Using Data Actions in OAC, how do I link a piece of data in a canvas to its respective URI in anothe

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I want to map a piece of data in a canvas to its respective URI (in this case) present in another canvas

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Hello,

Using Data Actions in OAC, I have been able to navigate from a source canvas (where all my data exists) to the respective target canvas (where all the URIs exist). When I right click on a data attribute in my source canvas (Screenshot1) and click on the "Data Action" that I created (Screenshot2), it takes me to the target canvas where all URIs exist (Screenshot3).

My requirement is that, when I do the action in Screenshot1, I should be able to navigate to the respective URI in the target canvas (see Screenshot4). As shown screenshot4, I should be able to highlight the respective URI for the data clicked (in the Source canvas) and not just bring up the target canvas (as in Screenshot3).

Is this possible using “Data Actions” in OAC? Please let me know, how?

Thanks in advance,

Chethana

Chethana Kumari-Oracle · Answer

Thanks Phillipp!

I think, i figured out the problem in my case. I am joining 2 datasets in my project here, where one is from a csv file and other is from a DB table.

My source canvas is from the DB table and the target canvas created using csv file (I've joined the 2 datasets using common fields in them, in the "Prepare" section of OAC).

This is probably, the reason, why I am not able to navigate to respective URI, but only to the target canvas, using 'Data Actions'

Regards,

Chethana

Philipp Kaufmann-Oracle · Answer

Hi Chethana,

I'm not sure I understand correctly, but from how I read it you want to only highlight the values / rows in the target canvas and not filter the canvas based on the passed value (i.e. the USER_OPERATION according to screenshot 2).

According to the documentation, you can pass values to the target canvas using Data Actions, but the effect will always be that the passed values will be used as a canvas filter.

https://docs.oracle.com/en/cloud/paas/analytics-cloud/acubi/use-data-actions-connect-canvases-and-external-urls-and-embedded-content.html

A Data Action link can pass context values as parameters to external URLs, filters to other projects or to visualizations embedded in external containers.

When a link navigates to a project, the data context is displayed in the form of canvas scope filters in the filter bar. The links data context may include attributes associated with the selections or cell from which the link was initiated.