Configuring table activities
Improve the user experience by creating optional activities that respond to changes in a Table layout. For example, if a user reorders a list of tasks to display the most important assignments first, you can use activities to propagate the changes back to the data source and save their preferred setting.
- On the Section form, click the table that you want to edit, and then click the View properties icon.
- In the Layout properties window, on the Operations tab, expand the Advanced node.
- Specify when to run activities in the table:
Choice Action Before the table updates - Select Run activity before grid
update.The activity field displays the default activity.
- Optional: To change the default activity, in the field next to the check box, press the Down arrow key, and then select a new activity.
After the table updates - Select Run activity after grid
update.The activity field displays the default activity.
- Optional: To change the default activity, in the field next to the check box, press the Down arrow key, and then select a new activity.
When a row is added (non-optimized tables only) - In the Row operations section, enable row editing.
- Select Run activity on row add.
- In the field next to the check box, select the activity to run.
- Open the previously selected activity, and then add a step that adds a row to the list.
When a row is removed (non-optimized tables only) - In the Row operations section, enable row editing.
- Select Run activity on row delete.
- In the field next to the check box, select the activity to run.
- Open the previously selected activity, and then add a step that deletes a row from the list.
- Select Run activity before grid
update.
- Click Submit.
- On the Section form, click Save.
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