Hi .. We are using a!recordLink inside gridTextColumn to direct to a custom dash

Hi Kumaraveln,
The a!recordLink will open the record in the same tab or window. You can make use of the a!safeLink instead of a!recordLink and in a!safeLink function's uri parameter call the urlForRecord() function and it will ensure to open it new tab.

Hi .. i tried your idea and it worked .. link opened in a new tab .. but i can only define the recordType in urlForRecord() which will take me to the summary dashboard .. but i need to direct user to a custom dashboard in the same record .. so is there a way to define destination dashboard either in urlForRecord() or a!safeLink ?

My Code is,

a!gridTextColumn(
          label: "Some ID",
          data: local!datasubset.data.someId,
          links: a!applyComponents(
                    function: rule!renderSafeLink(
                              recordType_rty: cons!MY_RECORD_TYPE,
                              identifier_any: _,
                              dashboard_txt: cons!MY_CUSTOM_DASHBOARD_URL
                    ),
                    array: local!datasubset.data.id
          )
)


rule!renderSafeLink

a!safelink(
          label: "My link",
          uri: urlforrecord(
                    ri!recordType_rty,
                    ri!identifier_any
          )
)


Now we dont have a way to say this link to point to a different dashboard in the same recordType

Links to a certain view for a record look like

/suite/tempo/records/type/xxxxxxx/item/jcBoUfugxHzyfvxYtPKohiwr5P-qL73ra9AG5SpO1wpOL8VVU3TDm7GOtOAOycvYkww_uK5BP41/view/_YEMSIw

The last part, in this case "/_YEMSIw", defines the view. Have you tried to use urlforrecord and then just add that view name? If that works, check if it is different for separate Appian environments after deployment.

Thanks stefanh .. that worked .. hope the view URIs wont change over environment adding steps in deployment guide .. anyways will check that and update here ..



Below is the working code pattern
:


rule! renderSafeLink

with(
          local!uri_txt: tostring(urlforrecord(ri!recordType_rty, ri!identifier_any)),
          a!safeLink(
                    label: "",
                    uri: concat(
                              left(local!uri_txt, len(local!uri_txt) - 7),
                              ri!dashboard_txt          
                    )
          )
)

Please let me know if this is not a proper way of doing it ..

@kumaraveln Hi, not sure if you have already explored the forum but there are few posts re this. For instance, you could take a look at the post at /search?q=OriginalPostID-154622. I have outlined a method in this post and @amitl has specified the implementation using substitute function. As per my knowledge, I think the identifiers won't vary from environment to environment.

Thanks sikhivahans .. using substitute() looks better than using left() and concat() .. hoping the url will never have the keyword summary in any other part of it except the end :)

Looks like this is the only workaround until appian introduces an attribute in urlforrecod() to specify alternate view or provide a new function like urlforrecordview() ... :)

Why not split the URL by "/", strip of the last part, add your view identifier and rejoin again using "/"? This way the word "summary" is not relevant.

As you said, there are multiple ways to do it using different text functions .. Developer can pick their choice which takes less evaluation time comparatively ..