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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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FieldDescription
NameBy default input connections are named in. Optionally, replace this with a descriptive name.
Type

Select one of: todo - check definitons are correct

  • Driving: where data is being used by the action node
  • Requested: when the input is coming back from a lookup

Data Attributes

This section has a toolbar with standard buttonsThe 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:

  • create a new attribute: click 
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     and set its properties. todo - why would this be useful
  • Drag add an existing attribute to this list todo - is this possible??

To remove attributes, select one and click Image Modified Permanently Delete. todo - check icon and label. What does this do? prevent them being passed through?

 This has its own properties todo - separate properties so should be on its own page. Should this have a description?

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Field

Description
NameBy default input connections are named in. Optionally, replace this with a descriptive name.
Type

Select one of the data types

  • String
  • Bigstring
  • Integer
  • Float
  • Decimal
  • Date
  • Datetime
  • Graphic
  • TrueFalse

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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 buttonsThe grid contains a list of the expressions that the calculate action will perform. To add a new expression:

  • Click 
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     to open a new expression and set the properties.

To remove attributes, select one and click Image Added Permanently Delete. todo - check icon and label.

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Basic Settings

Field

Description
NameEnter an expression name.
Type

Select tof the data types

  • String
  • Bigstring
  • Integer
  • Float
  • Decimal
  • Date
  • Datetime
  • Graphic
  • TrueFalse
An attribute nametodo - what does this do?
Expression

Enter an expression. To work in a larger pop-up window, click Image Added.

See also:

OrderWhere 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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Access Permissions section is available for gateway actions.

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