GlobalContext

GlobalContext enables you to listen to application-level events and perform application-level operations. It enables listening to tabOpen, tabClose and tabChange events. It also supports TabFocus, TabClose, CustomEvent and InvokeRestApi actions.

To get the reference of GlobalContext, you can use the getGlobalContext function. This function provides a reference to the application GlobalContext.

Syntax

Here's the syntax:

getGlobalContext(): Promise<IGlobalContext>;

Code Samples

Here's code sample in TypeScript:

/// <reference path="uiEventsFramework.d.ts"/> 
const  frameworkProvider: IUiEventsFrameworkProvider  = await CX_SVC_UI_EVENTS_FRAMEWORK.uiEventsFramework.initialize('MyFirstExtensionID','v1');
const globalContext: IGlobalContext = await  frameworkProvider.getGlobalContext();

Here's code sample in JavaScript:

const frameworkProvider = await CX_SVC_UI_EVENTS_FRAMEWORK.uiEventsFramework.initialize('MyFirstExtensionID''v1');
const globalContext = await frameworkProvider.getGlobalContext();

Supported Events

Event Name	Description	Example
TabOpen	Started when a new browser tab or an MSI tab is opened.	TabOpen Event
TabClose	Started when a new browser tab or an MSI tab is changed.	TabClose Event
TabChange	Started when a browser tab or MSI tab switch happens.	TabChange Event
CustomEvent	Used to support any business specific custom events.	Subscribe Custom Events

Supported Operations

Action Name	Description	Example
PopOperation	Used to open any page like an in app page or a custom page in a new browser tab or a new MSI tab.	Pop Operation
InvokeServiceConnection	Used to call any REST API in VB and to fetch its response in an external application.	InvokeServiceConnection Operation
GetAgentInfo	Used to fetch information about current signed in user.	Agent Info Operation in Global Context
CustomEvent	Used to support any business specific custom events.	Publish Custom Events
setChannelAvailability	Enables or disables the phone icon	SetChannelAvailability

Supported Methods

Supported Operations

Method Name	Description
subscribe	Used to subscribe to an event fired from the the Fusion application.
subscribeOnce	Used to subscribe to the Fusion application event just once.
publish	Used to perform certain operations.
dispose	Used to dispose of, or unregister any subscriptions that were added to an event.
getSupportedEvents	Used to get the list of supported events in GlobalContext.
getSupportedActions	Used to get the list of supported operations in GlobalContext.
getGlobalContextId	Used to get the unique context ID of the GlobalContext object.