: **New document** creates a document named after the post, links it to that post, and opens it so you can start writing immediately. Use it when a request needs research and you want to start from the request.

The block is not shown at all on workspaces whose plan does not include Documents.

## What a link means

A link records one thing: this document informs this request. That is deliberate.

A link carries no status, no assignee, and no progress. Attaching a specification to a post does not mark the post as being worked on, and does not move it on your [roadmap](/help/roadmap). To signal progress to your users, change the post's [status](/help/feedback/statuses). To track who is building it, use an [integration](/help/integrations) with your issue tracker.

## When to link

* **Research to the request it came from.** Customer call notes belong on the post that prompted them.
* **A decision to every request it answers.** If one decision settles four related requests, link it to all four. This is the cheapest way to stop the same discussion restarting on each post.
* **A specification to the request it implements.** So whoever picks the work up finds the detail without asking.

If several posts are really the same request, [merge them](/help/feedback/merge-feedback) first, then link the document once.

## Next steps

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Version history and restore" icon="history" href="/help/documents/version-history">
    See what changed in any version and go back to it.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Write a document" icon="pencil" href="/help/documents/write-a-document">
    Create a document, format it, and set its type and status.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Merge duplicate feedback" icon="git-merge" href="/help/feedback/merge-feedback">
    Combine duplicate posts so votes and comments add up in one place.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Documents" icon="notebook-text" href="/help/documents">
    What documents are for and how the Documents screen is organized.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>
