Button – Actions

By clicking on a button in the browser, a variety of other actions can be performed in addition to saving and deleting records. The actions can be configured in the button properties dialog on the "Actions" tab.

You can find out how to create and configure a button here.

No action

If, for example, a button is only to be used to load another page, select the "No action" action type.

Save

Button on edit pages

The "Save" action is available if the button is located on an input page and a WriteContainer is defined for this page. The current data record is saved when the user clicks on the button.

Button on view pages

The "Save" action is available on view pages if the view page contains a freely designed table. All data records in the free layout table will be saved. Here you will find tips & tricks for editing data in the freely designed table.

Permissions

If a user does not have sufficient rights, the button is hidden in the browser.

Delete

On a page within a data group, the current data record and all dependent data records in subordinate data groups will be deleted with this action.

With this action type, the button can be used to page through data records.

Options

Select the property of this navigation button.

Edit parameter

Opens a dialog in which parameters for the navigation button can be defined.

To the first record

Jump to the first record.

To the previous record

Jump to the previous record.

To the next record

Jump to the next record.

To the last record

Jump to the last record.

Save current data record

With this option, the data record will be saved.

Email configuration

All information on this topic can be found here.

Data Picker

This action type compares a search term with the values of a data field. The edit fields of the current page can be mapped to the data fields of the selected application and data group. They are automatically filled with the data found if the search is successful. If, for example, the name of an employee is entered in an input field that is set as a search field in the data picker, the data picker could determine the employee's e-mail address and telephone number with the appropriate settings and automatically enter these in the assigned input fields.

Search field

Select the edit field that should be used as the search field.

Advanced

Opens a dialog where the appearance of the table, where the search results are listed, can be modified.

Advanced

Columns

Available

In this list, all edit fields in the connected data group will be shown.

Selected

The fields in this list will be shown in the results table as a column.

Move to the right or left

Move entries from one list to the other.

Move up or down

Set the order of the columns in the table. The following rule applies here: the higher a field is placed in the list, the further left the column will be shown in the table.

Edit

Opens a dialog in which the column title can be changed.

Control type

The desired control type can be selected here to display the values in the results table.

Sort

The results table will be sorted by the field entered here.

Sort

Opens a dialog in which the sorting can be edited.

Results list

Number of records

The maximum number of shown hits per table page.

Show navigation element

Shows the navigation element at the foot of the results table, which allows the user to move to additional pages of the table.

Automatically display result from an input length of ... characters

A single search result is automatically entered by Datapicker in the linked search field. Multiple hits will be shown as a tooltip. This setting defines after how many entered characters this tooltip will open.

To ensure that the data picker can be used without barriers, you must deactivate the "Automatically display result from an input length of ... characters" checkbox.

Click "OK" to save changes and close the dialog again.

Operation

The type of comparison can be determined here:

Contains

Returns hits if the search term is contained in the data field value.
Starts with

Returns hits if the search term matches the first characters of the data field value.
Ends with

Returns hits if the search term matches the last characters of the data field value.
Equal to

Returns hits if the search term matches the data field value.

Application, Data group, Data field

Here, select the data that should be searched through.

Filter

Opens a dialog in which a filter for restricting the data can be defined.

Mapping

In this list, you can see every element that can be populated by the Data Picker.

Data fields

Mapping list

All of the elements on the current page, which are available for the Data Picker, are listed here.

Data fields list

All of the available data fields from the current application and data group are listed here.

Maps the selected elements to one another or removes the mapping, respectively. An assignment can only be made for elements and data fields with the corresponding data types.

If no data record is found: Empty the assigned input fields

Assigned input fields are cleared again after an unsuccessful search.

Show an info view

With this setting, a message is displayed both for an unsuccessful search ("No data record available") and for data records found (e.g. "A data record found and inserted"). The message is also displayed if several eligible data records are first displayed in the results table and then a data record is selected there.

Add data record

This action can be used to add new entries to selection lists, list fields or freely designed tables in the browser. The new entries will be simultaneously saved to the data group connected to the drop-down list or table, respectively.

Depending on whether you select a drop-down list or a listbox or a free layout table, different settings are can be chosen here.

Drop-down list / List box

Control

Select the desired drop-down list or listbox here.

Page

Select the edit page where new data can be defined. In the browser, clicking on the button opens a tooltip in which the new entry for the selection list can be entered.

Parameters

The description of these settings can be found here. General information on the subject of "Parameters" can be found here.

Free layout table

Control

Select the desired freely designed table here. Only tables that use an input page for the data view can be selected here.

Number

Enter an integer that defines how often the edit page should be loaded in the table. Several new data records can be entered in the table with a number > 1.

Parameters

The description of these settings can be found here. General information on the subject of "Parameters" can be found here.

Function in the browser

Here you can see the freely designed table after clicking on the "Add data" button. The number is set to 1 in the button properties. A blank linked input page is therefore displayed at the bottom of the table and a record can be entered. The "OK" button integrated on the input page with the "Save" action is also displayed. When the user clicks on ""OK"", the new data record will be saved. Here you will find tips & tricks for editing data in a freely designed table.

Calendar plugin

All information on this button campaign can be found here.

Show/Hide

This action will show or hide grouped elements in the browser.

Grouping

Select the group to be shown or hidden from this list.

Show grouping on initial status

This setting will show the group when the page is loaded.

Save changes in cookie

Selecting this option will return the user to the last status (group shown or hidden) when the page is reloaded in the browser.

Show/Hide flexible

In contrast to the "Show/hide" action, the grouped elements are shown here in the form of a tooltip.

Grouping

Select the grouping from this list that should be shown or hidden in the tooltip.

Open modal

If a tooltip is opened modally, the rest of the page cannot be accessed until the tooltip has been closed again.

Show close symbol

Displays a button in the top right of the tooltip title bar, which can be used to close the tooltip.

Positioning

The currently defined positioning of the tooltip is shown here.

Configure tooltip positioning

Opens a dialog in which the position at which the tooltip is to be opened can be set.

Search

This button action is used in conjunction with the "Search" view element. You can find all the information here.

Microsoft Teams communication

All information on this topic can be found here.

Create document

All information on this topic can be found here.

Previous / Next

All information on these campaigns can be found here.

Delete folder

This action is used in combination with the tree and tree view elements for the "Delete folder" button. This button can be created when creating the tree element in the final settings. Clicking on this button in the browser deletes the currently selected folder in the tree.

Options

Tree

Select the tree element that the button is connected to.