.. include:: /Includes.rst.txt



.. _introduction:

Introduction
------------


.. _what-does-it-do:

What does it do?
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Sys\_actions extends the Taskcenter and provides various actions which
make the life of editors easier. These types of actions exist:

- **Create Backend User:** Using this type a normal editor can create
  and edit backend users using a given user as template.

- **SQL query:** Show the result of special queries.

- **Record list:** Show a record list

- **Edit records:** Simple way to edit common records

- **New record:** Render links to create records


.. _screenshots:

Screenshots
^^^^^^^^^^^

.. figure:: /Images/RecordListAction.gif
   :alt: Example screenshot for task center

   A typical view of the Task Center with system actions: with an action for rendering a record list


.. _current-state:

Current state
^^^^^^^^^^^^^

The extension has been part of TYPO3 Core for a very long time but never
received much love. It may become more healthy if maintained as third party
extension and has been extracted for this reason.