• Does this Actionflow require any data from the Course Management screen for it to run?
• What type of Action Node can perform a function?
• How do you write the results of the function to the text field on the screen?

• No data is required for the input
• Use a Calculate Action to perform the function
• You will need a create an output to write to the text field
  • The top level of the screen is called a Form
• Remember to map all the way through the Actionflow
  • Check every connector to make sure the data you expect is being pushed through

Setup the Input and Calculate Action

Description?

1. Right-click on the button on the screen and choose 

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2. Enter a name for the Actionflow,
   1. Name: Populate Date Field
   2. Select Confirm
3. Select Click to Connect and for the input, choose the 

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    Action Event, then select Connect Input
4. Click and drag the 

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    icon from the toolbar onto the canvas
5. Enter a name for the Calculate Action and select Create Action 
6. The 

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    for the Calculate Action will open on the right
7. In the Output Attributes section, click the 

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    icon
8. Enter a name for the new Output Attribute and complete the following details:
   1. Type: choose String

   2. Expression: 

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   3. Then 

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9. Click and drag the input onto the Get Date Calculate Action

Setup the Output and Write Back to the Screen

DESCRIPTION?

1. In the Connections panel on the left, click

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    Add to create a new connection point
2. Enter the following details for the new connection point:
   1. Name: out
   2. Type: choose Output
   3. Select Create Connection Point
3. Select Click to Connect and for the output, choose the 

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   1. Select Connect Output
4. Close the Mappings window that automatically opens
5. Hover over the Calculate Action node and select out
6. A red arrow will appear - click on the

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    output node under Connections
7. On the Mappings window, drag the attribute, TodayDate, from the left (Calculate Action) to the right (output connection point) to create an attribute on the output
   1. Select Save
8. Under Connections, right-click on the connector, out, and choose

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9. Drag the TodayDate attribute from the left (output connection point) and drop it onto the DateField target parameter on the right (Course Management screen)
   1. Select Save
10. Close the Actionflow to return to the Course Management screen

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     the screen and press the Button Date on the screen to see the Actionflow in action
    1. We can see that the Actionflow is working because it displays today's date in the format DD/MM/YY in the DateField dynamic text field