Add and configure the Get News data resource in UI Builder

Add and configure the Get News - Composite data resource in UI Builder to dynamically retrieve supplier news in the News and Activity section of the Source-to-Pay Workspace.

Before you begin

Create a REST message for a custom API. For more information, see Create a REST message for a custom API.

Role required: admin

About this task

A data resource is the data that a page fetches to display the content in the components. For more information, see Data resources in UI Builder .

Procedure

1. Navigate to All > Now Experience Framework > UI Builder.
2. On the Page Collections tab, do one of the following:
   • For Supplier Manager Workspace, select SLM Record page tabs.
   • For Source-to-Pay Workspace, select S2P SLM Record page tabs.
3. In the About section, select About default.
4. From the lower-left pane, select the + icon next to the Data and scripts section.
5. In the Select data or script to add panel, select Data resource.
6. In the Select a data resource dialog box, in the search field, enter Get News – Composite.

   In the Select a data resource section, you can add and configure data resource instances for your page. If you have any inherited data resources, you see them listed in the Inherited data resource pane but they are read-only. You do not configure inherited data in UI Builder.

7. Select the Get News – Composite tile and then select Add to add it to your page.
8. Select the Configure tab and then do the following:
   1. In the When to evaluate this data resource list, select when you want to evoke the data resource.
   2. In the News Api list, select the name of the REST message record.
   3. In the News Api Method list, select the name of the GET HTTP request method.
   4. In the Query Params field, select Edit.

      The Query Params dialog box is displayed.

   5. On the Edit JSON tab, enter the query parameters, and then select Apply.
   6. In the Response Base Path field, enter the top-level object to retrieve information from.

      You can also specify nested objects.

   7. In the Response Field List field, select Edit.

      The Response Field List dialog box is displayed.

   8. On the Edit JSON tab, enter the fields that you want to display in the response, and then select Apply.

   Note:

   Specifying specific fields enables you to retrieve filtered responses for REST endpoints. The response includes only the requested fields and objects.
9. Select Save.

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