Action Link Properties dialog

Use this dialog to set the properties of an action link on a dashboard page.

For more information, see:

Components

Link Text

Use this field to enter the text to display as the link to execute the associated action.

Caption

This field is available only for actions links that are not displayed on an action link menu.

Use this field to enter a caption to display above the link text.

Action

Displays the action to be associated with the action link.

New Action

Use this button to select the type of action to create and display the "New Action dialog," where you create an inline action. For more information on inline actions, see "What Are Inline Actions?"

Select Action

Use this button to display the "Select Existing Action dialog," where you select a named action. For more information on named actions, see "What Are Named Actions?"

Edit Parameter Mapping

This button is available only for named actions that have parameters that are not fixed or hidden.

Use this button to display the "Edit Parameter Mapping dialog," where you edit the action parameters. For more information on action parameters, see "What Are Action Parameters?"

More (>>)

Displays these options for the currently selected action:

Edit Action — Use this option to display the "Edit Action dialog," where you edit an action.
Remove Action — Use this option to remove the action.
Save Action As — Use this button to display the "Save As dialog," where you save the action to the Oracle BI Presentation Catalog. If the action is an inline action, then the action is saved to the catalog rather than saved with the dashboard. If the action is a named action, then you can save the action with the same name or another name.

Open Link in New Window

This box is available only for actions that navigate to related content, such as Navigate to a Web Page and Navigate to BI Content actions.

Use this box to specify, for an action link that navigates to a URL or to other BI content, whether to open the link in a new browser window or new tab (if the browser supports tabs). Select this box to open the action link in a new browser window or tab. Deselect this box to open the action link in the same browser window or tab.

Note:

If you selected a named action for this action link, the default value for this component is determined by the definition of the named action (that is, by the value specified for the Open In New Window component in the "Action Options dialog: Invoke Action tab.") You can override this default value. The value that you set here ultimately determines whether to open a new window or new tab.

Add to Briefing Book

This box is available only for Navigate to BI Content actions.

Use this box to specify whether the action associated with the action link can be executed in a briefing book, but only if the number of briefing book navigation links to be followed is greater than 0. (You set the number of briefing book navigation links to be followed in the "Save Briefing Book Content dialog" or in the "Page Properties dialog.")

If you select this box, then the action can be executed in a briefing book. A briefing book icon is displayed to the left of the action link on the dashboard page and in the briefing book to indicate that the action can be executed.

If you deselect this box, then the action cannot be executed in the briefing book.

See "Working with Briefing Books."

Show Link

Use this box to specify one of the following options:

Always — Use this option to specify that the action link is always to be enabled.
Conditionally — Use this option to specify that the action link is to be enabled only if the associated condition is satisfied. Selecting this option displays the Condition area.

Condition

(Displayed only if the Conditionally option is selected.)

Use this area to specify the condition under which the action link is to be enabled. It includes the following components:

New Condition — Use this button to display the "New Condition dialog," where you create a condition.
Select Condition — Use this button to display the "Select Condition dialog," where you select an existing condition.
More (>>) — Display these options:
- Test Condition — Use this button to test if the condition evaluates to true or false.
- Edit Condition — Use this button to display the "Edit Condition dialog," where you edit the condition.
- Remove Condition — Use this button to remove the condition.
- Save Condition As — Use this button to display the "Save As dialog," where you save the condition to the catalog.