Datable events

Short description

What platform events are available when using the datatable component in a Flexcard.

Salesforce help files mentions datatable events:

• update

• selectrow

• rowclick

• delete

as available when a user interacts with the datatable component in a Flexcard.

Long description

update event

The update event fires when table data changes.

A few things that it doesn’t do:

• the updated values aren’t exposed by the event,

• it doesn’t update the JSON node {records} with the newest data

selectrow event

When selecting a row on the datatable, the selectrow event fires. Enable the “User Selectable Row” on the datatable component properties for a user to select a row that fires the selectrow event.

Some considerations that you need to take into account when using this event:

• The {action.result.FIELD_NAME} only contains the latest selected or de-selected row’s information.

• The Salesforce documentation says that the event fires when a row is “updated,” but that’s not the case; it only fires when selecting or de-selecting a row.

• When selecting the option to select all the rows, the datable event doesn’t return any data.

rowclick event

When clicking on a datatable row, the rowclick event fires. The rowclick event contains the information of the record of the row on which the user clicked.

Some observations:

• The {action.result.FIELD_NAME contains the latest clicked on row’s information.

• You don’t need to click a cell’s information, it can be anywhere on the row.

• When you do cell level edits or row level edits, the click to edit fires the event.

delete event

When deleting a row, the delete event fires. Make sure to enable the Row Delete attribute of the datatable component to ensure the user has the option to delete a row in the datatable.