This page provides details of the properties for the calculate action node and associated expressions. These are part of actionflows.
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| Show in the Explorerrepository | An application can have many actionflows, and an individual actionflow can have many actions. This can lead to many items being listed in the repository. Use this option to omit the action from the repository.
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Input Connection Points
Shows a list of available input connection points. Gateway nodes can have
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This section has a toolbar with standard buttons. The grid contains a list of all input connection points and their type.
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The input connection points have sections for Parent Details , Audit Summary and the following
Basic Settings
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| Name | The name of the connection point |
| Type | Driving Requested |
Attributes
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A list of attributes available to map to from other action nodes. These attributes can be referenced in the gateways
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Output
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Output connection points process data using expressions; see pages in the topic Expressions and Scripts.
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Paths
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| Exclusive | Used to control if a stream-item can flow through more than one option.
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Output paths process data using expressions; see pages in the topic Expressions and Scripts.
Gateways can have an unlimited number of output connection pointspaths.
Stream-items will only pass through the output connection points paths if the condition set in the expression is met.
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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 connection pointpath, in the section toolbar click
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- To remove an output connection pointpath, 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:
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| Name | Enter an expression name. | 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. | |
| Order | Where the calculate gateway action runs multiple expressionsand 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: |
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