This page is for application designers who want to define a process using a workflow diagram, and then connect elements of the diagram to PhixFlow dashboards and actions in an application. This page describes properties

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 has the properties for the following nodes:

Save
Delete Todo-Fiona - check
Gateway
Open Dashboard

For details of the calculate node, see Calculate Action Nodes

Properties

Parent Details

If this item is within or belongs to another, it's parent name is shown here. See the Common Properties page, Parent Details section for more details.

Basic Settings

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Field	Description
Name	Enter the name for the action node.
Show in the Explorer	An application can have many actionflows, and an individual actionflow can have many actions. This can lead to many items being listed in the repository. Use this option to omit the action from the repository. Tick to display this action node in the repository. Untick to omit this action node from the repository.
Stream Item Action	Todo-Fiona- find out if this can be renamed to something else unless it really relates to existing stream item actions. Available for save actions. Select the specific change to make to the stream-items: Either: Todo-Fiona Insert: create a new stream-item in the stream. Update: change part of the stream-item in the stream. Delete: delete the stream-item from the stream. Todo-Fiona- check about delete node, Adam think sit may be going away. Terminology changes in progress As part of the redesign of PhixFlow, we are changing the following terms: dashboard → screen stream → table stream attributes → attributes stream item → record stream set → recordset stream view → view stream item action → record-action stream action → table-action driver class → database driver
Stream Name	Select the stream Todo-Fiona why isn't this identified by the parent of the attribute/stream-item?
Exclusive	Available for gateway actions. Tick Todo-Fiona Untick Todo-Fiona

Input Connection Points

This section has a toolbar with standard buttons. The grid contains a list of the wires that pass data into the action.

To edit an existing connection, double-click its name in the list.

To add a new

create a new attribute: click Add New and set its properties. Todo-Fiona- why would this be useful

Drag add an existing attribute to this list Todo-Fiona- is this possible??

To remove attributes, select one and click Delete

Calculate Action Expressions

Calculate actions process data using expressions; see pages in the topic Expressions and Scripts.

This section has a toolbar with standard buttons. The grid contains a list of the expressions that the calculate action will perform. To add a new expression:

Click Add New to open a new expression and set the properties.

To remove attributes, select one and click Permanently Delete. Todo-Fiona- check icon and label.

Output Connection Points

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Security Tab

Access Permissions

See the Common Properties page, Access Permissions section.

Access Permissions section is available for gateway actions.

Description

We recommend that you always enter a description to explain the purpose of this item.

Audit Tab

Audit Summary

See the Common Properties page, Audit Summary section.

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