You can use a Logout action on a form element/ hyperlink, and once it is executed, the user will log out of the system. Note that the execution of the Logout action is disabled in the User Preview mode.
To set up the Logout action, first select a form element. You can use a button, a checkbox, a list box, a Date Picker, or a ComboBox for this action. As an example, a button is chosen here.
- In the Insert menu, click on the Button icon.
- Choose the Logout action.
- Label and format the button as desired.
Once the Logout button is ready, clicking on it in a report results in the following pop-up dialog:
The Logout Action does not have any further functional settings.
Logout Confirmation dialog
When you choose the Logout action in the Type of action dropdown menu, you can see the Confirmation dialog option at the end of the action dialog.
In the Confirmation dialog, you can customize a confirmation message for the end user. You can add a Title, Body, Primary button label, Secondary button label, and an Icon to your customized message. The screenshot below shows a confirmation message:
Assigning Actions to Workbook event
As a Jedox Report Designer, you can assign an Action to open, load, and close workbook events. This way, the states are initialized or cleaned up without needing to write any Macros.
To assign an Action for workbook events, click on File > Workbook event.
You can assign a Logout Action to the Close workbook event.
Notes:
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Actions assigned to the Workbook events in the "Resource" workbooks (workbooks loaded in the background while some reports are opened) will not be executed.
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When using a Canvas, only Actions assigned to the Workbook events in the current Workbook, which contains the Canvas, are executed. Actions assigned to the Workbook events in other workbooks, from which the content is loaded into the Canvas, will not be executed
Updated March 27, 2024