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This page provides details of the properties for the calculate action node and associated expressions. These are part of actionflows.

Overview

A calculate action is used to manipulate data that is passed to it. Calculate actions have their own attributes which can reference incoming data via expressions using one or more of the 115+ functions available in PhixFlow.

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Basic Settings

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Description

Name

Enter the name for the action node.

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Pass Through

Specify whether or not to allow data that has not been processed to pass through to the next action node.

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to prevent data that is not processed by this node from passing to the next action node.

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to allow data that is not processed to pass through to the next action node.

Input Connection Points

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Calculate Attributes

Calculate actions process data using expressions; see pages in the topic Expressions and Scripts.

This section has a toolbar with standard buttons. The grid contains a list of the expressions that the calculate action will perform.

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

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Field

Description

Name

Enter the name of the calculate attribute.

Type

Select one of the data types:

String
Bigstring
Integer
Float
Decimal
Date
Datetime
Graphic
TrueFalse

Note
Make sure you select the same data type as that of the attribute to which you are mapping; see Understanding Data Types.

Attribute Name

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to indicate the calculate attribute matches the name of an attribute in the data.

Expression

Enter an expression. To work in a larger pop-up window, click .

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