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Creating a Micro-Action

To create a micro-action:

  • either open a stream's properties. In the Stream Item Action ??Change section, click 
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  • or open the repository branch for a stream. Right-click Stream Item Actions and select 
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In both cases, PhixFlow opens a new micro-action properties tab.

Micro-Action Properties

 Use the following properties to configure the micro-action.

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Basic Settings

FieldDescription
NameEnter the name of the micro-action.

Stream Item Action

/ Mico-action

Select the type of operation:

  • None 
  • Insert
  • Delete
  • Update

The remaining options available in Basic Settings depend on the type of operation you select.

Note

You cannot undo or reverse a micro-action that deletes data records from a stream.

If you want users to have the option to undo a change:

  1. Configure a micro-action to Update rather than delete.
  2. The update marks the records as 'deleted', for example in a "status" attribute.
  3. Set up a scheduled archive task. Configure it to archive (delete) records set that have had status set to 'delete' in a specified time period, e.g. 48h hours.

This gives users time to reinstate records that have been deleted by mistake. The user will need to manually update the status attribute for the record to remove 'deleted'. If you do not  want your users to see deleted records, you can filter them from any views.


Attributes to Update

This option is only available where Stream Item Action is Insert.

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The grid  contains a list of attributes on which the micro-action will operate. If the grid is empty, the micro-action will operate on all attributes in the stream. To add stream attributes to the grid, in the toolbar, click 

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. PhixFlow opens the list of stream attributes. Drag attributes into the grid.

To create a new attribute, click 

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. To edit an attribute that is listed in the grid, double-click its name. In both cases, PhixFlow opens the Micro-Action Attribute properties.

The grid displays information from the action attribute:

  • Order: The order in which the rules are evaluated.
  • Name: The backing stream.
  • Expression: Any expression that has been defined for the attribute.

To remove an attribute from the grid, use the

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Filter Type

This option is only available where Stream Item Action is Delete or Update.

Select an option from the drop-down list.

The action will only apply to the records that:

  • Selected Items - the user has selected on the dashboard from which the action was initiated, unless the Target View is specified.
  • Edited Items - that the use has updated on the view from which the action was initiated, unless the Target View is specified.
  • View Filter - that are currently displayed  on the view from which the action was initiated unless the Target View is specified.
  • Action Filter - that the filter defined in the action has retrieved.
  • Dragged Items - the user is dragging, for a drag-and-drop action.
  • Drop Target Items - the user is dropping something onto, for a drag-and-drop action.
Target View

This option is only available where Stream Item Action is Delete or Update.

Enter ??a stream item view or dashboard name?? to change the view to which the action applies

Where Filter Type is one of Selected Items, Edited Items or View Filter, this is where it gets the records from??.

Condition

This option is only available where Stream Item Action is Delete or Update and Filter Type is Action Filter.

Create a filter to specify the records to which the action applies.

Expressions in this filter can refer items on the view or dashboard from which this action was initiated, for example:

  • form fields
  • context parameters
  • attributes from any selected record

Configure this filter in the same way that you would a pipe filter.

Copy Values By Name

This option is only available where Stream Item Action is Insert or Update.

Specify what to do if the dashboard from which the action was initiated includes more attributes than those listed in the properties grid Attributes to Update.

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  copy the values in the dashboard. This will only apply to records which have a corresponding record on the form??

Maximum Items Expr.

This option is only available where Stream Item Action is Delete or Update.

Enter an expression that evaluates to a number??. The number limits how many records or cells ?? that this action can affect.

Minimum Items Expr.

This option is only available where Stream Item Action is Delete or Update.

Enter an expression that evaluates to a number??. The number specifies the minimum number of records or cells ?? that this action can affect.

Data Sources

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Optionally create data sources that affect this micro-action how ??.

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In the grid, double-click a data source to open its properties. To remove a data source from the grid, use the

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Action Validation

Enter an expression. Examples??

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