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

When you are designing screens, you use a view to select and filter data for display. In an actionflow, the originating screen or component may not include all of the data that the actionflow requires. In this case, use a 

How the actionflow processes the view data depends on whether the view is wired via a driving or lookup connection.

• For a driving connection, records are returned individually to the view node and flow one by one through the remainder of the actionflow.
  
  
• For a lookup connection, the records are returned as an array within one recordset. Lookup views require both:
  • Data Attributes: the attributes being passed into the view node. 
  • Request Attributes: 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

Input Connection Points

• one 

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• 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 

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   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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Request Attributes

Available for lookup views. This section lists the data attributes returned by the look-up.

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. 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 

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   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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