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How to create an Action Set

Last post 02-20-2015 2:55 PM by Method_Justin. 1 replies.
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  • 02-20-2015 10:00 AM

    How to create an Action Set

    How can I create an Action Set that I can reuse on any screen via the "Call Another Action Set"?

    I am putting Send Email actions on Save Buttons on several screen and I am building the email using an Action Result and Character Functions.

    I want to be able to put all of that in an Action Set (or something reusable) so I don't have to recreate these actions for every button on every screen.

    If there is a better way to do what I described as my goal, please let me know how to do that.

    There are several other screens where I need to re-use or copy Actions as well. Like with Activities, there are multiple Save button on different screens that could all use the same set of actions that I would like to copy or reuse if I can put them into an Action Set.

    Here is an example of what I did to build the email and add it to the Save Button to my New Opportunities Screen. There are two other buttons on this screen that needs the same Actions.

    EXAMPLE (I can upload a screen shot if you can tell me how to do that too)

    ----Added to New Opportunity Screen Save button
    Assign Value to Action Result: Assign current date/time to arSubject
    Character Function: Append "on" to arSubject
    Character Function: Append "username" to end of arSubject
    Character Function: Append "- created by" to ar Subject
    Character Function: Append Customer:Job to arSubject
    Character Function: Append "created for" to arSubject
    Character Function: Append Opportunity: Record ID to arSubject
    Character Function: Append "New Opportunity" to arSubject

    Send Email: Sends email notification of New Opportunity created (I sent the Subject to the Action Result I created called "arSubject)

    *I joinied each Character function to the Action Result with a space. Sidenote: For some reason I had to order everything backwards for it to show up in the right order in the email. Not sure why that is.

  • 02-20-2015 2:55 PM In reply to

    Re: How to create an Action Set

    Answer

    Hi Cameron,

    Take a look at this forum post to see how to use Call Another Action Set. You won't be able to use this for what you're trying to do however, since you can only call an action set within the same screen.

    What you can do is copy the action list from another screen. You'll have to do some reconfiguration on each action to make it work, but it should save you some time. Take a look at this forum post and this forum post to get an idea about how to do this.

    Hope this helps.

    - Justin

    Justin Henderiks
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