What is a View Action?

The 

Creating View Actions

1. Click the 

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    icon in the toolbar to display existing tables in the application
   1. Existing tables can be dragged from the Repository onto the canvas - choose

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       in the pop-up box to create a View action node
2. Alternatively, drag the 

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    icon from the toolbar onto the canvas and select a primary table to view from the drop down list

Worked Example

Here's a worked example using the School Data (available from the Learning Centre).

In this example we will configure an Actionflow to change the Status of a Course when a Teacher's Status is changed, i.e. changing a Teacher's Status to Inactive causes a Course's Status to change to On Hold. SCREENSHOTS?

In this example, we are using:

• a Teacher Management screen containing a grid of the School Teachers data - the screen was created using the Tile with Buttons template
• a Teacher Form screen containing form fields, associated with School Teachers data by a background filter - the screen was created using the Edit Form template
• a Course Management screen containing a grid of the School Courses data - the screen was created using the Tile with Buttons template

Dynamic Updates Between Tables

Using a View Action, modify the Save Actionflow for the School Teachers data to dynamically retrieve and update the School Courses data.

Configure a View Action

Create a View Action to access the School Courses data within an Actionflow for the School Teachers data.

1. Open the Save Actionflow for the Teachers Form
2. Click on the input connection point, under Connections, to open the Connector Mappings

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3. Drag the TeacherStatus attribute from the left to the Drag and Drop area on the right 
   1. Click Save
4. Drag a View Action

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    Action from the toolbar onto the canvas
   1. Name: Get Courses
   2. Primary Table: choose School Courses 
   3. Select Create Action
5. Drag and drop the View action the 

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   Action you just created onto the in connector between the input node and the Save action

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    Node and the

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    Action
6. Click on the in connector between the input node and the View node the 

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    Node and the 

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   Action to open the Mappings
7. Drag both the TeacherID and TeacherStatus attributes from the left to the Drag the Drag and Drop area on the right
   1. Select Save
8. Click on the View Action to open the propertiesIn the Output Attributres sectionthe 

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    Action to open its 

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   1. In the Output Attributes section, select the 

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      1. Drag the CourseID and CourseStatus attributes into the Output Attributes section in the properties

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      2. Select OK
   2. In the Data Retrieval Options section, click the 

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       next to Filter and create a filter:
      1. Name: ByTeacher
      2. Filter Details: 
      3. Select 

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   3. Select 

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       on the properties

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Configure a Calculate Action

Create a Calculate Action to alter the CourseStatus data based on the TeacherStatus data.

1. Drag a View Action a 

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    Action from the toolbar onto the canvas
   1. Name: Change  Change Course Status
   2. Select Create Action
2. Drag and drop the Calculate action you the 

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    Action you just created onto the in connector between the View action node and the Save action nodethe 

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    Action and the

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    Action
3. Click on the in connector between the View action node and the Calculate action nodethe 

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    Action and the 

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    Action to open the Mappings
4. Map across the CourseStatus, TeacherID and TeacherStatus attributes, as these are needed for the Calculate action

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    Action
   1. Select Save
5. Click on the Calculate action to open its propertiesIn the output attribute the 

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    Action to open its 

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6. In the Output Attribute section, click 

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    to create a new output attribute:
   
   1. Name: NewCourseStatus
   2. Type: Choose String

   3. Expression: 

      
      

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      // If TeacherStatus is Inactive, set CourseStatus to On Hold if( in.TeacherStatus == "Inactive", $pfCourseStatus = "On Hold", // Else, set CourseStatus to Open $pfCourseStatus = "Open" )

      
      

   4. Select 

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Configure an Additional Save Action

As we are modifying the Save Actionflow for the Teachers table, we need an additional Save action

1. Drag a Save Action

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    Action from the toolbar onto the canvas
   1. Name: Save Courses
   2. Table: Choose School Courses table
   3. Select Create Action
2. In the Save Action's properties, toggle on the 

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    Action's Properties, toggle on

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    Auto Save Attributes
3. Hover over the calculate action the 

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    Action and select out
4. When the red arrow shows, click on the Save Courses action the 

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    Courses Action node
5. On the Mappings window:
   1. drag the NewCourseStatus attribute from the left onto the CourseStatus attribute on the right
   2. drag the CourseID attribute from the left onto the CourseID the CourseID attribute on the right
   3. Select Save
6. Close the Actionflow and return to the Teacher Management screen

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    the screen and select a record to Edit
8. On the Teacher Form, change the teacher's Status to Inactive and press Save
   
   1. To see that the Actionflow has worked, open the Course Management screen
   2. Any course(s) assigned to the teacher you just updated should have a Status of On Hold