I am relatively new to Qlikview, and I keep seeing references to Actions. Could someone please tell me where I can find more information on how to use Actions, and what kind of of tasks they can be used for?
The most important about actions is that you can use them if you want something to happen on some event. Two thins to identify: 1. Event. It could be opening the application switching to another tab, activating an object, changing value in an input box, making selection. 2. Content of Action. It could be pretty much anything that user can do, and sometimes even what developer can do. For example: - making a specific selection in some field - opening external application - running a macro - changing properties of some object ... The most typical use of action (I assume): - on open, select current year in the field "Year"; - on button click, send data from a table to Excel; - on tab switch, clear selections.
The most important about actions is that you can use them if you want something to happen on some event. Two thins to identify: 1. Event. It could be opening the application switching to another tab, activating an object, changing value in an input box, making selection. 2. Content of Action. It could be pretty much anything that user can do, and sometimes even what developer can do. For example: - making a specific selection in some field - opening external application - running a macro - changing properties of some object ... The most typical use of action (I assume): - on open, select current year in the field "Year"; - on button click, send data from a table to Excel; - on tab switch, clear selections.
You can get to Actions in two main ways. Firstly you will find an Actions tab on any Button, Text Area or Gauge. These actions all fire when the object is clicked. If you click the 'Add' button on the Actions tab you will see a list of the actions available.
You can also attach Actions to events. To get to these go to Settings \ Document Properties \ Triggers. There is a reasonably intuitive interface for adding Actions here.
Michael has pointed out some of the reasons you may want to use an action. There are many more you can use as well.
I too have a question about actions. In my scenario I would ideally like the user to push a button which would then fire an email out to a pre-defined address. I.e. to request an update or to send notification to close a support call. Is this possible?
Would the way to do this involve writing a windows application which could be run from the command line with a couple of parameters (in this case the Support Call Reference) and fire the email out? Are all actions client-side, or could this app be setup on the QV server?
