This page provides details of the properties for the save node, which is part of an actionflow.
Overview
Use a
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node to insert, update or delete records for a selected table.
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The save node will make a change to a record in the table. Depends on the selected save Type.
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Example
In the actionflow instance illustrated in the screenshot above, an application has a Company Edit Form. When the application user makes a change, to the form clicks Auto Save Attributes on the form, the actionflow runs.
- The calculate node sets the following attributes:
- Status to 'Pending Approval'
- StatusUpdate to the current time
- StatusUpdatedBy to the user's name.
- The save node saves any attributes on the driving input form that link to the table on the save node.
This means if any additional fields are added to the backing table and input form they do not need to be mapped to the save node.
Allocating Primary Key Values to New Records
When the save node is inserting a new record to the table, PhixFlow allocates a unique primary key value to the record. How PhixFlow allocates a value is determined by the Table properties → Advanced → Primary Key Generator.
- Internal: By default, PhixFlow automatically allocates a unique, numeric value to the primary key attribute.
- Sequence: Configure PhixFlow to allocate a value from your own sequence using the Primary Key Generator Sequence option. see Stream > Data Generation Options and Sequence.
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Basic Settings
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| Type | - Auto Insert/Update
Insert or update records using the following condition:- If the incoming connection passes in the primary key of an existing record, this save node updates the record in the attached table
- If the incoming connection does not pass in the primary key of an existing record, this save node inserts a new record.
- Insert
Always insert a new record into the attached table - Update
Will always update a record for the attached table. For a record to update successfully a primary key must be provided. - Delete
Will always delete a record on the attached table. For a record to be deleted successfully a primary key must be provided.
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| Table | The table where the data is going to in which the records will be updated. must be transactionalThis table must have a Period of Transactional. |
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to save unmapped attributes from the driving input form or view, matched by identifier. - If an attribute on the target table has not been mapped, the save node
- using the identifier. This finds the attribute associated with a field that was created by dropping the attribute onto a form.
- If there are multiple values for an attribute, the
- save node will report an error.
- If there are no values for an attribute, it will not be updated.
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Attributes
A list of attributes to be updated manually. Click 
to show the list of attributes for the table. Drag the attributes you want to add to the save node into this list.
In the list:
- to edit the attribute's properties, double-click an attribute; see View Attribute
- to delete an attribute, right-click and select
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Attributes not added to this list will not be changed unless 'Auto Save Attributes' is ticked. If a record is being inserted and an attribute is not present in the save node, the default value for this field will be _NULL |
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