Action modes

The action mode describes the event that triggers the action (for example, right-click or drag).

Hyperlink

This table describes the hyperlink action mode:

Usage	Behavior
Can be defined on	Cell
Triggered by	Left-click
Required input	None
Supported action types	All
Special behavior	None. Executes action

Hyperlink and shortcut menu on right-click

This table describes the hyperlink and shortcut menu on right-click action mode:

Usage	Behavior
Can be defined on	Cell.
Triggered by	Left-click and right-click.
Required input	Command text to appear in shortcut menu. For example, report name or a multilingual string.
Supported action types	All.
Special behavior	Left click executes the action. Right-click displays shortcut menu from which the user selects an action to execute. Can be used to display a menu of reports from which a user can select.

Shortcut menu on left-click

This table describes the hyperlink and shortcut menu on left-click action mode:

Usage	Behavior
Can be defined on	Cell.
Triggered by	Left-click
Required input	Command text to appear in shortcut menu. For example, a report name or multilingual string.
Supported action types	All.
Special behavior	Displays shortcut menu from which the user selects an action to execute. Can be used to display a menu of reports from which a user can select.

Shortcut menu on right-click

This table describes the shortcut menu on right-click action mode:

Usage	Behavior
Can be defined on	Cell.
Triggered by	Right-click.
Required input	Command text to appear in shortcut menu. For example, a report name or multilingual string.
Supported action types	All.
Special behavior	Displays shortcut menu from which the user selects an action to execute. Can be used to display a menu of reports from which a user can select.

Edited cell

This table describes the edited cell action mode:

Usage	Behavior
Can be defined on	Cell.
Triggered by	User entering a value in an unprotected cell.
Required input	None.
Supported action types	Set parameters.
Special behavior	The value entered into the cell is only used for the action - it does not execute any formulas. Edited Cell is NOT the same as Write back. For example, if there is a RWC formula in the cell, the writeback is not executed by the Edited Cell action. There is a method of achieving writeback in conjunction with the Edited Cell action.

Button click

This table describes the button click action mode:

Usage	Behavior
Can be defined on	Button.
Triggered by	Button click.
Required input	None.
Supported action types	All.
Special behavior	None. Action executes when button is clicked.

Selection changed

This table describes the selection changed action mode:

Usage	Behavior
Can be defined on	List view (for example, a combo box).
Triggered by	Selecting a new element from the list view.
Required input	None.
Supported action types	All.
Special behavior	When used with a Set Parameter action the Execution input becomes available. The input can have one of two values: Manual Selection Changes or All Selection Changes. If Manual Selection Changes is selected, the action is executed only when a user selects a value from the list view. If the report is used in a dashboard, the action can be executed by a change of a parameter in another report on the dashboard.

When report is loading

This table describes the when report is loading action mode:

Usage	Behavior
Can be defined on	Report.
Triggered by	Opening the report.
Required input	None.
Supported action types	Set parameters. Application Engine process.
Special behavior	The action is executed after the report has loaded and before applying jump parameters. Its execution can be forced by using a jump action in which the target of the jump is the report in which the jump is defined.

Parameter [x] changes

This table describes the parameter changes action mode:

Usage	Behavior
Can be defined on	Report. The report must reference one or more report parameters.
Triggered by	A change to a report parameter in a dashboard.
Required input	None.
Supported action types	Set parameters. Jump. Jump to Dashboard. Application Engine Process.
Special behavior	Parameter changes in Dashboards are processed in this way: On receipt of a new parameter value from a dashboard, automatic report calculation is suppressed and variable values are updated in a bundle. The parameter change action is evaluated for each parameter, in the order in which the parameters were defined. For Jump or Jump to Dashboard actions, further action processing is suppressed to prevent execution of two jump actions simultaneously.

Drag

This table describes the drag action mode:

Usage	Behavior
Can be defined on	Cell.
Triggered by	Dragging a cell with the drag action defined and dropping it on a cell which has a Drop action defined.
Required input	None.
Supported action types	Set parameters.
Special behavior	The action is not triggered unless the dragged cell is dropped onto a cell on which a Drop action has been defined.

Drop

This table describes the drop action mode:

Usage	Behavior
Can be defined on	Cell.
Triggered by	A cell on which a drag action has been defined being dropped on a cell on which a drop action is defined.
Required input	None.
Supported action types	Set parameters.
Special behavior	The action is not triggered unless a cell on which the drag action has been defined has been dropped onto the cell.

Chart click

This table describes the chart click action mode:

Usage	Behavior
Can be defined on	Cell containing data on which chart is based.
Triggered by	A click on a data series for which an action has been defined.
Required input	None.
Supported action types	All.
Supported chart types	Columns. Bars. 2D pie charts. Area. Doughnut. Portfolio. Pyramid. Multi-color bars.
Special behavior	For Portfolio, and Area charts.

Dialog OK

This table describes the dialog OK action mode:

Usage	Behavior
Can be defined on	Cell, button, list object in a report in which an Open dialog action is defined (a source report).The Dialog OK mode must be specified in the source report on the same object as that on which the Open dialog action is defined.
Triggered by	A click on an object in a report on which a Close dialog action is defined.
Required input	None.
Supported action types	All.
Special behavior	Only triggered if OK is specified as the value of the Dialog Result input in the target report.

Dialog cancel

This table describes the dialog cancel action mode:

Usage	Behavior
Can be defined on	Cell, button, list object.
Triggered by	A click on an object in a report on which a Open dialog action is defined.
Required input	None.
Supported action types	All.
Special behavior	Triggered only if Cancel is specified as the value of the Dialog Result input in the target report.

Web Extension

This table describes the web extension action mode:

Usage	Behavior
Can be defined on	Cell.
Triggered by	Interaction with a web extension in a report viewed on the Web.
Required input	None.
Supported action types	All.
Special behavior	Web extensions are viewable only in the Web.