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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Adding Action Nodes

Connection Points

Everything in an actionflow is connected using connection points. They are blue when connected and grey when not connected. Find all the possible connection points below.

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Interface Driving Connection Point

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Input Interface

Output Interface

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The toolbar includes the following action nodes that you can drag onto the actionflow canvas.

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Actions can be added to actionflows in 3 ways:

1. Drag actions from the create section in the toolbar
   
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2. From existing action nodes
   Users can create new actions from connections from existing actions.
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3. Dragging the following items from the repository using

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Input Interface

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Input Data Components

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Connection Points

Everything in an actionflow is connected using connection points. They are blue when connected and grey when not connected. Find all the possible connection points below.

'Data flows from the  to the .Has attributes which can be mapped to any  only.Output  to the 

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Image Added	Interface Driving Connection Point	Input Interface Output Interface	Defines the data attributes the actionflow is expecting as an input. This data is then used in the Actionflow using Insert excerpt _driving_connection _driving_connection nopanel true	s and remains constant.
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Image Removed	Driving Input Connection Point	Defines the data attributes the actionflow is expected to output. This data can then be mapped back onto components on the screen the action is being used. Each instance of the actionflow will map in its own set of data onto the expected data inputs/outputs of the connection point.
Image Added	Interface Request Connection Point	Input Interface Output Interface	Defines the data (and events) the actionflow is expecting as an requested input. This data is then used in the actionflow using Insert excerpt _request_connection _request_connection nopanel true s and remains constant. Each instance of the actionflow will map in its own set of data onto the expected data inputs.
Image Added	Driving Output Connection Point	Input Data Components Insert excerpt _action_calculate _action_calculate nopanel true Insert excerpt _action_view_driving _action_view_driving nopanel true Insert excerpt _action_gateway _action_gateway nopanel true Insert excerpt _action_saveactionflow _action_saveactionflow nopanel true Insert excerpt _action_screen _action_screen nopanel true Insert excerpt _action_url _action_url nopanel true	A data source which drives the actionflow. Data is pushed through the actionflow using  Insert excerpt _ action driving_ analysis connection _ action driving_ analysis connection nopanel true 's. Data flows from the Insert excerpt _driving_output_ action connection_ gateway point _driving_ action output_connection_ gateway point nopanel true A data receiver. Data is received from  to the Insert excerpt _driving_input_connection_point _driving_input_connection_point nopanel true 's. Has attributes which can be mapped to any any  Insert excerpt _driving_outputinput_connection_point _driving_outputinput_connection_point nopanel true  only.
Image Removed Image Added	Request Output Driving Input Connection PointInput Data Components	Output Data Components Insert excerpt _action_calculate _action_calculate nopanel true Insert excerpt _action_view_driving _action_view_driving nopanel true Insert excerpt _action_ view_request gateway _action_ view_request gateway nopanel true Provides lookup data to the actionflow using  Insert excerpt _ request action_ connection save _ request action_ connection save nopanel true 's.Any node with a  Insert excerpt _ request action_ input screen _ connection_point action_screen nopanel true Insert excerpt _ request action_ input url _ connection action_ point url nopanel true  can perform a lookup to a node with a  Insert excerpt _ request_output_connection_point action_analysis _ request_output_connection_point action_analysis nopanel true .Has request attributes and data attributesRequest attributes are used in filtering. They are mapped to request attributes on the node performing the lookup. Request attributes are referenced in the nodes filter using req.[attributename] Data is flowing from the  Insert excerpt _action_gateway _action_gateway nopanel true	A data receiver. Data is received from  Insert excerpt _ request driving_ input_ connection _point _ request driving_ input_ connection _point nopanel	true

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Input Data Components

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