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Overview

PhixFlow is a low-code application development tool. PhixFlow's visual design process means you can use drag-and-drop techniques to easily create everything you need to make a fully-functional application. 

  1. Create an application
    Easily create a new application, and configure the settings for the project; see Creating an Application and Application Properties.
  2. Define your data
    Create entity relationship diagrams (ERDs) to define the data that backs your application; see Understanding ERDs.
  3. Design screens
    Screens     allow application users to interact with your data. Simply drag-and-drop templates and components to design a screen or customise your own using CSS; see Designing Screens.
  4. Set up actionflows
    Actionflows control the interactions users can perform with your application and its data; see Understanding Actionflows.
  5. Analyse data
    Use analysis models to process large data sets and create integrations with your data sources; see Analysis Models for Batch Processing Data.

Where you may need to add code, PhixFlow provides fields for Expressions and PhixScripts.

Opening an Application

When you log in, PhixFlow displays the Welcome window and the application menu. Anytime you want to return to the application menu, in the top left corner of the PhixFlow window, click  Application menu.

In the application menu, applications are shown as cards  or as a list. To switch view, click the icons in the top right of the application window.

  •  Card List
  •  Card List

To open an application:

  1. Click anywhere in a card or on a list line.
  2. PhixFlow asks you to confirm. 
  3. Click Yes to continue to the application's Home window. 
    From here you can select an aspect of your application on which to work.

To create a new application from the application menu, click the  Add New button on the left of the menu; see Creating an Application.

PhixFlow's Two Modes

You can use PhixFlow to design an application or to use it. To switch mode, click the icon in the top right of the PhixFlow window.

  • Use  Design Mode to  create and configure applications. This includes designing screens, creating workflows and actionflows, defining data structures and relationships. You can also set up complex data processing using analysis models.
    We recommend that you use design mode on a desktop computer.
  • Use  Application Mode to run your PhixFlow applications. Only essential PhixFlow menus and toolbars visible in application mode.
    You can design and run an applications  on:
    • desktop or laptop computers
    • mobile devices, such as a tablet or smartphone.

Access Control

Administrators can use user groups and privileges so that application users:

  • never see  Design Mode  
  • only have access to the specific applications and data that they need.
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