iframe field how-to - embed externale web page with context

Hello

A simple how-to for iframe field to embed external web page using account contextual information

  • Go to admin/studio/account and create a new field type IFRAME

  • give a name to the field, e.g. the name of the webpage you would like to embed

  • check Generate URL

  • choose the variable you would like to use

  • in my example I will pass the account name to duck duck web search , so the url would be : https://duckduckgo.com/?q={name}

  • now on the left click Layouts -> DetailView

  • drag the new field into the view

  • Save & Deploy to confirm

In the screenshot you can see the result, with duck uck go searching for the account name

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