10 Work with JSON Action Chains

Action chains determine what happens when users interact with pages or components in your user interface, for example, when they select a row in a table or click a button on a page. Each action chain defines a sequence of actions (for example, navigating to a page, calling a REST endpoint, assigning data to a variable, and so on) and is started by an event listener when an event occurs.

JavaScript and JSON Action Chains

You can call a JSON action chain from a JavaScript action chain using the Call Action Chain action; however, you can't call a JavaScript action chain from a JSON action chain.

When you go to create a new action chain on an Actions tab, you can choose between a new JavaScript or JSON action chain:

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When you go to create a new action chain for an event listener, component, or variable, by default it will be a JavaScript action chain.

If you only want to work with JSON action chains, refer to JavaScript and JSON Action Chains for instructions on how to disable JavaScript action chains.