About the component Actions menu

A component can include an Actions menu to allow end users to perform component-level actions such as printing the component and exporting data.

Some components also support options that require users to first select one or more items, such as comparing records, refining by attribute values in selected records, or using POST to pass parameters to a URL.

The available actions for a component Actions menu are:

Action	Description
Print	Allows users to print the component.
Export	Allows users to export data from a component.
Compare	Displays the Compare dialog to allow users to do a more detailed comparison of selected items. The Actions menu can only contain one Compare option, which is enabled by default. If the view used for the component does not have any identifying attributes, then the Compare check box is disabled and locked.
Pass Parameters	Allows users to create a hyperlink that generates an HTTP POST request containing attribute values from the selected records as POST parameters. The Pass Parameters option is only available for the Results List and Results Table components. The Actions menu can contain multiple Pass Parameters options, each with a different label, URL, and parameters. By default, there are no Pass Parameters options in the menu.
Refinement	Allows users to refine the data using selected attribute values from the selected records. The attributes must allow users to refine using multiple values (have multi-or or multi-and refinement behavior). For example, users could select three records and then refine the data to only include records that have values for available colors and available sizes that are used in those selected records. The Refinement option is only available for the Results List and Results Table components. The actions menu can contain multiple Refinement options, each with a different label and attributes. By default, there are no Refinement options in the menu.

Selecting the actions to include in the Actions menu
On the Actions tab of the component edit view, you use the Actions menu list to select the available options in the Actions menu. For some actions, you can only enable or disable them. For other actions, you can add one or more instances to the menu.
Configuring actions for attribute values
For many components, you can allow users to click displayed values in order to refine data, display record details, or navigate to a specified page or external URL.
About component hyperlinks
Some components can include hyperlinks from the displayed records to external URLs.
About using non-HTTP protocol links
While Studio does not prevent you from inserting links that use a non-HTTP protocol, such as file:// or ftp://, using these types of links is not recommended.
Selecting the target page for a refinement or hyperlink
You can configure refinement actions to display a different page. You can also create hyperlink actions that navigate to a different page.
Recommendations for attribute values that are complete URLs
It is possible that your source data contains complete URLs (including the protocol, host, port, and path) that are ingested when the data is loaded. For example, company data could include links to pages on the company web site.
Indicating whether to encode inserted attribute values
When you insert an attribute value as a URL parameter, you can specify whether Studio encodes the value before inserting it into the URL.
Configuring hyperlinks to external URLs
Components can include hyperlinks to external URLs, which can present security risks.
Configuring a Pass Parameters Actions menu action
For a Pass Parameters option in a component Actions menu, you can configure the URL and whether to display it in a new browser window. You can also include attribute values as POST parameters.

Parent topic: Working with Components