Dynamic Intent Based Navigation

[RaminS]

I created a List Report with a bunch of columns, one of which uses an Intent-based navigation to one of two external target pages, based on certain conditions.

I need to navigate to a different target page (different semantic object-target) based on the value of the column.

Here's my CDS annotation for one of the two targets:

@Consumption.semanticObject: 'ExpenseCenter'
@UI.lineItem: [{ position: 35, semanticObjectAction: 'manage', type: #WITH_INTENT_BASED_NAVIGATION }]   
@EndUserText.label: 'Source'
    SourceApp;

Let's say if the value is "Expense Center" I want it to link to ExpenseCenter-manage. If the value is "Checkin", it should point to Checkin-manage.

How can I make it point to a different semanticObject and Action based on a certain condition? The annotation @Consumption.semanticObject doesn't seem to accept an element, just a string literal.

Thanks

[RaminS]

I tried controller extension. But I can't trap the navigation event to an external target. Any help would be appreciated.

[RaminS]

Anyone? ... Surely there must be a way to dynamically change intent-based navigation

[RaminS]

Does anyone have any suggestions?

The only thing I can think of doing is writing a general "Redirect" app that accepts a parameter and redirects to specific targets. But that's a lot of work for a simple redirect that should be able to do using Annotations.

I've got a couple of private messages about this which tells me other people are facing the same issue.

SAP,  is there a reason why @Consumption.semanticObject only accepts a string not a path?

Thanks 

[RaminS]

After much trial and error, I found out that the method  adaptNavigationParameterExtension can be used in the controller extension to capture the intend-based navigation.

[german_castaneda]

Ramin you legend

[RaminS]

I tried using adaptNavigationParameterExtension( ), but it only lets me add or remove parameters, it does not allow changing Semantic Object and Actions. 

I traced the calling program to the following SAP method onDataFieldWithIntentBasedNavigation in  CommonEventHandlers

Does anyone know how to overwrite this method and change SemanticObject?

I read a similar issue identified by @gregorw here but it doesn't work for us. The semantic object annotation does not take a Path, only a String.

[MioYasutake]

@RaminS 

The following document describes how to dynamically change navigation targets using a controller extension.

https://sapui5.hana.ondemand.com/#/topic/a12ad6058db84e8cb60a3a9b2ade63fb

[RaminS]

Hi @MioYasutake ,

Thanks for your answer. That page describes how to replace the default List-to-Object navigation. My links are intent-based navigation links in a table, not default navigation to the object page. The event onListNavigationExtension does not get fired on intent-based navigation.