Related actions are another breed from the related content
family. But this will be more transaction specific. Related actions allow users
to execute a code or open content in modal or new windows from a transaction
page. In transactions you can mark a field as related action field. So when you
click on the field will show a popup menu from where you can do the desired
action.
Related action will be extremely helpful when used with a
grid. Each row of grid contains different set of data and your related actions
will be context sensitive and you can run an action specific for the selected
row with much ease.
I will give a glimpse on how to configure related actions to
a transaction page. It will be easy for you to follow if you have gone through
the previous posts on Related
Contents and Related
Content Definitions. This is a continuation of the previous posts.
Go to: People Tools > Portal > Related Content Service
> Manage Related Content Service
Now you create a Related Content for an application page
(refer previous page) or open an existing configuration.
Now half of your job is done. All you need to do is go to “Configure
Related Actions” page and add related content services (refer previous post to
see how to create related content service) or related contents. Here comes the
trick, you need to assign related actions to a field on a page. For that you
need to select a page first. To select the field, click on “Configure
Parameters” button on the grid. In the modal window, you can select the page
field which should appear as a related content field.
You have other parameters to fill in the page which are
pretty much same as the related content configurations. The key values to pass
or map and the application class to hide or unhide the action.
To make the related actions popup menu to be ordered or
grouped, you can go to the third page on the configurations – “Configure Layout”.
Try it out in your test\demo database and enjoy the
simplicity and power of this feature.
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