Custom actions
ThoughtSpot provides a set of standard menu commands and buttons, controlled via actions.
Custom actions add a new menu item to one of the following UI elements:
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the primary menu bar
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the More options menu
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the contextual menu that appears when a user right-clicks on an Answer or visualization
Custom actions in ThoughtSpot can be implemented in two different ways:
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Custom actions through the UI
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Custom actions done programmatically (code based)
Custom actions in the ThoughtSpot UI🔗
You must create custom actions in the Develop > Customizations > Custom actions page of the ThoughtSpot UI.
After a custom action has been created, there are several options for assigning how and where the custom action will appear:
Code based custom actions🔗
Code-based custom actions are custom menu items that you define within the application’s code through the Visual Embed SDK.
These custom actions add a new menu item to one of the following UI elements in an Answer, Liveboard, visualization, or in the Spotter interface:
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the primary menu bar (except for Spotter)
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the More options menu
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the contextual menu that appears when a user right-clicks on an Answer or visualization (not for Liveboard)
For more information, see Code based custom actions.
Ways for embedding apps to receive custom actions🔗
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Pass data and metadata from ThoughtSpot to the embedding page as an event.
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Can be done through the ThoughtSpot UI or in the code through ThoughtSpot’s Visual Embed SDK.
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POST data directly to a specific web page or API endpoint destination.
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Only available through the ThoughtSpot UI.
Features comparison🔗
| Feature | Custom actions through the UI | Code based custom actions |
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Type | Callback actions URL based actions | Callback actions |
Scope | Answers Visualizations Models | Answers Liveboards Visualizations Models Model columns |
Sharing | User groups | User groups Orgs |
Liveboard menu | - | Primary menu More menu |
Visualization menu | Primary menu More menu Contextual menu | Primary menu More menu Contextual menu |
Answer menu | Primary menu More menu Contextual menu | Primary menu More menu Contextual menu |
Spotter | More menu | More menu Contextual menu |