News Entry Link Component (a!newsEntryLink)

News Entry Link Component

Function

a!newsEntryLink( label, entry, showWhen )

Defines a link to news entries. Links can be used in charts, grids, hierarchy browsers, images, link fields, milestones, pickers, and rich text.

See also:

Name	Keyword	Types	Description
Label	`label`	Text	Text associated with this link.
Entry	`entry`	Text	The ID of the linked feed entry.
Visibility	`showWhen`	Boolean	Determines whether the component is displayed on the interface. When set to false, the component is hidden and is not evaluated. Default: true.

To get an entry ID of a post created via smart service, use the Entry Id node output of the Post Event to Feed or the Post System Event to Feed smart services.
To manually get an entry ID from a post while browsing the news feed with a web browser, click on the post's timestamp. The end of the resulting URL in your browser address bar is of the form tempo/news/entry/[entry ID].

Copy and paste an example into the INTERFACE DEFINITION in EXPRESSION MODE to see it displayed.

a!newsEntryLink(
  label: "Discuss This Case",
  entry: "f-109"
)

The table below lists this SAIL component's compatibility with various features in Appian.

Feature	Compatibility	Note
Portals	Incompatible
Offline Mobile	Incompatible
Sync-Time Custom Record Fields	Incompatible
Real-Time Custom Record Fields	Incompatible
Process Reports	Incompatible	You cannot use this function to configure a process report.
Process Events	Incompatible	You cannot use this function to configure a process event node, such as a start event or timer event.

Open in Github Built: Thu, Apr 18, 2024 (09:37:25 PM)

News Entry Link Component