Actions is a Spotfire concept that offers a wide range of possibilities to perform tasks from within an analysis, and can also include tasks that affect external systems. The actions can be added to text areas and visualizations, and they are initiated using various controls or triggers. For example, you can create actions that control the workflow through an analysis, run scripts, or let people send data externally. That is, the contents of the actions can differ a lot, and in addition, the way they are added differs depending on the context.
Actions
that perform tasks within an analysis
These actions are mostly handled from text areas. Text area buttons
and links are provided that can initiate tasks like application of
bookmarks, navigation workflows, or execution of data functions and
scripts. These type of actions can also be defined in KPI charts and
graphical tables.
For more information on how to create such actions, see How
to Use the Text Area.
Actions
that perform tasks involving external systems
Your findings in a visualization might sometimes make you want
to take an action in another system. For example, you might want to
send certain information and data that you see to another application.
Such external actions can be triggered directly from a visualization.
A configurator defines which triggers should be available in
the visualizations, and what information the action should send. Anyone
opening the analysis can potentially use the configured action trigger
to send data. Before you give approval to send any data externally,
you can review it.
The configuration of actions that affect external systems is handled
in the Actions page of the Properties
dialog for each visualization.
See also:
Adding a New External Action to an Analysis
Configuring an Existing External Action