How You Add Actions and Links

You can add actions, such as buttons and menu items, to detail pages, list pages, and so on. You can also create special fields, rendered as links, that are displayed with other fields throughout the application.

You can base an action on a script (a Groovy method that's defined on the object) or on a URL defined by a script. After you create an action, it can be exposed as a button or an option on the Actions menu. A button can perform an action or navigate the user to another page in the runtime application, or to another Web site. For example, you might want to include a button on a summary table, which users can click at runtime to create a new type of record from a selected row, such as escalating an existing "trouble ticket" to a more severe "case" that can be managed separately.

After you create a link, it can be selected as a field for display at runtime. For example, you might want to provide a static link from an overview page to a corporate Web site.