This documentation supports the 22.1 version of BMC Helix Innovation Studio.To view an earlier version, select the version from the Product version menu.

Performing an action on a BMC Helix Business Workflow event


BMC Helix Innovation Studio includes the BWF Event Button component, which is available in the Shared Components section of the View designer. The BWF Event Button gives you an option to run an action on on-load and on-change events in BMC Helix Business Workflows. 

These components are visible only if you deploy the Shared components bundle.


To add the BWF Event Button component to a view definition

  1. Log in to BMC Helix Innovation Studio and navigate to the Workspace tab.
  2. Select the application for which you want to add a BWF Event Button component.
  3. On the Views tab, click the name of the view definition to which you want to add the BWF Event Button component.
  4. From Palette, drag BWF Event Button to the canvas.
  5. In the Properties pane, click Settings Settings icon.pngand then specify the properties as indicated in the following table:

    Property

    Action

    Example

    Label

    Enter a label for the button.

    22_1_01_BWF_Event_Button_properties1.png

    On Load

    Use the toggle key to enable the action button when a specific event occurs.

    For example, enable the action button when a record is saved.

    On Change

    Use the toggle key to enable the action button when a specific event changes.

    For example, enable the action button when the user is Hannah.

    Action

    Enter the action that you want to define for the on load or on change event.


    22_1_01_BWF_Event_Button_properties_Action.png

  6. Click Save.

Result

A warning message is displayed with Yes and No action buttons when an on change event triggers:

22_1_01_Results_BWF_Event_Button.png

 

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