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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.

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

Adding Action Nodes

The toolbar displays the available action nodes that can be dragged onto the actionflow canvas.

Actions can be added to actionflows in 2 ways:

Dragging actions directly from the toolbar
Dragging the following items from the repository using
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The action nodes have connections, which are blue when connected and grey when not connected, see Wiring Actionflows. Action nodes have

Input connections, where data is passed into the node
Output connections, which pass data to the next node.

Usually, connections are

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. These pass data through to the next action node. Some action nodes can have

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, which act like a lookup. These send out a request for data, which is returned to the action node data. The table below shows the types of connections available on an action node.

Nodes must be connected sequentially starting from the

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. Records will then pass through each node and be manipulated accordingly.

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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Available Connections

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Embeds an actionflow within the current actionflow.

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see Open Screen Node

Add an action to open a specified screen.

If the specified screen contains a start phase button the node can then be connected to a start phase node. The buttons can be mapped to each output of the node to trigger different pathways depending on what the user clicks. For example, this method is used if the process requires confirmation by the user. A confirmation screen can appear with a message 'Are you sure?' with two options

Yes - the actionflow continues to the yes output.
No - the actionflow stops

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see View Node

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

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see Calculate 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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see Gateway Node

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

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see Open URL Node

Add an action to open a specified URL.

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see Save Node

Add a node to save the specified records to their table.

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see Analysis Node

Runs analysis on the specified tables.

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See HTTP ActionNode

Performs an HTTP request.

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See Email ActionNode

Sends an Email to specified recipients.

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See JSON ActionNode

Handles JSON data and returns record objects as defined by the configuration.

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See Loop Nodes

Facilitates the ability to loop within an actionflow for tasks such as polling or paging through results.

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see Phase Node

Starts the phase specified by the user on the node.

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