Use context data from CSD in App Designer

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I previously had a context app that receives something like a part number based on what the user is doing in CSD.  I am trying to replicate this in a Widget and build it with the App Designer.  My questions are
1) can you get contextual data from inforBusinessContext to use as an input for an API call? If so, how, and is there any documentation?
2) I see there's a Context Messages section in the app designer, is there any documentation on how to use it?
3) Is there a way to get the operator information from CSD into a widget (using the app designer)?  How, and is there any documentation?
4) Using App Designer, can you add logic to not show anything if the context is not applicable?

Basically for this use case I need to get the product and the operator inits from CSD and use it in my widget.  Any help is appreciated.

Aaron Roma

Theoretically, you can, yes.   Now, my info may be outdated, but the last I recall, context messaging from an app, like CSD, wasn't yet support by App Designer.   You can use context messaging between widgets.   But using iBC messages was still forthcoming (though that may have since changed, I cannot say for sure.)

That being said, you can write a widget with the widget SDK, and make full use of iBC messages.    App Designer, while being somewhat user / newbie friendly, can be quite limiting.    If need more flexibility then what the App Designer can give you, I encourage you to take a look at the widget SDK.   There's a small learning curve up front, but once over that it's fairly easy to use.