This page is for application designers who need to configure functionality for components or events. It explains the properties for the view node, which is part of an actionflow.
Overview
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node to provide additional data to the actionflow.Sometimes When you are designing screens, you use a view to select and filter data for display. In an actionflow, the originating screen or component
does may not include all of the data that the actionflow requires. In this case,
add a view node, which can provide data from a table and related attributes that you can use in both driving and lookup connections.Adding an View Node
Drag a view node from the actionflow toolbar onto the canvas.
Choose whether this view will be driving or lookup (see below).
Select the table on which this view is based.
Lookup and Streaming Viewsuse a
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node to select and filter additional data to use in the actionflow.How the actionflow processes the view data depends on whether the view is wired via a connected as a driving or lookup node. When you drag a view node onto an actionflow canvas, PhixFlow prompts you to choose between a streaming/driving or lookup connection.
If the view node is connected via lookup connection.
- For a driving connection, records are returned individually to the connected view node and flow one by one through the remainder of the actionflow.
- If the view node is connected via For a lookup connection, the records are returned as an array within one recordset.
Lookup views require both: add from - being passed into the view
. PhixFlow looks-up data from these attributes.- node.
- Request Attributes:
when the actionflow runs, PhixFlow uses this section of the properties to list the attribute data returned by the look-up. This maps to an input on the destination point.
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- the attributes from which you need to lookup data.
When you create a view node, PhixFlow prompts you to select the table on which this view is based. PhixFlow opens the Attributes window and the view node properties.
Drag attributes from the Attributes window and onto the Data Attributes or Request Attributes sections. You can add attributes from the base table and from related tables..
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Basic Settings
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| Name | Enter the name for the action node. |
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| Primary Table todo-Fiona Check | The primary table that is providing the data for Subtype | Read-only. PhixFlow displays the type, selected when the the view node was created. | Subtype todo-Fiona Check | Streaming Types are - Streaming - a driving view
- Requested - a lookup view
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| Default Sort Order | Select a sort order, or click to create a new one; see Sort Order. The sort order determines the order the data is retrieved. |
| Default Filter | Select a filter, or click to create a new one; see Sort Order. A filter determines what data is retrieved. To reference attributes present in the Filter Attributes, use _filter.[AttributeName]. |
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to include superseded records in the view data.
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| Data Range | Select the data range that the view node will use: - All: use all the data
- Latest: use only the latest data.
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to open a new input connection point and set its properties.To edit an existing input connection point, double-click it in the list to open its propertiesTo remove an input connection point, select one and in the section toolbar click 
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This section has a toolbar with standard buttons. View nodes can have:- one
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The grid contains a list of all input connection points and their type.
- To add a new input connection point, in the section toolbar click to open a new input connection point and set its properties; see Input Connection Points.
- To edit an existing input connection point, double-click it in the list to open its properties.
- To remove an input connection point, select one and in the section toolbar click
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Data Attributes
A list of attributes displayed This section has a toolbar with standard buttons. The grid contains a list of the attributes in the view. Click 
to show the list of attributes for the primary table. Drag the attributes you want to add to the view 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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Filter Attributes
A list of attributes that can be referenced in the view's filter under Data Retrieval using the syntax _filter.[AttributeName]. These attributes can be mapped to attached nodes which can provide filter parameters. | Field | Description |
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| Name | Enter the name for the action node. |
| Attribute | Why does this let you go to another properties that are basically the same?? |
| Type | Select the type of data this attribute contains; see Understanding Data Types. - String
- Bigstring
- Integer
- Float
- Decimal
- Date
- Datetime
- Graphic
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| Order | The order of the attribute. Attribute expressions are evaluated in this order. This is important when you need to use the results of a calculation in another attribute: - either in its expression
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Request Attributes
Available for view nodes connected via a lookup input connection point.
This section has a toolbar with standard buttons. The grid contains a list of the attributes from which this view node will look for data. In the list:
- To create a new attribute: click and set the Name and Type; see Attribute.
- To change its properties, double-click an attribute in the list; see View Attribute
- To delete an attribute, right-click and select
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Map the request attribute to an attribute in a table.
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