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  1. Toolbar
    The toolbar contains icons that you drag onto the actionflow canvas to create the different nodes, such as a calculate action.
  2. Source
    If the source is empty, you are editing the actionflow.
    If the source contains a name, you are editing an actionflow instance.
    The source indicates what triggers the actionflow. This can be:
    • the name of the component, such as a button
    • an event, such as a double-click If this is empty then the user is editing the Actionflow directly.
  3. Options
    These options affect the entire workflow, such as hiding the loading spinner. 
  4. Inputs
    Inputs to an actionflow
    • Event starts the actionflow. Events can be:
      • either a user-triggered action, such as a mouse click on a button.
      • or system-triggered action such as a task plan.
    • View provides data to the actionflow. The event acts upon data in the same area, or nested within the area.  A view is a combination of:
      • a stream.
      • related attributedrelated attributes.
      • sorting and filtering of stream-items.
      • data display, such as  grid or form fields.  
  5. Connectors
    These specify the data and events that the actionflow requires. All instances of the actionflow require appropriate inputs to be wired to these connectors.
    Connectors collect data, pass data back to the calling object and perform lookups on data.  
     todo - more detail
  6. Action Nodes
    The nodes on the diagram represent individual action that pass or process the data from the connectors. Nodes can also look-up data from other sources, for example to add parameters to a calculation.

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