Input dialog with dropbox

Overview

Input dialog with dropbox is the standard drop-down selection prompt used by AnalyticsCreator when a workflow needs the user to choose one value from a prepared list. It is used for choices such as selecting a model, star, repository, database, or table.

Function

The dialog opens with a workflow-specific title, prompt label, and list of available values. When the workflow provides a default value and that value exists in the list, the dialog preselects it for the user.

Choose OK to return the selected value to the workflow. Choose Cancel to close the prompt without returning a value. Any follow-up validation is handled by the workflow that opened the dialog.

Access

This dialog is not opened as a standalone page. It appears automatically when a command needs the user to choose from a short list before the workflow can continue.

How to access

Not direct. It appears when a selected workflow asks for a listed value.

Toolbar

Opened by toolbar commands that need a selection from an available list.

Diagram

Opened by diagram workflows when they need a model or star selection.

Visual element

Input dialog with drop-down list

Screen overview

ID Property Description
1 Dialog title Workflow-specific title, such as Select model, Optional: select star, Connect to repository, Select database, or Select table.
2 Prompt label Explains the type of value to select, such as Model, Star, Enter name, Database, or Table.
3 Drop-down list Shows the available values supplied by the workflow. A matching default value can be preselected.
4 Cancel Closes the prompt without returning a selected value to the workflow.
5 OK Confirms the selected value and returns it to the workflow that opened the prompt.

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