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This page is for application designers who need to configure functionality for components or events. It explains the properties for the view node, which is part of an actionflow.
Overview
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When you are designing screens, you use a view to select and filter data for display. In an actionflow, the originating screen or component may not include all of the data that the actionflow requires. In this case, use a
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How the actionflow processes the view data depends on whether the view is wired via a driving or lookup connection.
For a driving connection, records are returned individually to the view node and flow one by one through the remainder of the actionflow.
For a lookup connection, the records are returned as an array within one recordset. Lookup views require both:
Data Attributes: the attributes being passed into the view node.
Request Attributes: the attributes from which you need to lookup data.
When you create a view node, PhixFlow prompts you to select the table on which this view is based. PhixFlow opens the Attributes window and the view node properties.
Drag attributes from the Attributes window and onto the Data Attributes or Request Attributes sections. You can add attributes from the base table and from related tables..
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Basic Settings
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Name | Enter the name for the action node. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Subtype | Read-only. PhixFlow displays the type, selected when the the view node was created. Types are
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Default Sort Order | Select a sort order, or click
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Default Filter | Select a filter, or click
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Data Range | Select the data range that the view node will use:
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Input Connection Points
This section has a toolbar with standard buttons. View nodes can have:
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The grid contains a list of all input connection points and their type.
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Data Attributes
This section has a toolbar with standard buttons. The grid contains a list of the attributes in the view. Click
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In the list:
to edit the attribute's properties, double-click an attribute; see View Attribute
to delete an attribute, right-click and select
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Name | Enter the name for the action node. |
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Type | Select the type of data this attribute contains; see Understanding Data Types.
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Order | The order of the attribute. Attribute expressions are evaluated in this order. This is important when you need to use the results of a calculation in another attribute:
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Request Attributes
Available for view nodes connected via a lookup input connection point.
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Map the request attribute to an attribute in a table.
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Learn More
For links to all pages in this topic, see Understanding Actionflows.
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