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2010 Create a Custom UX Action Button

5 Minutes intermediate

Learn how to extend the UX by adding a programmable button based on a trigger

In this lab, the user will create a custom UX button that will generate a trigger. Business ROI: Improve self-service and consistency by making common operations more accessible to all operators.

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Prerequisites

Additional Labs:

Concepts

  • triggers
  • alerts
  • ux

Summary

Create Trigger

  1. Navigate to the Triggers page and click the Create button Set Name to lab2010
    Set `Trigger Provider` to `event-trigger`

Set `Blueprint` to `utility-endpoint-systems-check`

Set `Filter` to `Local Self Runner`

Add a Parameter `event-trigger/event-match` with a value of
`ux.button.lab2010`

Click `Save`.
    1. Refresh your UX page (Ctrl-F5 or Ctrl-R) The UX feature that adds new Trigger Action Buttons requires a page refresh.

Test the New Button

  1. Navigate to the Work Orders view
  2. Click the lab2010 button on the top right of the top nav. This may be under a "Trigger Buttons" dropdown next the labs button.
  3. Observe new Work Orders being created Look for the newly created Work Order when you click the button in the table.

Add the Dev Library Content Pack

  1. Navigate to the Catalog
  2. Find the dev-library using the search bar
  3. Install or Update dev-library if not loaded, by clicking the install button

Create Another Trigger

  1. From the Triggers page, click the Create button Set Name to lab2010-dev
    Set `Trigger Provider` to `event-trigger`

Set `Blueprint` to `dev-raise-alerts`

Set `Filter` to `Local Self Runner`

Add a Parameter `event-trigger/event-match` with a value of
`ux.button.lab2010-dev`

Click `Save`
    1. Refresh the Portal (Ctrl-F5 or Ctrl-R)

See Triggers that Generate Alerts

  1. Navigate to the Alerts table
  2. Click the Lab2010-dev button on the top right of the banner
  3. Observe new Alerts being created in the table
  4. Look for the newly created Alerts when the button is clicked