This page allows you to define external links from a view by specifying the business activity and business component identifiers of the link. You can also transfer the data from the calling page to the external link.
Select the “Define External Links” link in the “Define View” page.
The “Define External Links” page appears.
The system displays the following fields:
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View Display Name |
The name of the view, as it appears in the “Inquiries” activity. |
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View Type |
The type of the view, which could be “Adhoc”, “Audit” or “Report”. |
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View Access |
The access type of the view. It can be either “Public” or “Private”. |
The system displays the current record and the total number of records.
Click the “Prev” pushbutton to move to the previous record.
Click the “Next” pushbutton to move to the next record.
A When there are no records specified for the view, a new record appears when the screen is invoked. If records are available, the last record appears when the screen is invoked. To add a new record, go to the last record and click “Next”.
Enter the following fields. Data entry in all these fields is mandatory:
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Link Display Name |
The name of the link, to be displayed in the view output (Alphanumeric, 255). |
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Target Component Name |
The name of the business component to which the link belongs (Alphanumeric, 255). |
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Target Activity Name |
The business activity to which the link belongs (Alphanumeric, 255). |
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Target ILBO Name |
The name of the Internet Layer Business Object (ILBO) defined for the link (Alphanumeric, 255). |
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Target Link ID |
The link ID of the published link. (Integer). |
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Target Link Name |
The name of the link that must be invoked from the view (Alphanumeric, 255). |
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Context OU Column |
Use the drop-down list box to specify the context OU column. The system lists all the numeric columns defined for the view. |
Enter the following fields in the “Data Transfer Details” multiline, to transfer data from the parent view to the external link:
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Control Name |
The name of the control in the published link of the target page to which data has to be transferred. (Alphanumeric, 255). |
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Control View Name |
The view name of the control in the published link of the target page to which data has to be transferred. (Alphanumeric, 255). |
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Data item Name |
The data items in the published link. (Alphanumeric, 255). |
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Column Alias |
Use the drop-down list box to specify the alias column. The system lists all the column aliases defined for the view. Data is transferred from this column to the target page. |
Click the “Save” pushbutton to store the details of the external link.
Click the “Delete” pushbutton to delete the entered details.
