Actions

The actions method is used if you need to trigger new processing - which could be processing another schema or pushing generated views to a third-party application - using web hooks or such as Algolia.

ActionsContext object

The ActionsContext object is passed into the actions method and gives you access to the reprocess and destination functions which are described below.

Methods

Method	Description
reprocess	Reprocess a schema based on its alias.
destination	Specifies the destination where the generated view is pushed to.

reprocess

reprocess(schemaAlias)

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Note that reprocess triggers whenever the source entity is changed. This means that a deploy of the schema will not trigger the reprocess.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
schemaAlias	string	The alias of a schema.

Required function calls

After the reprocess function it's required to call one of the following functions to define what source entities you want to reprocess.

byOriginId

Use the byOriginId function to reprocess a specific entity based on its originId.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
originId	string	The original id from the source system.

reprocess by byOriginId

context
    .reprocess('mySchemaAlias')
    .byOriginId(sourceEntity.properties.link.id)

bySchema

Use the bySchema function to reprocess all source entities a specific schema has a trigger on.

Caution: Often it's better to reprocess a specific source entity instead a schema and all of its matching source entities, but sometimes it's necessary to reprocess an entire schema.

reprocess by bySchema

context
    .reprocess('mySchemaAlias')
    .bySchema()

filter

Using the filter function lets you do a dynamic search for source entities you want to reprocess.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
filter	string	Your filtering criteria.

See list of filter examples here

reprocess by filter

 context
    .reprocess('mySchemaAlias')
    .filter("type eq 'account' and properties.internalId eq '1234'")

parent

Use the parent function to reprocess the parent entity based on its originParentId.

reprocess by byOriginId

context
    .reprocess('mySchemaAlias')
    .parent()

Optional function calls

To filter the source entities you want to reprocess even further you can call some of the following optional functions.

limit

The limit function limits the number of source entities.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
limit	number	The maximum number of source entities.

reprocess by filter and limit

 context
    .reprocess('mySchemaAlias')
    .filter("type eq 'account'")
    .limit(5)

orderBy

The orderBy function sorts the source entities. This is typically used in combination with limit.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
orderBy	{ propertyName: string, direction: "asc" | "desc" }	Allows you to specify your desired sorting order.

reprocess by filter and orderBy

 context
    .reprocess('mySchemaAlias')
    .filter("type eq 'account'")
    .orderBy({ propertyName: "properties.createdDate", direction: "desc"})

sourceGroup

Defines the source group of an source entity to process. If the source entity you want to reprocess is located in another source group than the current source entity, you must specific the source group.

Note: sourceGroup can't be used on parent as parent is implicit in the same source group as the child.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
sourceGroupAlias	string	The alias of the source group for the source entity you want to reprocess.

reprocess by origin id and source group

context
    .reprocess("mySchemaAlias")
    .byOriginId(sourceEntity.properties.link.id)
    .sourceGroup('anotherSourceGroup')

destination

destination(destinationAlias)

The destination method is used to push generated views for a schema to a webhook, to Algolia or another third-party application.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
destinationAlias	string	The alias of the destination you want the generated view is pushed to.

Examples

actions example

actions: function(sourceEntity, context) {
    context.reprocess('productCategory')
            .byOriginId(sourceEntity.properties.productCategoryPage.id)
            .sourceGroup('commerce');
    context.reprocess('account')
            .filter("type eq 'account' and properties.internalId eq '1234'");
    context.destination('webhook');
}

actions can also be expressed as an arrow function expression to make it even more compact

actions: (sourceEntity, context) => context.reprocess('productCategory').parent()