This page is for application designers who want to define a process using a workflow diagram, and then connect elements of the diagram to PhixFlow dashboards and actions in an application. This page describes properties
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An actionflow diagram is made up of a series of nodes. Each node represents a specific action. By configuring different actions and wiring them together you can create complex functionality. This section describes the properties of the different action nodes.
Properties
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| 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 ThroughStream Item Action | Available for calculate actions.Pass data through to subsequent action nodes.save actions
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| Stream Name | Select the stream ?? todo why isn't this identified by the parent of the attribute/record? |
Input Connection Points
todo - separate properties so should be on its own page. Should this have a description?
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| Name | By default input connections are named in. Optionally, replace this with a descriptive name. |
| Type | Select one of: todo - check definitons are correct
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Data Attributes
This section has a toolbar with standard buttons. The grid contains a list of the attributes that will pass through the input wire to this action. PhixFlow automatically lists the attributes that pass into the action when the actionflow is wired to an input with attributes. You can also:
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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. To add a new expression:
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