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This page provides details of the properties for the input and output connection points, which you use to wire toghether nodes in an actionflow.

Overview

Use the input and output connection points on nodes in an actionflow to wire the nodes together.

For input connection points, map which attributes to pass into the node.
For output connection points, specify an expression to determine ??? passed onto the next node.

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The properties available for connection points can vary depending on the node on which they occur.

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Input Connection

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Basic Settings

Field	Description
Name	Enter the name for the connection pint.
Role	text Primary Component
Type	Available when Role is Component text Driving Requested - lookup
Open Mode	Avialble when Role is Component. text Insert Update Change Fields

Attributes/Data Attributes

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/Request Attributes

A list of attributes in other action nodes that you can map into this node. You can refer to these attributes in a gateway's

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expression using the syntax:

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connectionpointname.attributename

Request Attributes are available when Type is Request.

If you double click on an attribute in the grid, it's properties pane will show relevant properties for this node and connection. This can include Name, Type, Component, Primary Key etc.; see Attributes for details of these properties.

You can also add a new attribute by specifying the properties Name and Type; see Attributes for details of these properties.

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Basic Settings

Field	Description
Name	The name of the connection point
Expression	Expression
Order	Order

Output Connection Points

Field

Description

Exclusive

Used to control if a stream-item Specify whether a record can flow through more than one option.

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the stream-item flows out record can only flow out of the first connection point where the condition is met.

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the stream-items will record can flow out of any connection point where the condition is met.

Output paths process data using expressions; see pages in the topic Expressions and Scripts.

Gateways can have an unlimited number of output paths.

Stream-items will only pass through the output paths if the condition set in the expression is met.

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Remember to check if if the gateway has been marked as Exclusive. Records will only pass through the first output path where the condition is met if the gateway is exclusive.

This section has a toolbar with standard buttons. The grid contains a list of output connection points and their expressions.

To add a new output path, in the section toolbar click
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to open a new output path and set the expression.
To edit an existing output path, double-click it in the list to open its properties.
To remove an output path, select one and in the section toolbar click Permanently Delete.

The expression properties has sections for Parent Details , Audit Summary and the following Basic Settings:

Field	Description
Name	Enter an expression name.
Order	Where the gateway action runs and expression for each output path, enter a number to indicate the order in which this expression will be run. Remember that an expression that generates a value should run before an expression that uses the value. The order is especially important if the gateway is marked as exclusive.
Expression	Enter an expression which evaluates to true or false to determine if stream-items will pass through this connection point. To work in a larger pop-up window, click . See also: Expression Basics Internal Variables Functions

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