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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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 has the properties for the following nodes:
- Save
- Delete todo - check
- Gateway
- Open Dashboard
For details of the calculate node, see Calculate Action Nodes
Properties
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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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| Stream Item Action | todo - 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 data records
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| Stream Name | Select the stream ?? todo why isn't this identified by the parent of the attribute/record? | ||||||||||||||||
| Exclusive | Available for gateway actions.
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Input Connection Points
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separate properties so should be on its own page.
Should this have a description
Save does not have input connection points, although delete does.
Input properties has sections for Parent Details , Audit Summary and the following Basic Settings and Data Attributes.
Basic Settings
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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
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This section has a toolbar with standard buttons. The grid contains a list of the
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wires that
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pass
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data into the action.
To edit an existing connection, double-click its name in the list.
To add a new
create a new attribute: click
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Drag add an existing attribute to this list todo - is this possible??
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To remove attributes, select one and click
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Basic Settings
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Field
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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 buttons. The grid contains a list of the expressions that the calculate action will perform. To add a new expression:
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To remove attributes, select one and click 
Permanently Delete. todo - check icon and label.
This has its own properties todo - separate properties so should be on its own page. Should this have a description?
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Basic Settings
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Field
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Select tof the data types
- String
- Bigstring
- Integer
- Float
- Decimal
- Date
- Datetime
- Graphic
- TrueFalse
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See also:
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Output Connection Points
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