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Using Conditions to Determine Whether Action Links Are Displayed in Dashboard Pages

You can use conditions to determine whether action links are displayed in dashboard pages. For information on adding actions links to dashboard pages, see "About Adding Actions to Dashboard Pages."

To use a condition to determine whether an action link is displayed in a dashboard page:

  1. Edit the dashboard. For information, see "Editing Dashboards."

  2. Click the tab of the page that contains the action link to display conditionally.

  3. Hover over the action link object in the Page Layout area to display the action link object's toolbar and click the Properties button, or, if the action link is in an action link menu:

    1. Hover over the action link menu object in the Page Layout area to display the action link menu object's toolbar and click the Properties button.

      The "Action Link Menu Properties dialog" is displayed.

    2. Select the action link to conditionalize and click the Edit button.

    The "Action Link Properties dialog" is displayed.

  4. In the Show component, click the Conditionally box.

    The Condition component is displayed.

  5. If you want to:

    1. Create a new condition, click the New Condition button to display the "New Condition dialog" and then complete the dialog.

      For information on completing the dialog, see "Specifying the Settings for Conditions."

    2. Select an existing condition, click the Select Condition button to display the "Select Condition dialog" and then complete the dialog.

  6. Click OK in the Action Link Properties dialog.

  7. If the action link is in an action link menu, then click OK in the Action Link Menu Properties dialog.

  8. Save the dashboard.