update Records based on click on Hyperlink

[dsf3]

Hi All,

I am having field which has having external Link . Requirement is when ever user click that link it should trigger some script to update records in table.

Not sure how I can do that as per my understanding client script will not work here.

Let me know if you have any suggestions.

[Siddhesh Jadhav]

Hi @dsf3 ,

You can achieve this using a UI Macro and UI Page combination.

• Create a UI Macro and add it to the field using:

  ref_contributions=UI Macro name
  

• In the UI Macro, render the hyperlink and pass the URL.

• On click, open a modal dialog (UI Page).

• In the UI Page, write server-side logic to update the required records.

• After the update, redirect the user to the external URL if needed.

This approach allows you to safely execute server-side updates when the link is clicked.

Thanks and regards,

Siddhesh Jadhav

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[dsf3]

HI Siddhesh,

Thanks for your response and suggestion. Could you please help with sample code for UI macro. I dont have much idea on UI macro.

[Ankur Bawiskar]

@dsf3 

so the field type is URL and it has some link

I don't think clicking that LINK should lead to some database operation and doesn't look like a valid business requirement.

user can click link multiple times leading to multiple updates which is not good for performance

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