Using actions with web extensions

Web extensions enable report designers to embed bespoke data visualizations and controls in reports that are viewed in Application Studio Service. For example, a text editor could be embedded in a report as a web extension and any text entered can be stored in a variable. All action types that can be defined on a cell can be used with web extensions, if the Web Extension action mode is selected.

To create an action with Web Extension mode:

  1. Right-click a cell and select Define Action.
  2. Select an action type.
  3. Select Web Extension as the mode of the action.
  4. In the Parameters section of the Define Action dialog select a variable.
    This variable will be used as an input to the web extension and to store input from the web extension.
  5. In the Value field for the parameter, click the browse button to display the Edit Value dialog. Select Actions > Input
    =Actions.Input.Text is assigned to the variable.
  6. In the Object Properties dialog of the web extension, specify the parameters of the web extension.
    Different web extensions have different parameters.