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Release: Australia · Updated: 2026-03-12 · Official documentation · View source

Add a workspace action button for initiating a contract request

Define an action button in your workspace and map it to the built-in action that initiates a contract request.

Before you begin

Role required: admin

Procedure

Add initiate contract request functionality to your workspace.
1. Navigate to All > Now Experience Framework > Declarative Actions > Form Actions
  
  For more information, see Customizing Configurable Workspace with declarative actions
2. Select New.
3. Set the action to the type UXF client action and map the action to the initiate contract request functionality and by entering the following field values.
  
  Field Value
  Implemented as UFX Client Action
  Specify client action Initiate contract

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Add initiate contract declarative action to your workspace

4.  On the form, fill in the other fields.

    For details, see [Action assignment form](cmpro-actn-assignment-form.md)

5.  Right-click the form header and select **Save**.

Create an event mapping for the initiate contract declarative action.

Select Advanced view listed under Related Links.
Select UX Add-on Event Mappings related list.
Select New.
In the Source Component field, select Action bar.
In the Source Declarative Action field, select initiate_contract.
In the Controller field, select Form.
In the Target Event field, select [Record Page] Open modal.

In the Target Payload Mapping field, define the fields to send by pasting the following JSON code.

{
    "container": {
        "fields": {
            "binding": {
                "address": [
                    "fields"
                ]
            },
            "type": "EVENT_PAYLOAD_BINDING"
        },
        "params": {
            "binding": {
                "address": [
                    "params"
                ]
            },
            "type": "EVENT_PAYLOAD_BINDING"
        },
        "route": {
            "binding": {
                "address": [
                    "route"
                ]
            },
            "type": "EVENT_PAYLOAD_BINDING"
        }
    },
    "type": "MAP_CONTAINER"
}

On the form, fill in the other fields.

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Create event mapping for initiate contract action

    For a description of the field values, see [UFX Add on Event mapping form](cmpro-ufx-event-map-form.md).

10. Select **Submit**.

Configure visibility conditions for initiate contract action button.
1. Select Advanced view listed under Related Links.
2. Select to the Conditions related list.
3. Set the conditions for the visibility of the action button.