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Overview

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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Example

Initially there is an actionflow which opens a new screen containing a dynamic text field. The aim of this example is to populate this dynamic text field with a message set by an attribute in a calculate node. The steps for this are:

1. Create a 

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    node by dragging and dropping a node from the create section in the toolbar
2. Name the calculate something meaningful, e.g. Set Message
3. Disconnect the

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    node from the 

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4. Connect the 

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   to the 

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   node
5. Connect the 

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   to the 

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   node, using the component input connection point - 'ScreenToOpen'. This is the name of the outermost area/form on the screen, enabling data to be passed to it.
6. Create a calculate attribute
   1. Name this Message

   2. Add the following expression

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7. Map the calculate attribute to the dynamic text field on the screen 

   1. Right click on the connection and click Configure Mappings

   2. Drag the Message attribute from the calculate (LHS) to the Message attribute on the open screen (RHS)
   3. Close the mapping screen
8. The actionflow configuration is complete.
9. Always remember to test the actionflow to make sure it works.

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Basic Settings

Calculate Attributes

Calculate actions process data using expressions; see pages in the topic Expressions and PhixScripts.

This section has a toolbar with standard buttons. The grid contains a list of the expressions that the calculate action will perform. 

• To add a new expression, in the section toolbar click 

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   to open a new expression and set the properties.
• To edit an existing expression, double-click it in the list to open its properties.
• To remove an expression, select one and in the section toolbar click 

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  .

Calculate Attributes Properties

Parent Details

Basic Settings

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