available since version 11.0
This example shows how to create a button on a dashboard, which will cause creation of a new Action Item with given Action Item Type, and with provided values.
On configuration page for Advanced Configuration Options, add a new application property with:
the name must start with prefix “pfxContextualAction_”, for example “pfxContextualAction_DashboardAction”.
with following JSON value
{
"name": "actin_create_simple_action_from_dashboard",
"labelTranslations": {
"": "Create Action"
},
"page": "dashboardPage",
"order": 0,
"contextLinking": {
"targetPage": "newActionPage",
"targetPageTarget": "new",
"targetPageEntityType": "ActIn_DashboardSimpleAction",
"targetPageInputs": {
"sourceContext" : {
"ContextLinkingButton_DashboardName": "{dashboardName}",
"ContextLinkingButton_PortletName": "{portletName}",
"ContextLinkingButton_DashboardPortletPreference": "{dashboardPreference}",
"ContextLinkingButton_DashboardInputs": "{dashboardInputs}"
}
},
"targetPageFields":{
"originatorTypedId": "{dashboardTypeddId}",
"summary": "{dashboardName}-{portletName}-action",
"description": "This action was created from dashboard {dashboardName} with portlet: {portletLabel}"
}
}
}
Replacements will be changed at the moment when the system creates the button on an actual page in front-end.
{dashboardName}{dashboardInputs}{dashboardPreference}{dashboardTypeddId}{portletName}{portletLabel}{resultType}
For details on the context linking parameters, see Context Linking.