Cell click action

The cell click action is available for Tables.

Use it to:

Set a parameter: A cell click will always set a parameter, which can update the rest of the dashboard so visualizations respond to the selection.
Navigate to a dashboard page: Opens a specific page within the current dashboard. This is typically used to create a drill-down effect, where the set parameter action filters the visualizations on the destination page.
Navigate to an external URL: The set parameter value can be embedded directly into a URL string to pass the parameter value to the external target. For example, insert the $employee parameter value into the URL e.g. https://neo4j.com/name={employee}

To keep data secure, avoid including sensitive data in URL parameters. For example, a URL including name=John exposes personal information directly. Data in URLs may also appear in browser history and server logs.

Action icons

Action icons appear next to values that can be set as a parameter.

filter

Set parameter

navigate url

Set parameter and navigate to URL

navigate dashboard

Set parameter and navigate to dashboard page

Example

The following example uses the Northwind dataset to show how to set a parameter and navigate to a dashboard page. Click the name of a top order and revenue generator to open that employee’s dashboard.

The example starts with the default Main page.
Add a second page called Employee info.
Use an action on the Main page to set a parameter and navigate to Employee info.

1) On the Main page, add a card with a Cypher query that returns each employee’s name, number of orders, and total revenue.

MATCH (e:Employee)-[:SOLD]->(o:Order)-[orders:ORDERS]->(:Product)
RETURN
  e.firstName AS employee,
  count(DISTINCT o) AS orders,
  round(sum(orders.quantity * orders.unitPrice), 2) AS revenue
ORDER BY revenue DESC

2) Add an action to the employee column’s values

In the actions panel set:

TRIGGER Cell click
ON CELL employee
UPDATE PARAMETER employee
TO CELL VALUE employee
NAVIGATE TO PAGE Employee info

Figure 1. Add action

Once the action is configured, the action preview shows its structure

action trigger → parameter action → optional navigation action

Figure 2. Action preview

3) Use the $employee parameter on the Employee info page’s visualizations

On the Employee info page, add a Cypher query to a card that reads the parameter and returns details for the selected employee.

MATCH (e:Employee)
WHERE e.firstName = $employee
RETURN
  $employee AS employee,
  e.notes AS notes

4) Click on a name on the Main page

Figure 3. Top employees selected on the Main page, with hover over the filter icon

5) This navigates you to the Employee info page and updates the visualization based on the value that was selected

Figure 4. Employee info