diff --git a/csst_common/data_manager.py b/csst_common/data_manager.py
index e9dea92619004bb1c678fe237a56e28622499965..ef3ac4e9628439fd292ae053d7f7582dc7783a0f 100644
--- a/csst_common/data_manager.py
+++ b/csst_common/data_manager.py
@@ -814,6 +814,24 @@ class CsstMsDataManager:
     ):
         pass
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def link_data(obs_id="100000100", dfs_root="/dfsroot", dir_l0="/L1Pipeline/L0"):
+        # query for L0 data
+        print(f"Query obs_id={obs_id} ...", end="")
+        recs = Level0DataApi().find(obs_id=obs_id)
+        print(f"{recs['totalCount']} records obtained!")
+        assert recs["code"] == 0
+        assert recs["totalCount"] > 0
+
+        # make symbolic links
+        print("Making symbolic links ...")
+        for rec in recs:
+            os.symlink(
+                src=os.path.join(dfs_root, rec.file_path),
+                dst=os.path.join(dir_l0, os.path.basename(rec.file_path)),
+            )
+
+
     @staticmethod
     def from_dfs(
             obs_id="100000100",