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This page is for application designers who want to define a process using an actionflow diagram. It introduces the action nodes that make up an actionflow.

Overview

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. This page introduces the following nodes and links to further details about children

For information about connecting actionflow nodes together, see Wiring Actionflows.

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Users can create new actions from connections from existing actions.
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Connections

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Everything in an actionflow is connected using connection points. They The action nodes have connection points, that are blue when connected and grey when not connected. There are two types of connections:

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To find out more detail about these nodes, see Wiring Actionflows.

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Action Nodes

These are the simplest component of any actionflow and define its functionality. Please find a brief description of each node below and the connection points each node has.

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, which acts like a lookup, sending out a request for data which is returned to the action node data. The table below shows which action nodes can have a request connection.

Types of Action Node

The following table summarises the purpose of each type of action node, with a link to the reference page for the node.

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Creating Actionflows

Add another complete actionflow as a node within this actionflow. This is useful to reuse existing actionflows, or to refactor a complex workflow by moving part of the logic to its own node.

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Open Screen Node

Add an action to open a specified dashboard (screen). Only use this action as the final node in an actionflow or branch of it.

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View Node

Add a node for a data view. The actionflow uses views for additional data to use when processing stream-items.

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Calculate Action Node

Add an action to manipulate the data that is passed to the calculate action. In the calculate action, write an expression using one or more of the 115+ functions available in PhixFlow.

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Gateway Node

Add a node to specify decision logic. Gateways control the route that stream-items take as they flow through the actionflow.

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Save Node

Add a node to saves the specified stream-items to their stream.

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Open URL Node

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Analysis Node

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For more detail of each actionflow node, see below.

What's next?

For details about the properties for the action nodes and their connections, see:

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How to wire this action

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Basic Settings

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Name

Enter the name for the action node.

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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to omit this action node from the repository.

Stream Item Action

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Available for save actions. Select the specific change to make to the stream-items:

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Stream Name

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Input Connection Points

This section has a toolbar with standard buttons. The grid contains a list of the wires that pass data into the action.

To edit an existing connection, double-click its name in the list.

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Output Connection Points

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