Overview
PhixFlow is a low-code application development tool. PhixFlow's visual design process means you can use drag-and-drop techniques to easily create everything you need to make a fully-functional application. Here are the steps:
- Create an application
Easily create a new application, and configure the settings for the project, see Creating an Application and Application Properties. - Define your data
Create entity relationship diagrams (ERDs) to define the data that backs your application, see Understanding ERDs. - Build the Screens
Screens allow application users to interact with your data. Simply drag-and-drop templates and components to design a screen or customise your own using CSS, see Designing Screens. - Setup Actionflows
Actionflows control the interactions users can perform with your application and its data, see Understanding Actionflows. - Analyse Data
Use analysis models to process large data sets and create integrations with your data sources, see Analysis Models for Batch Processing Data. - Document the Workflow
Workflows visually depict the detailed sequence of activities and information flows used to run your application, see Creating Workflows.
Navigating the System
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- App List: The 9 dot application list button opens a list of available applications. Double-clicking to open an application or right-click to open one in a new tab.
- Header Bar: Provides quick access to all of the key areas within your application.
- System Controls:
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provide a number of options including the ability to import or export content. See Administration Menu.
- Repository: The repository area provides Provides access to each individual item in your application. This area is also where properties windows will open.
- App Home Screen: The home screen provides Provides access to the Application Properties, Startup Actions, the Learning Centre and the key areas of the application:
- ERDERDs, see Understanding ERDs.
- Screens, see Designing Screens.
- Actionflows, see Understanding Actionflows.
- Analysis, see Analysis Models for Batch Processing Data.
- Workflow, see Creating Workflows.
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Pinning and Unpinning Tabs
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so they remain open while you're working with them.
- Click the icon on any tab to pin the content.
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Dragging Tabs
Properties and information lists, opens in tabs on the right. These tabs can be moved by dragging the tab header to the left or right of the current column, as illustrated below:
Access the Help
- Context Help opens : This opens on the right. It , and can be collapse collapsed or opened by clicking the toggle tab in the middle of the screen. To have this collapsed by default, see User Details → Show Contextual Help Panes.
- Key Concepts links to a page that provides the key concepts associated to the area fof of PhixFlow you are in.
- Fundamentals Video Course links links to the Fundamental Video video of the area of PhixFlow that you are in.
- Helpful Guides provide links links to page pages that explain how to achieve key tasks for the area of PhixFlow you are in.
- Item Specific Help: This is available in the properties for any item. Click the button, if yuo . If you are unable to see this button, click the more More menu (3 vertical dots).
- Learning Centre, clicking : Click the button in the top right opens to open the learning centre. Here you will fid find access to all courses, as well as a host of resources, such as sample data sets. The learning centre Learning Centre also enables you to search the help for specific topics, such as Functions or API integrations.
Access to Chat
The ChatBot is available in design mode Design Mode from the system controls in the top right. This chat facility provides direct access to PhixFlow Support, who will answer any questions you have.
What's Next?
The PhixFlow Fundamentals, this course course provides a practical guide to using PhixFlow including the design and creation of screens in our applications.
Further Reading
To find out how to get started with using PhixFlow, see:
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