stackoverflow question #43066650

components.my-component.js

import Ember from 'ember';

export default Ember.Component.extend({
  actions: {
    onclick() {
      // Toggle object's property so that the observer will execute!
      this.get('object').toggleProperty('dummyVariable');
    }
  }
});

controllers.application.js

import Ember from 'ember';

export default Ember.Controller.extend({
  appName: 'Ember Twiddle'
});

my-object.js

import Ember from 'ember';

export default Ember.Object.extend({
  dummyVariable: false,
  
  dummyVariableChanged: Ember.observer('dummyVariable', function() {
    let ownerRoute = this.get('ownerRoute');
    
    if (ownerRoute) {
      console.log('@ object`s observer');
      ownerRoute.send('dummyAction');
    }
  })
});

router.js

import Ember from 'ember';
import config from './config/environment';

const Router = Ember.Router.extend({
  location: 'none',
  rootURL: config.rootURL
});

Router.map(function() {
   this.route('my-route');
});

export default Router;

routes.index.js

import Ember from 'ember';
import MyObject from '../my-object';

export default Ember.Route.extend({
  model() {
    return MyObject.create({ownerRoute: this});
  },
  
  actions: {
    dummyAction() {
      console.log('@ dummyAction');
      this.transitionTo('my-route');
    }
  }
});

routes.my-route.js

import Ember from 'ember';

export default Ember.Route.extend({
});

templates.application.hbs

<h1>Welcome to {{appName}}</h1>
<br>
<br>
{{outlet}}
<br>
<br>

templates.components.my-component.hbs

<button onclick={{action 'onclick'}}>Perform transition over object!</button>

templates.index.hbs

Please click button to trigger `my-object`s observer so that a transition to `my-route` occurs!!!

{{my-component object=model}}

templates.my-route.hbs

Hi, you are @my-route.

twiddle.json

{
  "version": "0.12.1",
  "EmberENV": {
    "FEATURES": {}
  },
  "options": {
    "use_pods": false,
    "enable-testing": false
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "jquery": "https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.3/jquery.js",
    "ember": "2.12.0",
    "ember-template-compiler": "2.12.0",
    "ember-testing": "2.12.0"
  },
  "addons": {
    "ember-data": "2.12.1"
  }
}