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Terminology Changes

The following terminology has been changed in PhixFlow to make the concepts easier to understand. 

Find your way around PhixFlow

When you first open your PhixFlow training instance, you will see a list of available application in the area on the left. The area on the right is the repository. Click on Full Repository to see all the application and associated objects available in PhixFlow.

When you create your first analysis model, PhixFlow opens a modelling window. To start adding modelling objects, drag them from the toolbar, for example:

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Save models and modelling objects

When you are modelling data in PhixFlow, you will be making changes:

• to a model, the objects it includes and its layout.
• to settings for the model itself, or to settings for its objects. Use one of the toolbar icons at the top of the settings tab:
  

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     to save your changes but keep the settings tab open.

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     to save your changes and close the settings tab.

Create and open a new model

1. From the home screen select Analysis and in the window that opens click Add New.

   1. To open an existing model simply double-click on it.

2. PhixFlow displays the settings for a new analysis model. In Basic Settings, set:
   Name: Introduction to Modelling
   

3. Click 

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4. In the settings tab toolbar, click 

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   In the white workspace on the left, PhixFlow opens a new , empty modelling canvasmodel.

Add objects to your model

You can have multiple models open, each will be displayed on their own tab above the toolbar. When a model is open, PhixFlow displays the model name and its toolbar. Drag modelling objects from the toolbar to add them to your model.

To drag a modelling object into your model:

1. Click and hold

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2. Drag the table onto the model.
3. Then drop the table. 

To move any object in a model, simply click, drag, then drop the icon in a new location.

When you have multiple objects in your model, you can also use the layout tools to arrange them:

Change object settings

When you drop an object into the model, on the right PhixFlow opens a settings tab.

1. In the Table settings → Basic Settings, set:
   Name: Practice Table
2. Click 

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    to save and close the settings tab.
3. PhixFlow updates the Table icon in your model to display the name Practice Table.
4. Now save your model. Click

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    in the toolbar.

Undo a change to a model

Sometimes you may make a change to a model that you do not want to keep.

1. In your model, drag the stream to a different location.
2. Without saving, click 

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3. Notice that the model returns to its previously saved layout.