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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| 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. | | Insert excerpt |
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| The input and output connection points of the actionflow node must be wired into the rest of the actionflow. Need to test to add detail |
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Each open screen node has 1 primary input connection point by default called 'in'. Connecting to this connection point simply opens the screen and cannot pass any data to it. Do we still need this? Once a screen has been attached to the open dashboard node an input connection point for each form on the screen is created. Each input connection point automatically has any data fields on the form (dynamic text or form fields) added as attributes. These attributes can be mapped to and supplied with data. Each input connection point has the following properties: - Type
This is always driving - Open Mode
update: opens form fields with the latest data (not clear, refresh)
insert: opens the screen with form fields empty (clear, not refresh)
change: opens form fields with data (not clear, not refresh) - Role
Primary: Simply opens the dashboard regardless of data
Component: Opens the dashboard and can provide forms with data
- Attributes
A list of attributes available on the input connection point. These directly link to the fields available on the form. Only component connection points have attributes.
To set the actionflow to close the active dashboard on completion, on the top right of the canvas, tick Close Parent Dashboard.
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. A look-up connection has 2 parameters:- data attribute: the attribute in the view from which you want to look-up data. For example, the view may have the attribute staff_number that you require.
- request attribute: the data returned by the look-up. This maps to an input on the destination point.
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| Stream Item Action | Todo-Fiona- find out if this can be renamed to something else unless it really relates to existing stream item actions. Available for save actions. Select the specific change to make to the stream-items: - Either: Todo-Fiona
- Insert: create a new stream-item in the stream.
- Update: change part of the stream-item in the stream.
- Delete: delete the stream-item from the stream. Todo-Fiona- check about delete node, Adam think sit may be going away.
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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.
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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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