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Overview
An actionflow diagram is made up of a series of nodes. Each node represents a specific action. By configuring different actions and wiring them together you can create complex functionality
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- Gateway
- Open Screen
- Open URl
- Lookups
- Request Query Lookup
- Streaming Query Lookup
For details of the calculate node, see Calculate Action Nodes
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For information about connecting actionflow nodes together, see Wiring Actionflows.
Adding Action Nodes
The toolbar displays the available action nodes that can be dragged onto the actionflow canvas.
Actions can be added to actionflows in 2 ways:
- Dragging actions directly from the toolbar
- Dragging the following items from the repository using
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The action nodes have connections, which are blue when connected and grey when not connected, see Wiring Actionflows. Action nodes have
- Input connections, where data is passed into the node
- Output connections, which pass data to the next node.
Usually, connections are
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Nodes must be connected sequentially starting from the
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Input Connection Points
This section has a toolbar with standard buttons. The grid contains a list of the wires that pass data into the action.
To edit an existing connection, double-click its name in the list.
To add a new
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Calculate Action Expressions
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:
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Output Connection Points
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Types of Action Node
The following table summarises the purpose of each type of action node, with a link to the reference page for the node.
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Add an action to open a specified screen. If the specified screen contains a start phase button the node can then be connected to a start phase node. The buttons can be mapped to each output of the node to trigger different pathways depending on what the user clicks. For example, this method is used if the process requires confirmation by the user. A confirmation screen can appear with a message 'Are you sure?' with two options
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Add a node to specify decision logic. Gateways control the route that records take as they flow through the actionflow. |
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