diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/controllers/_application_controller_form.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/app/controllers/_application_controller_form.coffee
index 5e0c39982..2771d92b1 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/app/controllers/_application_controller_form.coffee
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/app/controllers/_application_controller_form.coffee
@@ -360,11 +360,16 @@ class App.ControllerForm extends App.Controller
 
       return item
     else
+      placeholderObjects = {}
+      if @model.className && !_.isEmpty(attribute.linktemplate) && !_.isEmpty(@params[attribute.name])
+        placeholderObjects = { attribute: attribute, user: App.Session.get(), config: App.Config.all() }
+        placeholderObjects[@model.className.toLowerCase()] = @params
       fullItem = $(
         App.view('generic/attribute')(
           attribute: attribute,
           item:      '',
           bookmarkable: @bookmarkable
+          placeholderObjects: placeholderObjects
         )
       )
       fullItem.find('.controls').prepend(item)
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/controllers/_ui_element/object_manager_attribute.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/app/controllers/_ui_element/object_manager_attribute.coffee
index 76eec780d..149c78caf 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/app/controllers/_ui_element/object_manager_attribute.coffee
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/app/controllers/_ui_element/object_manager_attribute.coffee
@@ -194,9 +194,21 @@ class App.UiElement.object_manager_attribute extends App.UiElement.ApplicationUi
       noFieldset: true
       params: params
     )
+    configureAttributes = [
+      # coffeelint: disable=no_interpolation_in_single_quotes
+      { name: 'data_option::linktemplate', display: 'Link-Template', tag: 'input', type: 'text', null: true, default: '', placeholder: 'https://example.com/?q=#{object.attribute_name} - use ticket, user or organization as object' },
+      # coffeelint: enable=no_interpolation_in_single_quotes
+    ]
+    inputLinkTemplate = new App.ControllerForm(
+      model:
+        configure_attributes: configureAttributes
+      noFieldset: true
+      params: params
+    )
     item.find('.js-inputDefault').html(inputDefault.form)
     item.find('.js-inputType').html(inputType.form)
     item.find('.js-inputMaxlength').html(inputMaxlength.form)
+    item.find('.js-inputLinkTemplate').html(inputLinkTemplate.form)
 
   @datetime: (item, localParams, params) ->
     configureAttributes = [
@@ -311,6 +323,18 @@ class App.UiElement.object_manager_attribute extends App.UiElement.ApplicationUi
         return
       lastSelected = value
     )
+    configureAttributes = [
+      # coffeelint: disable=no_interpolation_in_single_quotes
+      { name: 'data_option::linktemplate', display: 'Link-Template', tag: 'input', type: 'text', null: true, default: '', placeholder: 'https://example.com/?q=#{ticket.attribute_name}' },
+      # coffeelint: enable=no_interpolation_in_single_quotes
+    ]
+    inputLinkTemplate = new App.ControllerForm(
+      model:
+        configure_attributes: configureAttributes
+      noFieldset: true
+      params: params
+    )
+    item.find('.js-inputLinkTemplate').html(inputLinkTemplate.form)
 
   @buildRow: (element, child, level = 0, parentElement) ->
     newRow = element.find('.js-template').clone().removeClass('js-template')
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/index.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/app/index.coffee
index 4ec67da63..786d7846f 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/app/index.coffee
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/app/index.coffee
@@ -46,10 +46,10 @@ class App extends Spine.Controller
         if object[attributeNameWithoutRef]
           valueRef = object[attributeNameWithoutRef]
 
-    @viewPrintItem(value, attributeConfig, valueRef, table)
+    @viewPrintItem(value, attributeConfig, valueRef, table, object)
 
   # define print name helper
-  @viewPrintItem: (item, attributeConfig = {}, valueRef, table) ->
+  @viewPrintItem: (item, attributeConfig = {}, valueRef, table, object) ->
     return '-' if item is undefined
     return '-' if item is ''
     return item if item is null
@@ -107,18 +107,23 @@ class App extends Spine.Controller
       # translate content
       if attributeConfig.translate || (isObject && item.translate && item.translate())
         isHtmlEscape = true
-        resultLocal       = App.i18n.translateContent(resultLocal)
+        resultLocal  = App.i18n.translateContent(resultLocal)
 
       # transform date
       if attributeConfig.tag is 'date'
         isHtmlEscape = true
         resultLocal = App.i18n.translateDate(resultLocal)
 
+      linktemplate = @_placeholderReplacement(object, attributeConfig, resultLocal)
+      if linktemplate && isHtmlEscape is false
+        resultLocal = linktemplate
+        isHtmlEscape = true
+
       # transform input tel|url to make it clickable
-      if attributeConfig.tag is 'input'
+      if attributeConfig.tag is 'input' && !linktemplate
         if attributeConfig.type is 'tel'
           resultLocal = "<a href=\"#{App.Utils.phoneify(resultLocal)}\">#{App.Utils.htmlEscape(resultLocal)}</a>"
-        else if attributeConfig.type is 'url'
+        else if attributeConfig.type is 'url' && !linktemplate
           resultLocal = App.Utils.linkify(resultLocal)
         else
           resultLocal = App.Utils.htmlEscape(resultLocal)
@@ -146,6 +151,17 @@ class App extends Spine.Controller
 
     result
 
+  @_placeholderReplacement: (object, attributeConfig, resultLocal) ->
+    return if !object
+    return if !attributeConfig
+    return if _.isEmpty(attributeConfig.linktemplate)
+    return if !object.constructor
+    return if !object.constructor.className
+    return if _.isEmpty(object[attributeConfig.name])
+    placeholderObjects = { attribute: attributeConfig, user: App.Session.get(), config: App.Config.all() }
+    placeholderObjects[object.constructor.className.toLowerCase()] = object
+    "<a href=\"#{App.Utils.replaceTags(attributeConfig.linktemplate, placeholderObjects, true)}\" target=\"blank\">#{App.Utils.htmlEscape(resultLocal)}</a>"
+
   @view: (name) ->
     template = (params = {}) ->
       JST["app/views/#{name}"](_.extend(params, App.ViewHelpers))
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/lib/app_post/utils.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/app/lib/app_post/utils.coffee
index f29dbdfa6..4efc203b1 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/app/lib/app_post/utils.coffee
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/app/lib/app_post/utils.coffee
@@ -704,7 +704,7 @@ class App.Utils
     res.join('')
 
   # textReplaced = App.Utils.replaceTags( template, { user: { firstname: 'Bob', lastname: 'Smith' } } )
-  @replaceTags: (template, objects) ->
+  @replaceTags: (template, objects, encodeLink = false) ->
     template = template.replace( /#\{\s{0,2}(.+?)\s{0,2}\}/g, (index, key) ->
       key = key.replace(/<.+?>/g, '')
       levels  = key.split(/\./)
@@ -744,6 +744,7 @@ class App.Utils
       else
         value = ''
       value = '-' if value is ''
+      value = encodeURIComponent(value) if encodeLink
       value
     )
 
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/lib/mixins/view_helpers.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/app/lib/mixins/view_helpers.coffee
index ea09574f9..e10f34de9 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/app/lib/mixins/view_helpers.coffee
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/app/lib/mixins/view_helpers.coffee
@@ -228,3 +228,6 @@ App.ViewHelpers =
       className: params.className
       iconset:   params.iconset
     )
+
+  replacePlaceholder: (template, items, encodeLink = false) ->
+    App.Utils.replaceTags(template, items, encodeLink)
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/generic/attribute.jst.eco b/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/generic/attribute.jst.eco
index 4954cb96b..d039fec18 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/generic/attribute.jst.eco
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/generic/attribute.jst.eco
@@ -20,9 +20,12 @@
   </h2>
   <p class="help-text"><% if @attribute.help: %><%- @T(@attribute.help) %><% end %><%- @attribute.helpLink %></p>
   <% end %>
-  <div class="controls">
-	<% if @attribute.remove: %><span><a href="#" class="glyphicon glyphicon-minus"></a></span><% end %>
-	<% if @attribute.add: %><span><a href="#" class="glyphicon glyphicon-plus"></a></span><% end %>
+  <div class="controls <% if !_.isEmpty(@attribute.linktemplate) && !_.isEmpty(@placeholderObjects): %>controls--button<% end %>">
+    <% if !_.isEmpty(@attribute.linktemplate) && !_.isEmpty(@placeholderObjects): %>
+    <a href="<%- @replacePlaceholder(@attribute.linktemplate, @placeholderObjects, true) %>" class="controls-button" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">
+      <span class="controls-button-inner"><%- @Icon('external') %></span>
+    </a>
+    <% end %>
     <span class="help-inline"></span>
     <% if @attribute.style != 'block': %>
     <span class="help-block"><% if @attribute.help: %><%- @T(@attribute.help) %><% end %><%- @attribute.helpLink %></span>
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/object_manager/attribute/input.jst.eco b/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/object_manager/attribute/input.jst.eco
index fcf25f609..7b4e90d85 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/object_manager/attribute/input.jst.eco
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/object_manager/attribute/input.jst.eco
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@
   <div class="js-inputDefault"></div>
   <div class="js-inputType"></div>
   <div class="js-inputMaxlength"></div>
+  <div class="js-inputLinkTemplate"></div>
 </div>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/object_manager/attribute/select.jst.eco b/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/object_manager/attribute/select.jst.eco
index 3328f631e..0ec8ac85e 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/object_manager/attribute/select.jst.eco
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/object_manager/attribute/select.jst.eco
@@ -50,4 +50,5 @@
             <%- @Icon('trash') %> <%- @T('Remove') %>
           </div>
   </table>
+  <div class="js-inputLinkTemplate"></div>
 </div>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/zammad.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/zammad.scss
index 91ace3dba..5b12a7893 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/zammad.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/zammad.scss
@@ -2102,10 +2102,20 @@ input.has-error {
 
 .controls--button {
   display: flex;
+  flex-wrap: wrap;
+
+  .controls {
+    flex: 1;
+  } 
+  
+  .help-inline,
+  .help-block {
+    flex-basis: 100%;
+  }
 
   input,
   .form-control {
-    flex: 1;
+    flex: 1 1 0%;
     @include bidi-style(border-right-width, 0, border-left-width, 1px);
     @include bidi-style(border-top-right-radius, 0, border-top-left-radius, 3px);
     @include bidi-style(border-bottom-right-radius, 0, border-bottom-left-radius, 3px);
@@ -2154,6 +2164,14 @@ input.has-error {
   position: relative;
   border: 1px solid hsl(0, 0%, 90%);
   @include bidi-style(border-radius, 0 3px 3px 0, border-radius, 3px 0 0 3px);
+  
+  .icon {
+    fill: hsl(0,0%,61%);
+  }
+
+  &:hover .icon {
+    fill: hsl(0,0%,33%);
+  }
 }
 
 .searchfield {
diff --git a/app/models/object_manager/attribute.rb b/app/models/object_manager/attribute.rb
index ef9a7dad0..2edf9a740 100644
--- a/app/models/object_manager/attribute.rb
+++ b/app/models/object_manager/attribute.rb
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ possible types
     maxlength: 200,
     null: true,
     note: 'some additional comment', # optional
+    link_template: '',               # optional
   },
 
 # select
@@ -150,6 +151,7 @@ possible types
     multiple: false, # currently only "false" supported
     translate: true, # optional
     note: 'some additional comment', # optional
+    link_template: '',               # optional
   },
 
 # tree_select
diff --git a/public/assets/tests/form.js b/public/assets/tests/form.js
index 7f5e12b7f..4f14cddf7 100644
--- a/public/assets/tests/form.js
+++ b/public/assets/tests/form.js
@@ -1107,6 +1107,7 @@ test("object manager form 1", function() {
   var test_params = {
     data_option: {
       default: "",
+      linktemplate: "",
       maxlength: 120,
       type: "text"
     },
@@ -1218,6 +1219,7 @@ test("object manager form 2", function() {
   var test_params = {
     data_option: {
       default: "",
+      linktemplate: "",
       maxlength: 120,
       type: "text"
     },
@@ -1271,6 +1273,7 @@ test("object manager form 3", function() {
   var test_params = {
     data_option: {
       default: "",
+      linktemplate: "",
       maxlength: 120,
       type: "text"
     },
@@ -1308,6 +1311,7 @@ test("object manager form 3", function() {
   test_params = {
     data_option: {
       default: "",
+      linktemplate: "",
       maxlength: 120,
       type: "text"
     },
@@ -1596,3 +1600,28 @@ test("form deep nesting", function() {
   params = App.ControllerForm.params(el)
   deepEqual(params, defaults, 'nested params')
 });
+
+test("form with external links", function() {
+  $('#forms').append('<hr><h1>form with external links</h1><div><form id="form20"></form></div>')
+  var el = $('#form20')
+  var defaults = {
+    a: '133',
+    b: 'abc d',
+  }
+  new App.ControllerForm({
+    el:        el,
+    model:     {
+      configure_attributes: [
+        { name: 'a', display: 'Input1', tag: 'input', type: 'text', limit: 100, null: true, linktemplate:  "https://example.com/?q=#{ticket.a}" },
+        { name: 'b', display: 'Select1', tag: 'select', type: 'text', options: { a: 1, b: 2 }, limit: 100, null: true, linktemplate:  "https://example.com/?q=#{ticket.b}" },
+      ],
+      className: 'Ticket',
+    },
+    params: defaults,
+  });
+
+  params = App.ControllerForm.params(el)
+  deepEqual(params, defaults)
+  equal('https://example.com/?q=133', el.find('input[name="a"]').parents('.controls').find('a[href]').attr('href'))
+  equal('https://example.com/?q=abc%20d', el.find('select[name="b"]').parents('.controls').find('a[href]').attr('href'))
+});
diff --git a/public/assets/tests/html_utils.js b/public/assets/tests/html_utils.js
index 5b3bd77c3..36edadca4 100644
--- a/public/assets/tests/html_utils.js
+++ b/public/assets/tests/html_utils.js
@@ -1425,7 +1425,7 @@ test("check replace tags", function() {
 
   user = new App.User({
     firstname: 'Bob',
-    lastname: 'Smith',
+    lastname: 'Smith Good',
     created_at: '2018-10-31T10:00:00Z',
   })
   message = "<div>#{user.firstname} #{user.created_at}</div>"
@@ -1451,6 +1451,14 @@ test("check replace tags", function() {
   }
   verify = App.Utils.replaceTags(message, data)
   equal(verify, result)
+
+  message = "<a href=\"https://example.co/q=#{user.lastname}\">some text</a>"
+  result  = '<a href=\"https://example.co/q=Smith%20Good\">some text</a>'
+  data    = {
+    user: user
+  }
+  verify = App.Utils.replaceTags(message, data, true)
+  equal(verify, result)
 });
 
 // check attibute validation