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This page is for application designers who need to configure when a specific operation will change data in the table.

Overview

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Creating a Record-Action Rule

To use a record-action in an action and to add a rule for it:

  1. Open
the Action and Table-Action properties
  1. the table-action properties.
  2. In the toolbar of the Record-Action Rules section:
    • either click 
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        to create a new record-action rule. 
    • or click 
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       to open a repository list of tables.
      Expand the branch for the table, then drag its record-action into the action properties → Record-Action Rules grid.
      Double-click on row of the grid to open the record-action rule properties. 

Record-Action Rule Properties

Use the following properties to configure the conditions or rules under which the record-action will run. 

This properties pane is not available from the repository. It only opens from the 

Action and

Table-Action properties.

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Basic Settings

FieldDescription
Record-Action
The name of the

Select or add a record-action.

To add or change the

name

selected record-action, do one of the following:

  • select a record-action name from the drop-down list of all SIAs in the repository.
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     to create a new one; see Record-Action
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     to open the repository Tables branch to find a record-action and drag it in. This makes it     easier to find a record-action for a specific table.
Stop if True

Enter an expression. If the expression evaluates to true, PhixFlow runs this action. However, it does not:

  • evaluate any more record-action rule expressions
  • run any more of the record-action.
Expression

Enter an expression. If the expression is empty or evaluates to true, PhixFlow runs this action. To prevent an action from running in specific conditions, enter an expression that evaluates to false.

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Order

Specify the order in which this record-action is listed in the action properties → Record-Action Rules grid. PhixFlow evaluates the record-action in order and runs those that evaluate to true in order.

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For links to all pages in this topic, see Using Table Actions.