What Are Named Actions?

A named action is an action that you define and then save by name in the Oracle BI Presentation Catalog so that you can reuse it. You can also reuse a named action as a template to create another named action.

You can save all types of actions to the catalog except the following types:

• Invoke Agent

• Invoke Server Script

• Invoke Java Jobs

For example, suppose that you frequently want to include navigation to your organization's web site in analyses and dashboard pages that you are designing. You can create an action that navigates to the URL and save it to the catalog. Then as you create analyses and dashboard pages, you can add this named action to them.

You create a named action when you create an action from the:

• New menu on the global toolbar by clicking Action and then selecting one of the action types (for example, Navigate to a Web Page).

• Home page by clicking Action in the Create area and then selecting one of the action types (for example, Navigate to BI Content).

You can also create a named action from a dashboard, an analysis, or a KPI. You do so by creating an inline action and then, to keep it, saving it to the catalog. For information on inline actions, see "What Are Inline Actions?"