Overview

There are a number of ways to quickly create test data in PhixFlow, which can be manually edited and added to. 

Creating an Editable Grid

Data can be manually added or updated using a simple ERD and Screen setup.

Creating a table

1. On an  ERD, either:

   1. Create a new table by dragging  Table from the toolbar onto your ERD canvas

   2. Add an existing table by clicking  Table on the toolbar, then dragging a table from the  Repository onto your ERD canvas 
   3. Import an Excel CSV file by dragging it from your PC onto your ERD canvas

2. If you create a new table, PhixFlow automatically adds the following attributes to the table:

   1.   Primary key: UID

   2.   Display Name: Name 

3. Add as many new attributes to your table as you need by clicking Add on the table, and give your attributes appropriate names

   1. 

Creating a Screen 

1. To create a screen using your ERD data, click  on your table and choose  Create Screen
2. On the Create Screen wizard, enter the following:
   1. Name: give your screen an appropriate name
   2. Open Maximised: toggle 
   3. Description: give your screen an appropriate description to indicate its purpose
   4. Template: choose Edit Form
      1. 
   5. Click Create Screen
3. The Available Attributes selector will automatically appear, press the cross to close this
4. To select the attributes you wish to see on your screen, select  Attributes in the toolbar 
5. Click the tickbox next to each attribute, or click the top tickbox to select all the attributes, and drag them onto your screen
   1. 
6. PhixFlow will ask how you would like the attributes to be displayed, choose  Grid
   1. 
7. PhixFlow will ask if you would like to add actions, choose Yes
   1. 
8. On the Grid Actions wizard, drag Delete Selected Records onto the Delete button on your screen 
   
   1. 
9. Close the Grid Actions and Available Attribute wizards

Setting up the Screen

1. Click on the grid on your screen to highlight it in the Layers panel on the left within the Body
2. The View Component Properties will show on the right, click the View hyperlink 
   1. 
3. In the View Properties, toggle on  Auto Save
4. Click Apply and Close
5. With Auto Save set up, the screen no longer requires a Save button
6. To delete the Save button, click on it on the screen to highlight it in the Layers, right click it in Layers and select  Permanently Delete
7. In the Layers panel, click on the area FieldContainer to open its Properties on the right
8. Click on the  Styles tab and within the Style Settings section, change the Width and Height to 100%
9. Click Apply and Close
10. Click on the Name header on the grid to open the View Attribute Properties on the right
11. On the  Properties tab, within the Grid Settings section, untick Read Only
12. Repeat this step for all of your attribute headers, except UID
    1. Note: Unticking Read Only will allow you to manually enter information into these columns on your grid
13. Then click Apply and Close
14. 
    

Adding a Button

1. Open the Palette by clicking  Palette on the toolbar
2. Expand the Buttons - Primary section and drag the Add button onto your screen - the screen will highlight the areas where the button should be dropped
3. Give your button a name
   1. Optional: In the Layers panel, expand the area Window CRUD Bar. Then, while holding shift, drag and drop your Add button onto either the Left or Right area within the Window CRUD Bar

Check Point

At this point, your screen should look similar to this:

Adding New Records via an Actionflow

1. Right-click on your new Add button and choose  Add Actionflow
2. Give your actionflow a name
3. To configure the input connection, within the Connections section on the left, click on Click to Connect
4. Choose the On Click Action Event, then select Connect Input
5. Drag the Calculate node from the toolbar onto the canvas
6. Give it a name
7. The Properties for the Calculate node will show on the right
8. In the Output Attributes section, add a new attribute by selecting 
9. Give it a name and set the expression to "new"
10. Drag the Save node from the toolbar onto the canvas, give it a name, set the Type to Auto Insert/Update, and from the Table dropdown list, choose your table
11. Connect the out pipe from the Calculate node to the Save node
    1. 
12. Map across your Output Attribute from the Calculate node onto the Save node
    1. 
13. Drag the Input Connection Point onto the Calculate node 
    1. 
14. Close the Actionflow and open the screen you created earlier
15.  Lock the screen, then select the Add button
16. The Actionflow will fire and a new record will be created on the grid, with a unique ID (UID)
    1. 
17. Double click on the fields to manually enter information 
18. Repeat these steps of adding a new record and updating the information as many times as required
19. Each record will save automatically

Check Point

At this point, your screen should look similar to this:

Using Input Multipliers

Coming soon