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title: "Attach a flow, video, or link to a Beacon"
slug: "attach-a-flow-video-or-link-to-beacons"
updated: 2026-04-08T05:25:31Z
published: 2026-04-08T05:25:31Z
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# Attach a flow, video, or link to a Beacon

Whatfix enables you to attach a Flow, Link, Video, Image, or PDF to a Beacon collection. It helps provide relevant information to your end users in their flow of work.

Note:

Create a Flow, Link, Video, Image, or PDF prior to attaching it to a Beacon collection.

Expand the following accordions to attach content to an existing Beacon collection:

**Attach Content to a Beacon (Old Experience)**

1. On the Whatfix Guidance dashboard, click **Widgets**. ![ia_left_nav_widgets](https://cdn.document360.io/a268766e-d74d-4619-9613-e2472f809ffb/Images/Documentation/ia_left_nav_widgets.png)
2. Click **Beacons**. ![ia_widget_beacons](https://cdn.document360.io/a268766e-d74d-4619-9613-e2472f809ffb/Images/Documentation/ia_widget_beacons.png)

1. Hover your cursor over the Beacon segment you want to edit, and then click the **Edit** icon. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/a268766e-d74d-4619-9613-e2472f809ffb/Images/Documentation/image-C0KYM2YJ.png)
2. In the **Attach Content** section, click **Attach Content**. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/a268766e-d74d-4619-9613-e2472f809ffb/Images/Documentation/image-05TT4PCM.png)
3. Select the content you want to attach to the Beacon.

![Dashboard_AttachContent.png](https://cdn.document360.io/a268766e-d74d-4619-9613-e2472f809ffb/Images/Documentation/Dashboard_AttachContent.png)

Note:

The attached content starts appearing based on the **Disappear Beacon** setting that you configure when you create it.

  

![disappearance of beacon](https://cdn.document360.io/a268766e-d74d-4619-9613-e2472f809ffb/Images/Documentation/disappearance%20of%20beacon.png)
4. Click **Okay**. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/a268766e-d74d-4619-9613-e2472f809ffb/Images/Documentation/image-AHGJ0XY3.png)
5. Click **Save**.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/a268766e-d74d-4619-9613-e2472f809ffb/Images/Documentation/image-9AF4DQY5.png)

Note:

- Whatfix enables you to add videos on Beacons also through Studio while creating the content. For more information on how to create Beacons, see [Create a Beacon](/studio/docs/create-beacons). Once you create the content, click the description section of the tooltip and then select the **Insert Video** icon from the Rich text editor.

![Insert videos to Beacons on Studio](https://cdn.document360.io/a268766e-d74d-4619-9613-e2472f809ffb/Images/Documentation/Studio_Beacons_Insertvideos.png)
- Add the video to the Beacon.

![Add videos to beacons on Studio](https://cdn.document360.io/a268766e-d74d-4619-9613-e2472f809ffb/Images/Documentation/Studio_Beacons_Addvideos.png)
- Whatfix enables you to add videos to your content by entering either the ****URL**** or ****Embedded code****or ****Browse****option. The ****Browse**** option refers to the videos hosted on Whatfix Dashboard.

![Upload videos to smart-tips by URL, embed code, or through dashboard](https://cdn.document360.io/a268766e-d74d-4619-9613-e2472f809ffb/Images/Documentation/Studio_Beacons_video_uploads.gif)
- If you want the video to autoplay for your end users, click ****Autoplay****while inserting the video.

![Autoplay videos added to Beacons](https://cdn.document360.io/a268766e-d74d-4619-9613-e2472f809ffb/Images/Documentation/Studio_Beacons_Videos_Autoplay.png)

If your account has migrated to the [Unified Content Experience](/studio/docs/unified-dashboard-experience), perform the following steps to attach an action to a Beacon.

**Attach Content to a Beacon (New Unified Content Experience)**

1. On the Whatfix Guidance dashboard, click **Content**. ![ia_left_nav_content](https://cdn.document360.io/a268766e-d74d-4619-9613-e2472f809ffb/Images/Documentation/ia_left_nav_content.png)
2. Click **Beacons**. ![ia_left%20nav_beacons](https://cdn.document360.io/a268766e-d74d-4619-9613-e2472f809ffb/Images/Documentation/ia_left%20nav_beacons.png)

1. Select the Beacon you want to attach an action to. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/a268766e-d74d-4619-9613-e2472f809ffb/Images/Documentation/image-LHCOG5KB.png)
2. Expand the dropdown in the **Beacon action** section and select a Content. For example, you want to attach a Flow. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/a268766e-d74d-4619-9613-e2472f809ffb/Images/Documentation/image-7QLLO13C.png)
3. Click **Attach Flow**. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/a268766e-d74d-4619-9613-e2472f809ffb/Images/Documentation/image-9U0VZ1K7.png)
4. Select the Flow. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/a268766e-d74d-4619-9613-e2472f809ffb/Images/Documentation/image-EJWRA345.png)
5. Click **Save**. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/a268766e-d74d-4619-9613-e2472f809ffb/Images/Documentation/image-4Z5FMS50.png)

## Related

- [How does the Beacon show count work?](/how-does-the-beacon-show-count-work.md)
- [Does a new Beacon refresh when added to an existing Beacon collection?](/what-happens-when-a-new-beacon-is-added-to-an-existing-beacon-collection.md)