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Navigation rule — Completing the Node Details Action tab

On the Action tab, specify the action to be performed when the node is selected at run-time; for example, when a user clicks a menu item. This tab displays when Item, Item List or Selected Item are selected in the Type list on the Node Details dialog.

Click the plus sign to specify an action associated with the node. This opens the Behavior dialog, which contains a column for the Event, Action, and a diamond-shaped condition icon (). Conditions do not apply to actions; they apply to the entire node.

To define the node's behavior, click the add row icon . Your choices populate the grid row. After you have completed the dialog, click OK to apply your edits and close the dialog.

Caution: If you define more than one click event for a node, the actions are executed from the top down as displayed in the list; the inherited actions (the ones in the rule) execute first. All processing effects of an action in the list will complete before the next action starts. For example, assume a Display > Set Value action is followed by a Launch > Local Action. When the user clicks the button, the Set Value action also triggers a Post Value action (set in a the Behavior field on a Cell Properties panel) and recalculation of an expression. After all processing is completed, the system starts Local Action.

Action Category Mobile Action Name
Process Work

Show Flow Location

Add New Work (from New or Create harness)
Finish Assignment (from Perform harness)
Cancel
Save
Get Work

Create Work

Open Assignment

Open Work by Handle
Display

Refresh section
Launch

Harness- Target value of Pop-up Window or New Document is supported.

Local Action - Target value of Modal Dialog or Overlay are supported. Using Page is supported.
Advanced

Run Activity

Run Data Transform

Run Script

Note: If the navigation rule is Type Mobile, a subset of the actions is available. Actions that appear for a Mobile application are summarized in this table and indicated in the sections below.

Mobile applications support one action per node. Only the first action is executed. Any additional defined actions are ignored.

Certain actions (such as Create Work, Open Assignment, Launch Harness, and Run Script) that display user interface features do not run on a phone device when specified on a node with children. These actions require that the main navigation and content panels appear simultaneously which is not possible on a phone. Therefore, as a best practice, implement these actions on child nodes. If placed on a parent node, they should be optional actions, not critical to work item processing.

Run Activity and Run Data Transform can be run on a node that has children.

Process Work

Add New Work

Field

Description
Action Add New Work. Adds a new work item using the primary page data. Saves the new work item on the deferred list. See Controls form — Completing the Controls tab for a full description of this action.

Perform Action

Field

Description
Action Perform Action. Submits the flow action and completes the assignment if either is true:
  • The specified flow action and the current flow action have the same interface (reference the same named section).
  • The flow action does not use HTML to render the interface (an autogenerated action where No HTML is selected on form's HTML tab).
  • Otherwise, clicking the control renders the flow action form only.
  • Flow Action — Select the Name key part of a flow action.
Flow Action Select the Name key part of a flow action.

Show Flow Location

Field

Description
Action Show Flow Location. Appears only when the navigation rule is Type Mobile. Implements the Where-Am-I? feature, so users can view the work object location in a flow.

View Attachments

Field

Description
Action View Attachments. Presents a list of work item attachments, so users can view or add attachments. The button is visible only for users who hold the Work-.AccessAuditTrail privilege. See Controls form — Completing the Controls tab for a full description of this action.

View History

Field

Description
Action View History. Displays the work item history, for users who hold the Work-.AccessAuditTrail privilege.

Get Work

Create Work

Field

Description
Action Create Work. Appears when the navigation rule is Type Mobile or Standard. Creates a new covered or non-covered work item. Called with a primary page that inherits from the Work- base class. Commits the new work item if there is no flow execution to start; if it starts a flow execution, the commit operation typically occurs when that flow execution creates an assignment.
Class Name Select the class that contains the flow you wish to start.
Flow Name Select the flow to start when this node is selected.

Get Next Work

Field

Description
Action Get Next Work. Returns the next assignment for the operator to work on. This assignment can either come from the operator's worklist or from one of the workbaskets they have access to.

Open Assignment

Field

Description
Action

Open Assignment. Appears when the navigation rule is Type Mobile or Standard. Returns the next assignment for the operator to work on. This assignment can either come from the operator's worklist or from one of the workbaskets they have access to.
Key

Enter the key of the assignment you wish to open.

Open Work by Handle

Field

Description
Action Open Work by Handle. Appears when the navigation rule is Type Mobile or Standard. Opens work based upon the internal key that uniquely identifies the instance.
Handle Specify the handle of a work item, beginning with the class name.

Open Work Item

Field

Description
Action Open Work Item. Opens work based upon the work item ID. Specify the full ID of the work item.
ID Specify the full ID of the work item.

Handle List Items

Use these actions only when acting upon repeating layouts.

Add Child

Field

Description
Action Add Child. Adds a child item beneath the selected row or branch or in a repeating grid or tree.

Add Item

Field

Description
Action Add Item. Adds (above or below) a row to a layout.
Position Select Above or Below.

Delete Item

Field

Description
Action Delete Item. Deletes a row in a layout.

Edit Item

Field

Description
Action Enables edit of the selected item in the layout. Not available if the repeating layout Edit Mode is Read Only.

Open Local Action

Field

Description
Action Open Local Action. Displays the flow action you specify.
Flow Action Flow Action — Select the flow action that will be invoked.
After Action

Select Refresh Current Item (recommended) to refresh only the current row after the flow action has ended. In most cases, leave this selection (default).

Select Refresh All Items to refresh the entire layout.

Open Selected Item

Field

Description
Action Open Selected Item. Opens the item selected in the layout.

Refresh List

Field

Description
Action Refreshes the content of the repeating grid or tree based on data in the clipboard. Maintains the current page, filter, or sort.

Set Focus

Field

Description
Action Set Focus. Sets the cursor focus to the Current Item, Next Item, or Previous Item in the repeating layout.

If you want to set focus from within a row in a repeating grid to another grid or to an editable control outside of the current grid, select Set Focus in the Display category and provide the full path to the property, beginning with the parent page, and represent it on the Pages & Classes tab of the layout containing the repeating grid.

Display

Refresh Section

Field

Description
Action

Refresh Section. Commits the contents of the section that contains the button or another section that you specify.
Target

Select the section to be refreshed as a result of clicking the item. Select either This Section to refresh the current section or select Other Section to refresh a specified section.
Using Page

Available when Other Section is selected for the Target field. Optional. Specify the page and class of the section to be refreshed.

Section

Available when Other Section is selected for the Target field. Select the section to be refreshed.
Data Transform

Optional. Enter a Name key part of a data transform. See About Data Transforms.

Parameters listed on the Data Transform form's Parameters tab appear beneath this field. Optionally, enter the values you want pass to the data transform.

Activity

Optional. Select an activity to run before refreshing the section. If the activity uses parameters, enter their values. This activity is processed after a data transform.

Parameters listed on the Activity rule form's Parameters tab appear beneath the field. Optionally, enter the values you want pass to the activity.

Set Value

Field

Description
Action Set Value. Sets a target property to the source value. You can configure multiple properties and values. The source property can be editable or read-only.
Property Enter a property reference (target).

For Value List, Value Group, Page List, and Page Group properties, enter a literal, property reference or symbolic index value (subscripts):

.myList(15)

.myGroup("Massachusetts")

If you want to set a value from within a row in a repeating grid to an editable control outside of the grid, provide the full path to the property, beginning with the parent page, and represent it on the Pages & Classes tab of the layout containing the repeating grid.
Value

Enter a property reference or a literal constant (source).

Click the add row icon to define more properties and values.

Set Focus

Field

Description
Action Set Focus. Sets the cursor focus to an editable control that is bound to a property or to a specific row in a grid, tree, or tree grid.
Target

Enter a property reference.

.propertyName
If you specify a Page List or Page Group property, additional fields display, enabling you to set Focus On the First Row, Last Row, or to a specific index position within a grid, tree, or tree grid.

To set focus to an index position, select Other in the Focus On field and then use a constant or property reference:

.PageList.propertyName
.PageList(15)

If you want to set focus from within a row in a repeating grid to an editable control outside of the grid, provide the full path to the property, beginning with the parent page, and represent it on the Pages & Classes tab of the layout containing the repeating grid.

Launch

Flow in Modal Dialog

Field

Description
Action

Flow in Modal Dialog. Allows a user to start a flow in a user form and run the process in a modal dialog. The user cannot continue work in the main user form until the modal dialog closes. See Controls form — Completing the Controls tab for a full description of this action.
Using Page

Optional. By default, the flow runs on the primary page pyWorkPage. If you want to run the flow in the context of an included section that is using either an embedded page (such as .pyWorkParty(Originator) or another top-level page, enter a Page or Page List name defined on the section's Page & Classes tab.

Parameters listed on the Flow rule form's Parameters tab appear beneath this field. Optionally, specify values to pass to the flow.
Flow Name

Enter the second key part of a flow rule.

 Harness

Field

Description
Action Harness. Appears when the navigation rule is Type Mobile or Standard. Replaces an open harness or displays a new one.
Target Specify the target location where the specified harness displays as a result of clicking the item. Select:
  • Pop-Up Window — Displays the harness in a new browser window.
  • Replace Current — Replaces the current tab or dynamic container contents with the specified harness, with the option to save (submit) the current data before the new harness is displayed.
  • New Document — Opens the specified harness with the option to display in a named tab.
Tab Name

Available for Replace Current and New Document targets. Specify the tab to be replaced. If this value matches the name of an open tab, the new harness replaces the tab. Otherwise, the new harness appears in a new tab.
Class

Available for a New Document target. Specify the class of the harness.
Harness Select the harness to display.
Read Only

Select Yes if you want the harness contents to appear in read-only mode. (For a Pop-Up Window target, if set to No you must enter a window name.)
Submit Current

Available for a target of Replace Current. Select Yes to specify that the current contents is saved before the harness replaces it.
Window Name

Available if Pop-Up Window is selected for the Target. Enter a name that the system uses to identify a browser window. If a window of that name is open, the new harness replaces the contents of that window. Otherwise, the system opens a new browser window and displays the harness in that window.
Window Width

Available if Pop-Up Window is selected for the Target. Enter a positive integer to set the window width in pixels. If you leave this and the Window Height field blank, the system replicates the dimensions of the current window.
Window Height

Available if Pop-Up Window is selected for the Target. Enter a positive integer to set the window height in pixels. If you leave this and the Window Width field blank, the system replicates the dimensions of the current window.
Key

Optional. Available for a New Document target. Specify the key value (pxInsName) of a data instance you want automatically opened as the new primary page when the harness is displayed. The system uses this value and the Class value to identify the data record. This action executes before a pre-activity (if one is defined).
Data Transform

Optional. Enter a Name key part of a data transform. See About Data Transforms.

Parameters listed on the Data Transform form's Parameters tab appear beneath the field. Optionally enter the values you want pass to the data transform.

Activity

Optional. Specify an activity to run before displaying the harness. If the activity uses parameters, enter their values. This activity is processed after a data transform.

Parameters listed on the Activity rule form's Parameters tab appear beneath the field. Optionally, enter the values you want pass to the activity.

Landing Page

The Landing Page choice is only applicable in portals defined with the Developer role (for example the Developer or BusinessAnalyst portal rules). The Open Landing Page choice does not apply when the navigation rule is used in portals defined with the User role. See About Portal rules.

Field

Description
Action Choose Display to open a landing page for display, or CreateNewWork to create a new work item based on a landing page.
Name Enter a unique name for the landing page. Attempting to open a landing page while a landing page with the same Name value is open will result in the new landing page overriding the tab in which the already open landing page was displayed.
Class
  • For Action set to Display: Select the class on which the harness for the landing page is based.
  • For Action set to CreateNewWork: Select the class on which the flow runs to create the work item is based.
Harness Name Applicable when Action is set to Display: Select the harness that the landing page is built on.
Data Transform Applicable when Action is set to Display: Select the data transform used to generate initial values for the landing page.
Page Applicable when Action is set to Display: Specify an existing page.
Read Only Applicable when Action is set to Display: Select to display a read-only harness.
Flow Name Applicable when Action is set to CreateNewWork: Specify the name of the flow used to create new work.
Level A Enter a value to work with a when condition defined to open the selected item in a specified tab on the landing page.
Level B Enter a value to work with a when condition defined to open the selected item in a specified tab on the landing page.
Level C Enter a value to work with a when condition defined to open the selected item in a specified tab on the landing page.

Parameters
Name Specify additional parameters to pass to the harness or flow.
Value Specify additional parameter values to pass to the harness or flow.

List View

Field

Description
Action Open List. Opens a list view.
Class Select the class of a list view to be opened.
Purpose Required. Select the Purpose (second key-part) of the list view to be opened from the menu.
Action Choose Refresh, Redisplay, or Sort.
Header Select to display the list view header.

Parameters
Name Specify additional parameters to pass to the list view.
Value Specify additional parameter values to pass to the list view.

 Local Action

Field

Description
Action

Local Action. For harnesses only. Allows the user to complete a local action or local and connector flow actions in a modal window or in an action section (.pyActionArea).
Using Page

Enter a page from the Pages & Classes tab to use when invoking the local action.
Local Action

Select the flow action to be triggered.
Open in Modal Dialog

Optionally, select Open in Modal Dialog to present the local action window as a modal window, which appears in front of all other windows and must be completed (or closed) before the user can perform any other process.

Select this when the local action accepts one or more input fields

Launch local action is for local or local and connector flow actions, and it can load the local action in modal or in the action area.

Perform action is similar but it is more for flow actions and it advances the flow when the flow action has no UI. The is more related to work items where as the local action can be on any data instances as well.

Open URL in Window

Field

Description
Action

Open URL In Window
Use Alternate Domain

Select to specify an alternate domain for the URL to open. When selected, select a URL in the Alternate Domain URL field.

Use the Querystring section to specify the name and value of a query string for the alternate domain URL.
Use Primary Page

Select to call an activity based on the contents of the primary page when this node is selected.
Data Transform

Optional. Enter a Name key part of a data transform. See About Data Transforms.

Parameters listed on the Data Transform form's Parameters tab appear beneath this field. Optionally, enter the values you want pass to the data transform.

Activity

Select an activity to return an HTML stream that will be shown in the opened window.

Parameters listed on the Activity rule form's Parameters tab appear beneath the field. Optionally, enter the values you want pass to the activity.

Window Properties
Window Name

Specify a text string to define the name of the opened window.
Replace History

Select to erase the history of the opened browser window.
Height

Enter a numerical value to represent the height in pixels of the opened window.
Width

Enter a numerical value to represent the width in pixels of the opened window.
Top

Enter a numerical value to represent the offset in pixels from the top of the screen.
Left

Enter a numerical value to represent the offset in pixels from the left of the screen.
Resizable

Select to enable the opened window to be resized.
Scrollbars

Select to enable scrollbars in the opened window.
Location Bar

Select to enable the location bar in the opened window.
Menu Bar

Select to enable the browser's menu bar in the opened window.
Status Bar

Select to enable the browser's status bar in the opened window.
Tool Bar

Select to enable the browser's tool bar in the opened window.

Report Definition

Field

Description
Action Report Definition. Executes the retrieval and sorting operations, but not the formatting and display processing, of a report definition.
Class Select the class for the Report Definition.
Name Select the name of the Report Definition.

Wizard

Field

Description
Action Wizard. Launch a wizard based on the key part label and class.
Class Select the class of the wizard. This class name will begin with PegaAccel-.
Wizard Label Specify a label for the wizard.

Parameters
Name Specify additional parameters to pass to the wizard.
Value Specify additional parameter values to pass to the wizard.

Advanced

Open Rule

Field

Description
Action Open Rule. Opens a rule that takes the pzInsKey value as its parameter.
Handle Select a pzInsKey key value in the rule you want to open.
Resolved By Select Name, Handle, or Handle By Condition to specify how the rule is located.
Handle Condition Applicable for Handle By Condition: Select a when condition to define when a rule should be resolved by handle.

Open Rule By Name

Field

Description
Action Open Rule By Name.
Rule Type Select the class in which the rule is saved.
Instance Name Required. Select the name of the rule you wish to open.

Open Rule By Keys

Field

Description
Action Open Rule By Keys. Opens a rule by its class and the class key values.
Rule Type Class Specify the class that has keys defined.
Key Read only, based on the keys defined on the class rule form for the class selected in the Class field.
Value Enter the key value that pertains to the rule you wish to open.

Run Activity

Field

Description
Action

Run Activity. Appears when the navigation rule is Type Mobile or Standard. Runs the activity you specify in the Activity field.
Activity

Required. Enter the Activity Name key part of the activity.

Parameters listed on the Activity rule form's Parameters tab appear beneath this field. Optionally, enter values you want pass to the activity.
Parameters  

Run Data Transform

Field

Description
Action

Run Data Transform. Appears when the navigation rule is Type Mobile or Standard. Runs the data transform you specify.
Page

Select Auto to keep the primary page context. Select Other to use another page context.
Name

Appears if you select Other on the Page field. Enter the page name.
Data Transform

Enter the Name key part.
Parameters listed on the Data Transform form's Parameters tab appear beneath the field. Enter the values you want pass to the data transform.
Parameters  

Run Script

Field

Description
Action

Run Script. Appears when the navigation rule is TypeMobile or Standard. Calls a custom JavaScript function or the Pega 7 Platform API. See Controls form — Completing the Controls tab for a full description of this action.
Function

Enter the clipboard property or literal reference that contains the function you wish to run.

For a Mobile application, enter the name of a JavaScript function in quotes.

Parameters
Name

Specify additional parameters to pass to the script function.
Value

Specify additional parameter values to pass to the script function.
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