Showing / Hiding Regions Using Dynamic Action

                                       In this topic, you create a region with page items and then create a dynamic action to only show the region if the commission percentage is not null.


You want to create a subregion under the Edit EMPLOYEES region. Right-click Edit EMPLOYEES and select Create Sub Region.




Select HTML for region type and click Next.




Accept the default and click Next.




Enter Sales Specific Information for Title and click Create.




The Sub Region was created successfully.




You want to create a couple of page items in the new sub region. Right-click the Sales Specific Information sub region and select Create Page Item.




Select Number Field for Item Type and click Next.




Enter P2_SALES_AMOUNT for Item Name and click Next.




Accept the default and click Next.




Accept the default and click Next.




Click Create Item.




You want to create another Page Item to display bonus information based on the P2_SALES_AMOUNT value. Right-click the Sales Specific Information sub region and select Create Page Item again.




Select Display Only for Item Type and click Next.




Enter P2_BONUS for Item Name and click Next.




Enter Sales Bonus for Label and click Next.




Accept the default and click Next.



Click Create Item.



The P2_BONUS page item was created successfully. You want to show the region if the Job Id is set to a Sales job. You can just add another true and false action to the Job is Sales dynamic action you created previously. Double-click the Job is Sales Dynamic Action.



Click the True Actions subtab.



Click the Add True Action button.



Select the Show quick pick link.



Under Affected Elements, select Region for Selection Type and select Sales Specific Information for Region and click Create.



Because you are modifying an existing dynamic action, the false action is not automatically created so you need to create it. Scroll down to the False Actions section and click Add False Action.



Select the Hide quick pick link.



Under Affected Elements, select Region for Selection Type, select Sales Specific Information for Region and click Create.



Click Apply Changes.



Click Run.



Notice the Commission Pct page item is enabled and the Sales Specific Information region is displayed.




If you change the Job Id to a different non-sales job, you notice that the Commission Pct page item is disabled and the Sales Specific Information region is hidden. Click the Edit Page button in the Developer Toolbar. in the next topic, you create a dynamic action that shows and calculates the Sales Bonus when the value of Sales Amount changes.