diff --git a/awx/ui/static/lib/ansible/generator-helpers.js b/awx/ui/static/lib/ansible/generator-helpers.js
index 9036ff3911..979b662aa6 100644
--- a/awx/ui/static/lib/ansible/generator-helpers.js
+++ b/awx/ui/static/lib/ansible/generator-helpers.js
@@ -607,7 +607,10 @@ angular.module('GeneratorHelpers', [])
                 // Start the Link
                 if ((field.key || field.link || field.linkTo || field.ngClick || field.ngHref || field.awToolTip || field.awPopOver) &&
                     options.mode !== 'lookup' && options.mode !== 'select' && !field.noLink && !field.ngBindHtml) {
-                    if (field.icons) {
+                    if(field.noLink === true){
+                        // provide an override here in case we want key=true for sorting purposes but don't want links -- see: portal mode,
+                    }
+                    else if (field.icons) {
                         field.icons.forEach(function(icon, idx) {
                             var key, i = field.icons[idx];
                             for (key in i) {
diff --git a/awx/ui/static/lib/ansible/list-generator.js b/awx/ui/static/lib/ansible/list-generator.js
index 36b419f17b..5dafeec78e 100644
--- a/awx/ui/static/lib/ansible/list-generator.js
+++ b/awx/ui/static/lib/ansible/list-generator.js
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
  * | columnClick | Adds an ng-click directive to the <td> element. |
  * | excludeModal | true or false. If false, the field will not be included in the generated HTML when the mode is 'lookup' |
  * | key | true or false. If set to true, helpers/search.js will use the field name as the default sort order when generating the API request. |
+ * | noLink | true or false. If set to true this will override any 'key', 'linkTo', 'ngClick', or other option that would cause the field to be a link. Used in portal mode and custom inv. script. |
  * | label | Text string used as the column header text. |
  * | linkTo | Wraps the field value with an <a> element. Set to the value of the href attribute. |
  * | ngClick | Wraps the field value with an <a> and adds the ng-click directive. Set to the JS expression that ng-click will evaluate. |