Quickly Add Unique Identifier to Blox Action Buttons Without Modifying Blox Template
A customer recently had the unusual request for a method to select and distinguish, via a CSS selector used within a custom Javascript action, for a specific Blox buttons in a existing Blox widget that contained multiple identical buttons, identical in inner text and all other parameters, without adding any new lines to the Blox template to add unique identifiers.BloX: replicating action “send me the report now”
BloX: replicating action “send me the report now” This article explains how to develop an action to send a dashboard as a report to the end user. This action replicates the action “Send me the report now”. This action is available only to the dashboard’s owner, but we will develop a BloX action, which will be available for other users. To solve this challenge you will need to do the following: Create a widget of the type ‘BloX’ on the dashboard you want to have the ability to send reports to the end-users; Create a custom action with the following code: const { widget } = payload; //Get widget’s object from the payload const internalHttp = prism.$injector.get('base.factories.internalHttp'); //Get internal factory to run API requests internalHttp({ url: '/api/v1/reporting', method: 'POST', contentType: 'application/json', data: JSON.stringify({ assetId: widget.dashboard.oid, assetType: "dashboard", recipients: [ { type: 'user', recipient: prism.user._id } ], preferences: { inline: true } }) }).then(res => console.log(res.data)); This action will have the following snippet: { "type": "sendMeReport", "title": "Send me report" } Use this snippet in the widget you have created: { "style": "", "script": "", "title": "", "showCarousel": true, "body": [], "actions": [ { "type": "sendMeReport", "title": "Send me report" } ] } Now, you have a button on the widget. After clicking this button, Sisense will send a report for the currently authenticated user. Please, note that there will be no indication of the running action. When the action is completed there will be a message in the browser’s console. Feel free to customize the logic of this action to show the end-user that the report is generating. Custom action is a powerful tool, which allows you to create custom interactions. Use this approach to create a new action easily. You can customize the proposed action by adding an indication of the running action or by using custom parameters to change format or size of the generated report (check the description of the endpoint /api/v1/reporting for additional information). Check out related content: Creating customer actions Reporting Send ReportsMigrating Blox Custom Actions
When relocating Sisense resources from one server to another, the Sisense Rest API is a possible method for transferring Sisense components and objects like dashboards, users, groups, and datasources. Similarly, Blox Custom Actions can be migrated through Sisense Rest API endpoints.Sync Blox Input Element with Current Filter State
When creating a Blox widget altering a filter within a dashboard or widget, it is sometimes advantageous to modify the default behavior, that upon activating a Blox action , the Blox widget input or inputs retain the recently entered values instead of reverting to the default Blox inputs set in the Blox template. Additionally, when a user has the permission to directly modify the relevant filter, bypassing Blox widget actions, and subsequently makes changes to the filter that the Blox widget is designed to manipulate, the default Blox input values may no longer match with the current state of the filter.
