Action URLs

Overview

Action URLs let you automatically perform actions in the user interface.

There are three action URLs:

Name

Action

open

Navigates to a specific record in the user interface.

open_workflowNavigate to a specific Workflow Monitor/Editor graph in the user interface.

run_report

Runs a Report and displays the report output without navigating to the Report record.

To use an action URL:

  • Verify that the URL Action Parameter Enabled Universal Controller system property is set to true (the default).
  • Append the action URL to the URL of the Universal Controller Login page or Home page.

If you do not have an authenticated browser session, regardless of the URL that you specify, you will be redirected to the login page to authenticate. Once authenticated, the action URL will proceed.

If you have an authenticated browser session, and you are entering the action URL from an already loaded application page/browser tab, the application page/browser tab will be reloaded, comparable to a browser refresh, and all unsaved changes will be lost, including any open application tabs.
 

open Action URL

The open action URL lets you automatically navigate to a specific record.

You must append the open action URL to the Login page or Home page URL in the following format: ?action=open&type=<record type>&id=<UUID>

The open action URL contains the following parameters:

Name

Value

action

open

type

Type of record to open.

id

UUID of the specific record to open.

Examples:

The following table provides:

  • List of the record types that you can navigate to with the open action URL.
  • type parameter value for each record type.

Parameter values with a V suffix, such as credentialV, let you navigate to any previous record version of that record type by using the UUID of that version.

Record Type

type Parameter Value

Agent

agent

Agent Cluster

agentCluster, agentClusterV

Application

application, applicationV

Audit

audit

Business Service

businessService, businessServiceV

Calendar

calendar, calendarV

Cluster Node

clusterNode

Credential

credential, credentialV

Custom Day

customDay, customDayV

Data Backup/Purge

backup

Database Connection

databaseConnection, databaseConnectionV

Email Connection

emailConnection, emailConnectionV

Email Template

emailTemplate, emailTemplateV

History

history

OMS Server

omsServer

PeopleSoft Connection

peoplesoftConnection, peoplesoftConnectionV

Report

report

SAP Connection

sapConnection, sapConnectionV

Script

script, scriptV

SNMP Manager

snmpManager, snmpManagerV

Task

task, taskV

Task Instance

exec

Trigger

trigger, triggerV

Variable

variable, variableV

Virtual Resource

virtualResource, virtualResourceV

Widget

widget

open_workflow Action URL

The open_workflow action URL lets you automatically navigate to a specific Workflow Monitor/Editor graph in the user interface.

You must append the open_workflow action URL to the Login page or Home page URL in the following format: ?action=open_workflow&type=<record type>&id=<UUID>

The open_workflow  action URL contains the following parameters:

Name

Value

action

open_workflow

type

Type of record to open.

id

UUID of the specific record to open.

Examples:

The following table provides:

  • List of the record types that you can navigate to with the open_workflow action URL.
  • type parameter value for each record type.

Record Type

type Parameter Value

Workflow Task

task

Workflow Task Instance

exec

run_report Action URL

The run_report action URL lets you automatically run a Report and display the report output without navigating to a specific Report record.

You must append the run_report action URL to the Login page or Home page URL in the following format: ?action=run_report&id=<UUID>

The run_report action URL contains the following parameters:

Name

Value

action

run_report

id

UUID of the specific Report record for which you want to run a report.

Examples: