6 In-Context Launching Task Flows in Retail Applications

Retail Applications can expose select task flows retailers can directly launch into. This feature is referred to as in-context launching in a Retail Application. Retailers can launch these task flows directly through specific URLs.

Retail Applications will provide information about the various task flows retailers can in-context launch into including the URLs and the required parameters.

Retailers can use these URLs in other web pages as links. For example: the URL to a task flow that invokes the Create Allocation Flow in a Retail Application can be added as a link to dashboard report on a BI server.

When the user clicks on a URL to a task flow, the Retail Application will open in a new browser window or tab depending on the specified target of the URL. The requested task flow will be shown as a UI tab within the Retail Application.

Limitations of In-Context Launch via URLs

The In-Context launch feature will not detect if there is an already opened window or tab for the Retail Application. So when a user clicks on a link to a Retail Application's task flow, say, a report on a BI server, a new browser window or tab will be opened even though the user already has an existing browser window or tab opened for that same Retail Application.
If a BI dashboard is added on the Retail Application, and if that dashboard has a report that contains links to in-context launchable task flows in the same Retail Application, a new browser window or tab will still be opened.

List of In-Context Launch Task Flows

Allocation utilizes the following in-context task flows:

Quick Create Allocation by Passing Source or Item IDs
Load Allocation
Quick Create Allocation by Passing Item Id and WH IDs

Quick Create Allocation by Passing Source or Item IDs

The Quick Create Allocation container is a quick way to create an allocation by passing Source or Item Ids.

HTTP URL

http://<host>:<port>/<app-web -context>/faces/<home view>?navModelItemId= allocationCreateFromBI1

Table 6-1 Quick Create by Passing Source or Item IDs

Parameter ID	Required?	Description	Sample URL
source	Yes	Source_type	http://...?navModelItemId= allocationCreateFromBI1?source=PO
sourceIdList	Yes	sourceIdList	http://...?navModelItemId= allocationCreateFromBI1?source=PO& sourceIdList=10234;10234
itemIdList	Yes	Source_type	http://...?navModelItemId= allocationCreateFromBI1? itemIdList=ASN

Load Allocation

The Load Allocation container allows you to load allocations by passing the Alloc_id.

HTTP URL

http://<host>:<port>/<app-web -context>/faces/<home view>?navModelItemId= allocationCreateFromBI3

Table 6-2 Allocation Create

Parameter ID	Required?	Description	Sample URL
allocationId	Yes	allocationId	http://...?navModelItemId= allocationCreateFromBI3? allocationId=10234

Quick Create Allocation by Passing Item Id and WH IDs

The Quick Create Allocation container is a quick way to create an allocation by passing Item Id and WH Ids.

HTTP URL

http://<host>:<port>/<app-web -context>/faces/<home view>?navModelItemId= allocationCreateFromBI1

Table 6-3 Quick Create by passing Item ID and WH IDs

Parameter ID	Required?	Description	Sample URL
source	Yes	source	http://...?navModelItemId= allocationCreateFromBI4? source=WH
itemIdList	Yes	Items	http://...?navModelItemId= allocationCreateFromBI4? source=WH&itemIdList=103490343
warehouseIdList	Yes	source	http://...?navModelItemId= allocationCreateFromBI4?source==WH&itemIdList=103490343& warehouseIdList=20002