EXT: sys actions

Extension Key: sys_actions

Language: en

Keywords: forAdmins, forIntermediates

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Table of Contents

EXT: sys actions	1

Introduction	3

What does it do?	3

Screenshots	3

Users manual	4

In general	4

Create Backend User	4

SQL query	4

Record list	6

Edit records	7

New record	7

Known problems	8

To-Do list	9

ChangeLog	10

Introduction

What does it do?

Sys_actions extends the Taskcenter and provides various actions which make the life of editors easier. These types of actions exist:

Create Backend User: Using this type a normal editor can create and edit backend users using a given user as template.

SQL query: Show the result of special queries.

Record list: Show a record list

Edit records: Simple way to edit common records

New record: Render links to create records

Screenshots

This is a view of an action rendering a record list.

Users manual

After installing the extension the actions need to be created. The actions can either be created on the root page or by using the link “Create a new action” inside the list view in the Taskcenter. Actions can only be created by an administrator!

In general

Every action records has at least the following fields:

Type: Type of the action. See the following chapters for further details.

Title: The title is shown in the action menu at the left side inside the Taskcenter.

Description: The description is shown at the top of the action's content.

Assign action to groups: Every action can be assigned to Backend usergroups.

Create Backend User

A normal editor is not allowed to create or edit backend user records. By using this action type any assigned backend user can create, update and delete backend users. The functionality is limited by defining a specific user as template record.

Every setting of this template record is copied to a new user except the fields shown in the screenshot above. An editor is also only allowed to edit and delete users who have been created by the same user.

SQL query

This action type allows to show the records which are the result of a SQL query.

Follow this steps to create this action type:

Create a new action record and set the type to “SQL query”.

Go to the BE module “DB check” > “Full search” > “Advanced query”.

Create the query you need and save it to the previously created action record.

Record list

This action type renders all records from a given table and page.

Edit records

Records of any table from any place can be edited from one central place. This action type can be used to make the life of editors a lot easier because no page tree is needed to find those records.

New record

This action type is used to create new records from a given table in a given page. This could be a news records in the sys_folder where all news records are saved.

Known problems

Currently there are no known problems.

Problems should be reported to the TYPO3 bug tracker (http://bugs.typo3.org/) in the “TYPO3 Core” project and “tx_sysaction” sub-project.

To-Do list

Here are a few ideas for possible evolutions:

Provide additional actions for editors

Feature ideas or wishes can be entered into the TYPO3 bug tracker (http://bugs.typo3.org/) in the “TYPO3 Core” project and “tx_sysaction” sub-project.

ChangeLog

Version	Changes:
1.0.0	Integration into the TYPO3 core
2.0.0	Complete renewal including the manual

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