This page is for application designers who want to define a process using an actionflow diagram.

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. This section describes the properties of the different action nodes. This page introduces the following nodes and links to further details about 

For information about connecting actionflow nodes together, see Wiring Actionflows.

Adding Action Nodes

The toolbar includes the following action nodes that you can drag onto the actionflow canvas.

Actions can be added to actionflows in 3 ways:

1. Drag actions from the create section in the toolbar
   
   
   
2. From existing action nodes
   Users can create new actions from connections from existing actions.
   
   
   
3. Dragging the following items from the repository using
   •  List Screens
     Will create an  Open Screen node.
     
     
   •  List Tables
     Will ask the user if they would like to create a  Save Records node, 
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      node or   View node.
     
     
     
     
     
   •  List Actionflows
     Will create an  Actionflow node. Doesn't do this yet

Connections

fiona-todo - create a page called connections and have this and the input and output. split by driving and lookup.

Everything in an actionflow is connected using connection points. They are blue when connected and grey when not connected. There are two types of connections:

•  Driving connection and
•  Lookup connection

To find out more detail about these nodes, see Wiring Actionflows.

Action Nodes

These are the simplest component of any actionflow and define its functionality. Please find a brief description of each node below and the connection points each node has.

Fiona-todo : view node is one thing

Add links to the pages.

Icon	Description	Connections
Create
Actionflow	Add another complete actionflow as a node within this actionflow.  This is useful to reuse existing actionflows, or to refactor a complex workflow by moving part of the logic to its own node.	Driving connection  Lookup connection
Screen	Add an action to open a specified dashboard (screen). Only use this action as the final node in an actionflow or branch of it.	Driving connection
View	Add a node for a data view. The actionflow uses views for additional data to use when processing stream-items.	Driving connection  Lookup connection
Calculate	Add an action to manipulate the data that is passed to the calculate action. In the calculate action, write an expression using one or more of the 115+ functions available in PhixFlow.	Driving connection  Lookup connection
Delete Records	Add an action to deletes the specified stream-items passed to the node.	Driving connection
Gateway	Add a node to specify decision logic. Gateways control the route that stream-items take as they flow through the actionflow.	Driving connection  Lookup connection
Save	Add a node to saves the specified stream-items to their stream.	Driving connection
Open URL	Add an action to open a specified URL.	Driving connection
Run Analysis	Add tables to run analysis.	Driving connection
Tap	tbc	Driving connection

For more detail of each actionflow node, see below.

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