MenuItemProvider

MenuItemProvider: (target: Object) => Object[]

A MenuItemProvider is a callback function, provided to an SDK report element, that is used to generate custom menu items. The menu items are shown along with other built-in context menu items and object toolbar menu items.

Arguments

target: {type: 'report'} | {type: 'object', name: string}

An object describing the menu target. The MenuItemProvider is used to generate menu items for the report and for individual objects in a report. target gives context for which menu items should be generated. The MenuItemProvider callback should check the target information and return the desired custom menu items appropriately. When type is report the returned menu items are shown in the context menu regardless of where in a report the user right-clicks. When type is object the returned menu items are shown in both the context menu and object toolbar menu of the object with name matching the name property of target.

Return value

A MenuItemProvider callback should return an array of menu item objects. Each menu item has the following form:

• text: string: The text label that is shown in the menu
• callback: () => void: The callback function to call when the menu item is clicked

The content of the returned menu items should be be provided conditionally, based on the target parameter. If no menu items are desired for a given target, an empty Array should be returned.

Example

In this example, a custom menu is provided such that the report menu has two custom menu items, and each object has two custom menu items. The object menu items use the target.name to customize the text shown in the menu.

const sasReport = getElementById('my-report');
// Set the custom provider function to the menuItemProvider property
sasReport.menuItemProvider = (target) => {
  if (target.type === 'report') {
    // Return the menu items that relate to the entire report
    return [
      {
        // The string that will be shown in the menu UI
        text: 'Report Action 1',
        // The function that will be called when the user clicks this menu item
        callback: () => console.log('Doing report action 1'),
      },
      {
        text: 'Report Action 2',
        callback: () => console.log('Doing report action 2'),
      },
    ];
  } else if (target.type === 'object') {
    // Return the menu items that relate to the object with name target.name
    return [
      {
        text: `Object ${target.name} Action 1`,
        callback: () => console.log(`Doing object ${target.name} action 1`),
      },
      {
        text: `Object ${target.name} Action 2`,
        callback: () => console.log(`Doing object ${target.name} action 2`),
      },
    ];
  }
  return [];
};