# Actions

There is a **predefined set of actions** based on Qlik stable API:

* “**Set variable**” action allows you not only to create and set variables with custom values or using expressions, but also to set variables based on a “current” dataset row dimensions and measure values
* “**Activate view**” action allows you to interactively visualize one from predefined sets of visualization templates. Users can manually activate views in accordance with user interactions (clicking and tapping) or conditionally - using expression;
* “**Go to sheet**”, “**Next sheet**”, “**Previous sheet**”, “**Go to story**”, “**Go to url**” allow business users in just one click to open the appropriate business data context – sheet, story or even another application;
* “**Select values**”, “**Select all**”, “**Select match**”, “**Select alternative**”, “**Select possible**”, “**Select excluded**”, “**Toggle select**”, “**Clear**”, “**Clear all**”, “**Clear other**”, “**Lock**”, “**Lock all**”, “**Unlock**”, “**Unlock all**”, “**Create bookmark**”, “**Apply bookmark**”, “**Remove bookmark**” set of actions allows you to extend standard based selections model with custom selections scenarios during user interaction with data visualizations;
* “**Reload**”, “**Partial reload**” actions allow you to load data on demand;
* “**Export data**” action allows you to export data not only from the current data view but also from any predefined master visualization item;
* “**Value color**” and “**Mini chart**” actions allow you to represent numbers in one of graphically predefined ways;
* “**Zoom in**” and “**Zoom out**” actions allow you to expand visualization in full screen mode and close it;
* “**Sort**” action allows you to apply or remove interactive sorting capability for each column separately (in case of table representations);
* “**Alternative dimensions/measures**” action allows you to apply or remove interactive dimensions and measures buttons separately for each data column labels;
* “**Searchable dimension**” action allows you to apply or remove search functionality for each individual dimension column;
* **"Show dialog"** allows you to use a custom popup dialog with a content formatted using HTML and embedding master visualizations support;
* **"Show tooltip"** allows you to create custom tooltips with possibility to use HTML;
* **"Show sidebar"** allows you to show a sidebar with some content;
* **"Show popover"** allows you to show a popup window with some content;
* and others.

{% hint style="info" %}
See the detailed description of the actions in the following sections.
{% endhint %}

Click <img src="https://4159443657-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-Lb8fteihZN5J-edUC8e%2F-LbRz-IQpcB-9PgslVGG%2F-LbS0HzsWnrlQ20TEBd0%2Fimage.png?alt=media&#x26;token=33853d4f-a43f-4046-996c-4f10661c7a7f" alt="" data-size="original">toolbar  button to **open actions panel**.

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There are object-level actions ("General" tab) and cell-level actions ("Cells" tab). When the user clicks on a visualization, the object-level action fires first, followed by the cell-level actions.

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You can apply the set of actions to any cell or cells to make the visualization more interactive and functional.

To add an action, click <img src="https://4159443657-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-Lb8fteihZN5J-edUC8e%2F-LbT23FrqAjfjVN8J2du%2F-LbT4-8aA0is-ZTbGAvW%2Fimage.png?alt=media&#x26;token=b2143a49-291f-469d-b4f6-db6c2c2cdd99" alt="" data-size="original">button on "Actions" panel. You may apply as many actions as you want on any cell.

{% hint style="info" %}
Some actions are applicable on a cell with a bonded dimension, some - with a measure, and there are actions which can be applied on any cell.
{% endhint %}

Cells with the applied actions will have <img src="https://4159443657-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-Lb8fteihZN5J-edUC8e%2F-LbT23FrqAjfjVN8J2du%2F-LbT3kRW_Kd1QEbiRpPA%2Fimage.png?alt=media&#x26;token=2c08a8a7-8e7b-4e06-bd22-858fa0c17d76" alt="" data-size="original">special icon in the top left corner when “Actions” panel will be shown.

You can drag an action to change the execution order. Put the cursor on the <img src="https://4159443657-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-Lb8fteihZN5J-edUC8e%2F-LbTSl2xFXQ6Yl-NQRdt%2F-LbTV3nM5l3kmgo2_wdN%2Fimage.png?alt=media&#x26;token=cd590e5b-f651-48bc-88ee-9b50e950f1cf" alt="" data-size="original"> drag bars and drag the action to rearrange the execution order.

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To remove an action from the applied actions list, click <img src="https://4159443657-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-Lb8fteihZN5J-edUC8e%2F-LbTSl2xFXQ6Yl-NQRdt%2F-LbTW2SRZncsKKBPut5o%2Fimage.png?alt=media&#x26;token=b6a314e2-1f24-4a7f-99ff-4621c03f910b" alt="" data-size="original">.
