Support data action extension in definition extension
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| Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
|---|---|---|
| Admins, makers, or analysts, automatically |  Sep 30, 2020 |
To be announced |
Business value
Theme developers might want to change the data action used for a particular module inside of a theme. To do so today, they must clone the whole module and thereby lose out on serviceability of the module. By adding this support, the cost to change just the data action on a module is significantly reduced.
Feature details
Module definition extension support now allows data actions to be added to the module definition file. When added, they will be run either server-side or client-side, depending on the setting set in the definition file. The module view extension can then use the returned data from the module and render the appropriate user interface (UI) as needed.