Adding Wires
To add a wire to an actionflow diagram:
- Hover your mouse pointer over an action.
- PhixFlow displays a pop-up connector icon.
- Click the icon and drag.
- Drop the connector
Option 1: drop onto empty canvas.
- PhixFlow opens the pop-up toolbar. Select which type of action you want to use next.
- Enter a name for the new action.
Option 2: drop onto an existing action - PhixFlow opens the Mapping window.
Option 1: Create the next action from the wire
Option 2: Wire to an existing action
Mapping Connection Points
Instance inputs connect to the input interface in order to pass data to the Actionflow. Attributes are mapped via these connections to use in the actionflow using the mapping window.
- Data selection
This option appears when connecting a multi-record data bound component such as a grid or a card component. The user can define what data to bring into the actionflow. The options include- Selected
The user selected records on the grid or card component - Edited
All records the user edits - Page
The entire page of the grid, card component or form.
- Selected
- Mapping options
Contains buttons to quickly map attributes from the source to target and to clear any mappings already present. - Output connection point
Displays the source output connection point details in the form object name > output connection point name Output connection point attributes
Displays the attributes available from the output connection point. These could be from a variety of nodes depending if the source is a pass through node. The source output connection point is displayed in the source column. Attributes can be created here on some nodes using
.Insert excerpt _add _add nopanel true Note Pass through means that any attributes that are not directly mapped to a node, but are connected via a driving or lookup connection, can be used in the mapping of subsequent nodes.
- Mappings
The arrows represent which source attributes are mapped to which target attributes. Target attributes can only be mapped to one source attribute. Source attributes can be mapped to multiple target attributes. - Input connection point
Displays the target output connection point details in the form object name > input connection point name. - Input connection point attributes
Displays the attributes available from the input connection point. These attributes can be created in multiple ways- Using
Insert excerpt _add _add nopanel true - Dragging attributes from the source output connection point attributes onto the grid. This creates input connection point attributes and maps them automatically.
- Using
- Confirmation Buttons
Closes the popup once mapping has been completed by the user.
Example
The steps to create a mapping between a data input and an interface connection point are outlined below:
- Drag from the input (event or data) to the desired interface connection point. (Driving or request)
- PhixFlow then opens the mapping window.
- Drag the attributes from the Input Connection (Left) onto the Connection Point (Right)
- Ensure the type of data is the same i.e. we cannot map a text field onto a date field as they are not compatible.
- Create Target Attributes (Optional): drag an attribute on the left to the white space on the right, this will automatically create an attribute of the same name and type.
- Confirm the mapping. Now the "Output Connector" will be blue to indicate it has been mapped
. - Repeat these steps for any additional mappings required.
