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This exercise is based around a parcel delivery service Apollo Parcels. When parcels cannot be delivered, customers can request redelivery on a certain date, and give a target redelivery time.

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Create a dashboard Apollo Manage Redeliveries
- Drag the view Apollo Deliveries on to the dashboard
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- Press Press Image Modified to show the view details on the dashboard
  - Update the Element Name to: ApolloDeliveries
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- Resize your view on the dashboard, and press press Image Modified to save your layout changes
Create a dashboard Apollo Delivery Slots
- Drag the view Apollo Deliveries Slots on to the dashboard
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  - Update the Element Name to: ApolloDeliverySlots
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- Resize your view on the dashboard, and press Image Removed press Image Added to save your layout changes

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Open the configuration form for the Stream Apollo Deliveries

Go to the Actions tab

Press Press Image Modified to create a new action
Give the action the following configuration:
- Name: Review Redelivery Slots
- Display Name: Review Redelivery Slots
- Open Post Dashboard: Apollo Delivery SlotsPress
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Add context parameters to the action:
- Go to the Context Parameters tab
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- Configure a context parameter with the settings:
  - Name: DeliveryZone
  - Expression: ApolloDeliveries.DeliveryZone
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  - Configure another context parameter:
    - Name: RedeliveryDate
    - Expression: ApolloDeliveries.RedeliveryDate
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- To associate the action with the view:
  - Open the configuration form for the view Apollo Deliveries
    - Go to the Menu tab
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    - Select your action from the list and drag it into the list of actions associated with the view
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You have configured the action Review Redelivery Slots to pop up another dashboard when it runs - Apollo Delivery Slots. Now you will add a filter to Apollo Delivery Slots so that it only shows entries relevant for the customer's details (delivery zone and redelivery date):

Open the view Apollo Delivery Slots from the Stream Apollo Delivery Slots (to see the data)
Add a filter:
- Name: for Customer Details
- Conditions:
  - Where ALL the following are true
  - DeliveryZone equals _context.DeliveryZone
    - Press the ABC button - this will now say fx
  - DeliverySlotDate equals _context.RedeliveryDate
    - Press the ABC button - this will now say fx
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- All records in the view will disappear – this is because there is currently no context set
Make this the default filter for the view:
- Open the configuration form for the view – remember that you can do this by right-clicking on any data record and selecting Show View (you will have to remove the filter you just added to do this)
- Go to the Advanced tab
- Set Default Filter to: for Customer Details
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Now test the new action:

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Go to the Stream Apollo Deliveries
Open the configuration form for the action Review Redelivery Slots
Go to the Validate Action tab
Enter the expression:

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if (ApolloDeliveries.DeliveryStatus != "REQ REDELIVERY",

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 error("Not a redelivery request")

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Try running your action again – both on rows which are redelivery requests, and rows which are not - you should see the error appear when the row is not a redelivery request

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Open the dashboard Apollo Delivery Slots
In the view Apollo Delivery Slots, press press Image Modified
Press - this opens the configuration of the stream behind the view
Go to the Actions tab
Add an action:
- Name: Choose
- Display Name: Choose Delivery Slot
- Go to the Item Updates tab
- Set Stream Item Action to Update
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- Press Press Image Modified and drag the attribute RedeliveryRef into the list of Action Attributes

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