What are actions?

Actions are the operations that business users can perform in Dataland. You can create an action by specifying an HTTP endpoint, a button label, and a JSON schema of the custom form.

The below example shows how a user is able to click a Flag account for review action while looking at an Accounts dataset, fill out a custom form, and submit the form data to the action's endpoint, which runs custom business logic.

Requests can be made to any REST API endpoint like your own HTTP endpoint, or webhook platforms like Zapier. You can also use custom authentication to interact with private REST APIs, such as internal APIs.

Using actions in your workflow

Using 'simple edits' actions

Dataland auto-generates 'simple edit' actions that allow a business user to insert, update, or delete rows on a table.

Using custom actions

To run more custom business logic, you can create a custom action to hit any HTTP endpoint.