Url routing with static name mvc - asp.net-mvc

Question

I have a controller name Dashboard and inside that controller i have an action AdminDashboard . Now by default url of this action becomes /Dashboard/AdminDashboard . I want to map this action to this url /SupervisorDashboard
This is what i am doing but its saying not found
routes.MapRoute(
name: "SupervisorDashboard",
url: "SupervisorDashboard",
defaults: new { controller = "Dashboard", action = "AdminDashboard" }
);
and also how can i redirect to this page using Url.Action
Global.asax
public class MvcApplication : System.Web.HttpApplication
{
public static void RegisterRoutes(RouteCollection routes)
{
routes.IgnoreRoute("{resource}.axd/{*pathInfo}");
routes.MapRoute(
name: "SupervisorDashboard",
url: "SupervisorDashboard",
defaults: new { controller = "Dashboard", action = "AdminDashboard" }
);
}
protected void Application_Start()
{
AreaRegistration.RegisterAllAreas();
FilterConfig.RegisterGlobalFilters(GlobalFilters.Filters);
RouteConfig.RegisterRoutes(RouteTable.Routes);
BundleConfig.RegisterBundles(BundleTable.Bundles);
}
}

Answer 1

Have you placed this new route definition before default route? Routes are evaluated in the same order in which they were registered. If you put default route before any of custom routes, it will be used (and since you probably don't have any SupervisorDashboardController in code, 404 will be returned).
Url.Action should work correctly, if routes are defined in correct order.
So, for this case, RouteConfig should look like this:
public class RouteConfig
{
public static void RegisterRoutes(RouteCollection routes)
{
routes.IgnoreRoute("{resource}.axd/{*pathInfo}");
// this one match /SupervisorDashboard only
routes.MapRoute(
name: "SupervisorDashboard",
url: "SupervisorDashboard",
defaults: new { controller = "Dashboard", action = "AdminDashboard" }
);
// should be last, after any custom route definition
routes.MapRoute(
name: "Default",
url: "{controller}/{action}/{id}",
defaults: new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional }
);
}
}