Action Button

This article explains the Action Button block that can be added to design an app.

This button allows end-users to navigate to other Clappia apps within the workplace. It can navigate to the other app’s Home page, Submissions tab, and Analytics tab. The button can also be used to navigate to external sites.

Editing the Block

In the Design App tab, click on Add Field and select the Action Block. Start editing on the panel that appears on the right side.

Label

This is what appears as the name of the action button to the end-user.

Description

This is the text that goes below the action button to help the user with some information, or it could be left blank.

Action on Click

This is used to decide whether the button will navigate to another Clappia app within the workplace or to an external site.

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Open Clappia App

If ‘Open Clappia App’ is selected, additional fields for configuration appears:

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Select an App

Here you can select an app available in the workplace, where the action button will navigate the user to upon being clicked.

View Type

Once an app is selected, this field will appear. Select the tabs within the selected app for the user to be navigated to. The user can be navigated to the selected app’s Home page, Submissions tab, or Analytics tab.

Note:

1. Make sure that the analytics tab is configured for the navigated app, if ‘Analytics’ is selected as the view type. Click here to know how to configure live dashboards.
2. The users will only be able to navigate to the other app’s tabs (based on view type) if they have been given the appropriate permissions.

Selecting ‘Home’ as the view type:

Navigate To

This allows the user to be navigated to a certain field, section, or page (if page breaks are inserted in that app) within the app they are navigated to.

Select ‘Page’ if you want the user to be navigated to the beginning of an app or to a certain page within that app. If there are no multiple pages for an app, simply select ‘Page 1’ for the Navigate to page field that appears at the bottom of the Navigate to field.

Similarly you will get a ‘Navigate to field’ or ‘Navigate to section’ field if the ‘Navigate to’ is configured as field or section respectively.

Open Link

This is to redirect a user to external sites.

If ‘Open Link’ is selected in Action on Click field, the additional field for configuration appears:

Redirect URL

Add the website link to redirect the user.

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Timer

This option configures a timer-based action, allowing a delay or specific end time before performing a designated action.

Wait For Seconds

Set a duration (in seconds) for which the button will wait after being clicked. The post-stop action will execute after this timer runs out.

Wait Till Specific Date and Time

Set a target date and time, either manually or by using app variables, for the timer. This option is useful for specific scenarios, such as exams where the timer should expire at a predefined end time.

If the date and time blocks are added to the app and those values need to be pulled, type in @ followed by the field name to pull the values dynamically.

Post Stop Action

This field determines what action occurs once the timer ends. Options include:

1. Auto Submit: Automatically submits the form once the timer completes.
2. Invalidate Form: Disables the form submission, preventing the user from submitting after the timer expires.
3. None: No additional action is taken after the timer ends.

Important Note:

• If both Wait For (in seconds) and Wait Till Specific Date and Time are configured, the timer will execute based on whichever setting completes first. This ensures that, regardless of when the button is clicked, the timer action aligns with the intended timing requirement, such as in cases where tasks must end at precise timing or moments.
  For example; There is an examination to be held for a duration of 1 hour between 3pm - 4pm. Consider the below configurations;
  Wait For Seconds: 3600 seconds (1 hour)
  Wait Till Specific Date and Time is enabled where
  Date: same day
  Time: 16:00
  Let’s say some candidates start the button 10 min early, this would mean that they get 10 extra minutes to complete the exam if they have to submit at 4pm. However, since Wait For Seconds is set for 1 hour exactly, this will get executed exactly after an hour (i.e. 3:50 pm) even if there is still 10 min left for 4pm. This ensures fair time for all the candidates.

Advanced Options

Button Placement

Select where the button is to be aligned.

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Display this field if

Use this if you want to show or hide the action button under certain conditions. It accepts the standard Clappia Formulae, similar to conditional sections.

1. You can type ‘@’ to get a list of all the variables in the app and select variables.
2. Using these variables you can write Excel-like formulae.

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