Advanced configuration

The power user can set the following preferences for the enhanced version of the Results Table component.

After initially configuring the component, you have more configuration options to customize the component for your end users. The fu

• Analytics Configuration: Provide table-based results display for Analytics statements.
  Note: If Use analytics statement is not selected, the Analytics Configuration options below do not appear in the Preferences display.

  

• Locked Columns: Pin attributes to ensure visibility when switching tabs and scrolling.
• Attribute sets: Select the attributes to be displayed to the end user. The power user can search for an attribute by name (with type-ahead), as well as check and uncheck attributes and attribute sets directly.

  

  The Actions button (highlighted above) opens the Custom action dialog box, where the power user can choose from the following actions:

  • View record detail, and indicate where the results will display. If View Transition Target is blank, the record detail link triggers events on the same page, causing any Record Detail component on the same page to display the selected record. If View Transition Target specifies a target page, clicking the record detail link changes to the specified page, and causes any Record Detail component on the target page to display the selected record. The target can be specified as a relative path from /web/guest or an absolute path.

  • Navigation drill down

  • Hyperlink, which allows the end user to click a link to access an external system.

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    The Edit button (highlighted above) opens the Options dialog box, where the power user can set column format (Integer, Currency, Decimal, or String) and associated formatting details. Additionally, there are options for showing or hiding the tool tip and setting the width of the column. The power user can also enable drill-down on the dimension value, if the attribute is a dimension, or bind a custom action link to the attribute value (for example, a record detail view could be hyperlinked to an external system).

    

• Grid properties: Set the following:
  • The dimensions of the grid.
  • The default sort order for each attribute.
  • The number of records displayed on each page in the Results Table, and the number of records on each page.
  • Whether end users can set records per page, pagination, or sorting in their own display.
  • Whether Analytics results are totaled in a summary row in the Results Table.

    

• Action menu properties: Enable and name an action menu for end users, and select and order their menu options.