This blog post is intended for users who have experience designing custom Workspaces in SSRS and creating Action links for Workspace menus.
The introduction of Workspaces to Exact Macola 10 has allowed customers to tailor their user’s experience based on the role of that person and the unique functions that they serve. Menus are configured to allow users to have a myriad of choices available to them so they may take action on any pertinent data and operate in a contextual and natural way.
When designing a custom workspace there are some scenarios where you may wish to make the menu even “smarter” and display different options based on certain criteria being met even though the data is in the same grid.
For example, if you are joining data from your open orders and your historical posted orders into a single table, you may want the user to be able to drill down into the detail for those orders/invoices. You may also want them to be able to edit open orders but not see the option for posted orders. In a standard menu you would have to create menu links for both open and posted even though only one would be applicable.
