Call URL

By triggering, the action calls a specific URL.

The target widgets can be placed on any tab available in the dashboard.

Procedure

  1. Create a dashboard or open a dashboard in the dashboard editor.

  2. Click a chart widget on the dashboard. The relevant properties dialog is displayed.

  3. Click the Action tab.

  4. Select the action trigger event in the Trigger drop-down menu. The actions available dependent on the widget selected.

  5. Enable the Call URL option.

    If you disable the option, the action is not deleted but it is deactivated in view mode.

  6. Set the action configuration.

    1. Click Configure.

    2. Enter the target URL in the URL input box of the Enter target URL area.

      You have the option to create a dynamic URL by adding available coordinates to the URL. For this you can insert the coordinates from several widgets via drag and drop. A selected coordinate will placed on the current cursor position in the URL input field.

      You can also add coordinates of widgets placed on any tab available in the dashboard. In this case select a tab first and then insert the relevant Available coordinates in the URL input field via drag and drop.

      In case of a coordinate of type number or date, click the inserted coordinate and select a format pattern.

      To ensure that a coordinate is URL encoded, click the inserted coordinate and activate the Use URL encoding option.

    3. In the Target window field you can enter a name of the window where the URL should be opened, or you can select a target attribute in the drop-down menu. Available attributes are _blank (new window), _self (self window), _parent (parent window), and _top (entire window).

    4. Click Save action.

Your settings are applied and your action is specified for the selected widget.