Data Director Implementation Guide

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Step 9. Configure User Interface Extensions

Configure user interface extensions.

An IDD application can be customized by embedding external content in the web page and invoking actions from places in the IDD application.

Content can be embedded using:

Element	Description
Top-level Tab	Tabs can be added alongside the tabs for the Start workspace , the Data workspace, and Tasks workspace.
Start workspace	A component or widget can be added to the Start workspace .
Child tab in Data View	Tabs can be added as children of a subject area.

Custom actions can be configured so that they are invoked from menu items in various places in an IDD application.

Contextual information can be passed when invoking the external action.

The following table shows areas of an IDD application where these actions can be configured, along with the available contextual data.

Area	Available Contextual Data
Subject Area	rowid_object and data from the primary object
One:Many Child	rowid_object and data from the child
Many:Many Child	rowid_object and data from the child
Search Results	rowid_object of the selected data in the search result list