Terminate Window And Close Dialog
Component definition
This component automatically closes a dialog window that displayed to a user. Before the window closes, a closing message can be displayed to the user. By default, the component waits 5 seconds before the window closes.
The Terminate Window and Close Dialog component exists within Forms Projects. It also exists in Decision-Only, Workflow, and Monitoring Projects, but only within the Embedded Decision model of the Dialog Workflow component.
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Description of component output paths
Unknown
The component output paths are described in the following table:
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after terminate
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When the window or the dialog box closes, or the user receives the message to close, the workflow follows this output path.
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Description of component tabs and their properties
The properties on the Configuration tab in the Terminate Window And Close Dialog component are listed and described in the following table:
The properties on the Settings tab in the Terminate Window And Close Dialog component are listed and described in the following table:
Connection information
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Component settings
Unknown
Use cases
An example for the Terminate Window and Close Dialog component is as follows:
Web form survey
Scenario: The help desk resolves a ticket for an employee. Later in the day, that employee receives an email that contains a link to a survey to evaluate the help desk customer service. The employee clicks the link and completes the Web-based survey. The employee then clicks Submit and the Web page automatically closes, thus ending the survey.
Process: This process is built in a Workflow Project type. The Terminate Window and Close Dialog component only exists embedded within the Dialog Workflow component in this type of Project. The explanation of the process starts with Dialog Workflow component.
The following screen shot shows the process:
Within the Dialog Workflow component, Event Configuration tab, Start Process, there is an embedded model that contains the Send Email component.
The following screen shot shows the Dialog Workflow editor:
The following screen shot shows the Start Process sending an email:
The Send Email component contains the recipient's address (or addresses), and the standard email fields for from address, subject line, and body text. The body of the email contains the instructions and a link to the Web-based survey.
The following screen shot shows the configured email:
For simplicity, the recipient's email address is hard-coded within the Send Email component. The variable for email address can automatically be populated from a database, that is, read in from the ticket.
Next, the form within the Dialog Workflow component is designed. This design is done on the Interaction Setup tab, in the Dialog Model.
The following screen shot shows the Dialog Workflow editor Interaction Setup tab:
The form is contained in the Dialog Model.
The following screen shot shows the Dialog Model:
The Form Builder component contains the form fields of the survey.
The following screen shot shows the configured form:
The next step in the process, after the survey form is completed, is the Terminate Window and Close Dialog component. It is configured to show a closing message to the user, and to terminate the window after 5 seconds.
The following screen shot shows the Terminate Window and Close Dialog editor:
Other components in this example are as follows:
Dialog Workflow
Send Email
Form Builder