diff --git a/views/js/layout/actions.js b/views/js/layout/actions.js
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/views/js/layout/actions.js
+++ b/views/js/layout/actions.js
@@ -311,6 +311,14 @@ define([
                 action = _.find(actions, {name : actionName});
             }
             return action;
+        },
+
+        /**
+         * Returns the current ResourceContext so can be used outside
+         * the context of common actions executions
+         */
+        getResourceContext: function() {
+            return resourceContext;
         }
     });
chore(action-manager): add method to get resourceContext