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A calculate action is used to manipulate data that is passed to it. Calculate actions have their own attributes which can reference incoming data via expressions using one or more of the 115+ functions available in PhixFlow.
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| Name | Enter the name for the action node. | ||||||||||||||||
| Show in the Explorer | An application can have many actionflows, and an individual actionflow can have many actions. This can lead to many items being listed in the repository. Use this option to omit the action from the repository.
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| Pass Through | Pass data through to subsequent action nodes. |
Input Connection Points
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Calculate Action Expressions
Calculate actions process data using expressions; see pages in the topic Expressions and Scripts.
This section has a toolbar with standard buttons. The grid contains a list of the expressions that the calculate action will perform.
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The expression properties has sections for Parent Details , Audit Summary and the following Basic Settings:
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| Name | Enter an expression name. | ||
| Type | Select one of the data types: Todo-Fiona - what does this do?
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| An attribute nameTodo-Fiona - what does this do? | The name of the attribute | ||
| Expression | Enter an expression. To work in a larger pop-up window, click See also: | ||
| Order | Where the calculate action runs multiple expressions, enter a number to indicate the order in which this expression will be run. Remember that an expression that generates a value should run before an expression that uses the value. |
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