Data Director Implementation Guide

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Standard Custom Action

A standard custom action opens a new browser window that displays the requested page from an external URL.

Here is an example of a custom action defined for SubjectArea:

<subjectArea name="Organization" displayName="Organization">
      <primaryObject hmEntityTypeUid="Organization">
         <subTypeQualifier columnUid="C_PARTY|PARTY_TYPE" filterValue="Organization"/>
         <layout columnsNum="3">
            <column columnUid="C_PARTY|ORGANIZATION_NAME" editStyle="FIELD" required="true"/>
            …
         </layout>
      </primaryObject>
      <externalLinkAction name="org_name_google_search_action" displayName="Google Search">
         <externalLink name="org_name_google_search_action_link" 
               type="IFRAME" url="http://www.google.com/search">
            <param name="q" bddParamName="C_PARTY|ORGANIZATION_NAME"/>
            			<param name="hl" staticValue="en"/>
         </externalLink>
      </externalLinkChild>
      …
   </subjectArea>

If the IDD application user opens Organization with the name 'Informatica', and selects item 'Google Search' in the 'More Action' menu, IDD opens a window that displays the following URL:

http://www.google.com/search?q=Informatica&hl=en

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Standard Custom Action

Standard Custom Action