% arara: pdflatex % arara: makeglossaries % arara: pdflatex \documentclass{article} \usepackage[colorlinks]{hyperref} \usepackage{glossaries-extra} \makeglossaries \glssetcategoryattribute{supplementary}{externallocation}{sample-suppl-hyp.pdf} \newglossaryentry{sample}{category={supplementary}, name={sample},description={an example}} \begin{document} \section{Sample} Some \gls{sample} text. Test link: \hyperref{sample-suppl-hyp.pdf}{}{section.II.S.2}{S.2}. In this document, \verb|\theHsection| is in the form: \theHsection. In the other document, it's in the form II.S.2 so \texttt{theHvalue} is needed to ensure the hyperlink is correct. \printglossaries \glsadd[format=glsxtrsupphypernumber,thevalue={S.2},theHvalue={II.S.2},counter=section]{sample} \end{document}