Call URL
By triggering, the action calls a specific URL.
The target components can be placed on any tab available in the dashboard.
Procedure
2. Click an inserted chart component that supports actions. 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 component selected.
5. Activate the Call URL option.
If you deactivate the option the action will not be deleted but deactivated in view mode.
6. Click Configure to set the action configuration.
a. Click Configure to set the action configuration.
b. Enter the target URL in URL input field 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 components 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 components 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 typ 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.
c. 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).
d. Click Save action.
Your settings are applied and your action is specified for the selected component.