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What is a Converge Action?

An Action

The  Converge action is used to combine two paths within an Actionflow. This node converges two or more paths together, passing through all attributes which are common to all incoming paths. It does not merge any records. 

Creating Converge Actions

  1. Click an


Worked Example

Here's a worked example using the Shop Data (available from the Learning Centre).

In this example, we are using:  

  • A Customer Form screen containing blank input fields, set up to create a new customer  - this screen was created using the Edit Form template

If you are completing this chapter as part of the Actionflow course and using a training instance, the data and screens have already been pre-loaded into the Actionflow Intermediate Application. For this example, we'll be working on the grid on the Customer Form screen.

GIF/SCREENSHOT OF FINISHED RESULT

For this example, we'll create

We recommend that you have prior knowledge of  Gateway actions and  Email actions or have completed 2.03 Gateway Action Configuration and 2.11 Email Action Configuration.

SEE ACTIONFLOW ON SAVE BUTTON ON NEW CUSTOMER FORM

Converge Actionflow

Example:

  1. Open the Customer Form and unlock the screen
    1. If you have completed the chapter xxxx on xxxxx, right-click on the Save button and choose  Remove Actionflow
    2. Close and reopen the screen
    3. Right-click on the screen and choose  Add Form Actions
    4. Drag  Save Record onto the Save button
  2. Open the Actionflow on the Save button
  3. Create a  Gateway action
    1. Name: Joined Mailing List
  4. Add this between the input and save action
  5. Choose the out Output Connection Point
  6. Click on the input connection point and map in the attribute, mailingList, into the Actionflow
  7. Map this into the gateway node
  8. On the gateway node, create 2 rules:
    1. Attribute: EmailMe
      in.mailingList == true
    2. Attribute: DontEmailMe
      in.mailingList != true



1.02 Actionflow Principles

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