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Setting Action Options

You must specify settings for each action you create. You specify the settings for a new action in the Create New Action dialog when you do any of the following tasks:

• Creating Named Actions
• Adding Actions to Analyses
• About Adding Actions to Dashboard Pages

To set action options

1. Click the Create New Action link and then select the type of action to create.
2. Depending on the type of action that you are creating or editing, do one of the following, as described in the following table:

   Action Type	What You Do
   Navigate to BI Content		Select the Oracle BI content to which to navigate.
   Navigate to a Web page		In the URL field, enter the URL of the web page. Tip: You can highlight the URL in the browser and copy and paste it into the URL field.

3. (optional for a Navigate to Web Page action) To define parameters for the action, click Define Parameters to display the Define Parameters list.
   1. To add a parameter, click the Add Parameter button. A new parameter row is added to the Define Parameters list. (Note that the Add Parameter button is not available for all action types.)
   2. Specify the column values for each parameter:
      • In the Name column, if you are creating a new parameter, then enter the name of the parameter. Use a name that is unique within the action.
      • In the Prompt column, if you want the user to provide the parameter value, then enter the prompt to display to the user.
      • In the Value column, to provide a parameter value, enter or select the value. If you want the user to specify the value, then leave this field as is.
      • In the Fixed column, specify whether to allow users to see but not set the parameter. This column is not available for all action types.
      • In the Hidden column, specify whether to hide the parameter from users. This column is not available for all action types.
      • In the Optional column, specify whether the parameter requires a value before the action can be executed.
4. (optional) Customize information displayed to the user when the action runs:
   1. Click Options to display the Action Options dialog.
   2. Specify the customization that you want.
   3. Click OK.

      This functionality is available only for actions where it is appropriate to display information to users.

5. Click OK.

   If you are creating a named action, then a dialog is displayed where you specify the information for saving the action.

For more information, see the following:

• Designing an Action
• Creating an Action
• Selecting Content for an Action