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Action Nodes

Action nodes are the building blocks of Actionflows

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and are represented as a circle with an icon. They perform specific tasks, e.g. 

updating data

decision gateways, performing calculations, and API integrations, and are joined together using connectors.

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Action nodes can be dragged from the toolbar onto the canvas to create a new action, and some can be clicked to see existing objects, e.g. click

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Most action nodes run once per record they receive from the input connection point. However, some action nodes only trigger once run after receiving the final record or once per flow, e.g.  

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Attributes are mapped into action nodes as Input Parameters and out of action nodes Where attributes require processing by an action node, e.g. in an expression, the attributes must be mapped in as Input Parameters. These attributes are then mapped out of the action node as Output Attributes.

Connectors between the action nodes then pass through the data and attributes. Every attribute is passed through* but in order to use an attribute in a specific action node it must be mapped in to it as an input parameter.*although every attribute*, including any not mapped**

*attributes not mapped are referred to as pass-through attributes.

**there can be exceptions, such as the e.g. Converge action.

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Once mappings are configured they will reused in all instances of the Actionflow. This is because the action nodes sit within the Actionflow itself and only the data coming into and out of an Actionflow changes for each instance.


Note: The For the specifics of mappings and connectors are covered in a later in this course, see 1.08 Mappings and Connectors.

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