createComponent(meta, dataSource, index, additionalPropsToComp)

Updated on July 20, 2021

Creates a component whose type is provided as part of the meta object and uses the other parameters to resolve the properties and get the context.

Returns

A newly created instance of a component.

Name	Type	Description	Required
meta	object	The metadata of the component to be created.	✅
dataSource	string	The source reference to the Redux store. This contains properties that will be input to the created component.	✅
index	string	If the dataSource is a list, this is the index position that will be input to the created component.	✅
additionalPropsToComp	object	The additional properties that are passed as input to the created component apart from the configured values.	✅

In this example, a button is created with a label that is derived from the first index position of the D_Employees.pxResults list.

getPConnect().createComponent({
 type: "Button",
 config: {
   label: "@P .FirstName"
 }
},
"D_Employees.pxResults",
1,
{
 active: true
}
);

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