This page is for application designers who need to configure functionality for components or events. It explains the properties for the open-screen node, which is part of an actionflow.

Overview

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Example

The above video shows a basic actionflow to open a screen from a button. To open a screen:

1. Right click on the button and click Add Actionflow
2. Name the action
3. Drag the screen you want to open onto the main body of the actionflow. You have just created an open screen node.
4. Now we need to wire up an input to initiate the actionflow
5. Click Add next to the inputs
6. Name the new input connection point and select driving.
7. Click create connection point
8. Click on the on click input. This will start the actionflow when a user clicks on the button.
9. Click connect input to finish setting up the actionflow
10. Go back to the first screen to test to see if it works.

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Basic Settings

Field	Description
Name	Enter the name for the action open screen node.
Insert excerpt _actionflow_properties _actionflow_properties name show-name nopanel true	Insert excerpt _actionflow_properties _actionflow_properties name show-text nopanel true
Screen	Select a dashboard screen that the action this node will open. The dashboard can be selected using Use the drop down or  Insert excerpt _screen_list _screen_list nopanel true . If the screen has not been created yet, create one using  Insert excerpt _add _add nopanel true . A warning red exclamation symbol appears on the node to notify you if a screen has not been selected.
Model Validation Status	Insert excerpt _validate _validate name status nopanel true

Input Connection Points

Each open screen node has 1 primary input connection point by default called 'screen'. Connecting to this connection point opens the screen and allows the user to optionally map the following screen properties. (may not happen for v9)

Once a screen has been attached to the open dashboard node an input connection point for each form on the screen is created with a role of component. Each input connection point automatically has any data fields on the form (dynamic text or form fields) added as attributes. These attributes can be mapped to and supplied with data.

Each input connection point has the following properties:

Input Connection Points

This section has a toolbar with standard buttons. 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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Output Connection Points

Available when the screen attached to the node contains buttons with the action type Start Phase.

This section has a toolbar with standard buttons. The grid contains a list of all output connection points.

• To add a new output path, in the section toolbar click 

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   to open a new output path and set the expression; see Output Connection Points.
• To edit an existing output path, double-click it in the list to open its properties.
• To remove an output path, select one and in the section toolbar click 

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Errors

This section has a toolbar with standard buttons. The grid contains a list of errors where fields have been validated. Todo-Fiona - more details.