"Execute Automation" button action and 'Open link in same tab'

[André]

Hi all,

Does anyone have any info on what the 'Open link in same tab' toggle does in the execute automation button action? It only appears when enabling the Show notification toggle, so I had assumed that it refers to handling a link/URL returned from the automation that is shown in the toast notification?

I can't seem to get a URL returned to display as a clickable link though - using markdown works in the actual automation output, but when displayed in an app, doesn't work. Any knowers out there?

Toast notification in app:

Output when looking at the actual automation (URL displays/works as expected with markdown):

HTML also doesn't work

[nevopotokcloudinary]

Short reply:

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Yes — you can have a button trigger a Qlik Automate workflow and then open a link in the same app, but you’ll need to orchestrate it via a chart/application button plus a hyperlink ⁠— there’s no built-in “run automation then open URL” single-click control.

Typically you’d set up:

• a button in your app that calls the automation with the “Run Automation” action, and

• in the automation output, include a redirected URL or message that the front‐end picks up and opens (e.g., a dynamic sheet or external link)
  or

• simply use the button’s URL to open the link after triggering, if the automation doesn’t require returning value first.

So yes, it’s doable — just not as a one-click native toggle.

[André]

Thanks for the insight - how do I return a URL from the automation that is then opened?