Configure behavior during startup

How to configure app behavior during startup of app-frontend

In applicationmetadata.json there is an option to configure the user interface when a user navigates to a direct link to the application. This is done in the field onEntry.show where you have the possibility to set the values new-instance (default) or select-instance. Standard behaviour if this field is not present is to create a new instance for the user.

Select from active instances

If the field onEntry.show is set to select-instance the user is presented with a list of active instances for the selected reportree when navigating to the application.

Example

The following configuration is added to applicationmetadata.json to configure select from active instance.

{
  "id": "ttd/demo-app",
  "org": "ttd",
  "title": {
    "nb": "Starte fra aktiv instans"
  },
  ...
  "onEntry": {
    "show": "select-instance"
  }
}

For users that do not have any active instances, a new instance will be created, while users that have active instances will be presented with the following user interface:

Configure instance selection page

Using the field onEntry.instanceSelection, you can further customize the instance selection page. The following options are available:

• sortDirection: Choose between asc or desc to sort the instances ascending or descending. Default is asc.
• rowsPerPageOptions: Choose which options the user can choose between when deciding how many instances to show per page. Default is [10, 25, 50].
• defaultSelectedOption: Choose which option should be selected as default when the user opens the instance selection page. The value must be a number that is used as an index to select a value in rowsPerPageOptions. Default is 0.

Configuration Example

The following configuration is added to applicationmetadata.json to configure the instance selection page.

{
  "id": "ttd/demo-app",
  "org": "ttd",
  "title": {
    "nb": "Starte fra aktiv instans"
  },
  ...
  "onEntry": {
    "show": "select-instance",
    "instanceSelection": {
      "sortDirection": "asc",
      "rowsPerPageOptions": [10, 25, 50, 100],
      "defaultSelectedOption": 1
    }
  }
}