Actions make PhixFlow applications interactive, converting a static screen into a user interface. Simple individual actions can be combined to provide complex functionality. This enables the application user to interact with the screens, screen components and data.

Actions can be configured using either actionflows or stream-item-actions.

Actionflows

Use actionflows in applications created in version 9.0 and later.
Actionflows are diagrams that represent a sequence of action steps. Actionflows:

• belong to an application

• are reusable

• are made up of individual actions (actionflow nodes) that are wired together

• have input and output connections to screens, buttons or tables

• are designed to be resilient to name changes in screens, components, tables and attributes.

Learn how to configure user interactions with Actionflows.

Stream Actions

Use stream actions in applications created in versions 8.3 and earlier.
Stream actions:

• belong to a table (previously called a stream)

• use table and attribute names

• are made up of a list of stream-item-actions that run in sequence to update data and interact with screens.

• can have rules or context parameters to determine when a stream-item-action runs.