This page provides details of the properties for the open screen node and associated expressions. These are part of actionflows.

Overview

Use an Open Screen action node to open new screens within PhixFlow. To set the actionflow to close the active dashboard on completion, on the top right of the canvas, tick Close Parent Dashboard.

Example

The above video shows a basic actionflow to open a screen from a button. To open a screen:

Right click on the button and click Add Actionflow
Name the action
Drag the screen you want to open onto the main body of the actionflow. You have just created an open screen node.
Now we need to wire up an input to initiate the actionflow
Click Add next to the inputs
Name the new input connection point and select driving.
Click create connection point
Click on the on click input. This will start the actionflow when a user clicks on the button.
Click connect input to finish setting up the actionflow
Go back to the first screen to test to see if it works.

Properties Tab

Parent Details

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

Basic Settings

Field	Description
Name	Enter the name for the action node.
Show in the Repository	An application can have many actionflows, and an individual actionflow can have many nodes. This can lead to many items being listed under Actionflow in the repository. Use this option to omit the node from the repository. to display this node in the repository. to omit this node from the repository.
Screen	Select a dashboard that the action will open. The dashboard can be selected using the drop down or List Screens. If the screen has not been created yet, create one using Add New. A warning symbol appears on the node if a screen has not been selected.
Model Validation Status	When you save changes to the properties of a table or view attribute, PhixFlow validates that the properties are set correctly. If there is an issue with the properties, PhixFlow indicates the status of the validation check: UNKNOWN - PhixFlow has not run the validation check yet. Save the properties to run the check. SUCCESS - the properties are set correctly ERROR - PhixFlow has found issues that need attention. Scroll down the properties to the Errors section where you will find the list of properties that need correcting. When a table or view attribute has validation errors, PhixFlow also reports that the parent application and package have errors. PhixFlow can process data from tables or view attributes that have validation errors. The validation checks help you to configure tables and view attributes so that PhixFlow can continue to run efficiently. For example, PhixFlow reports an error if a table has no Data Retention option set because it can affect performance when all old tablesets are retained, To run validation checks on all tables, view attributes, applications and packages, use Administration Menu → More → Validate Model Objects.

Input Connection Points

Each open screen node has 1 primary input connection point by default called 'screen'. Connecting to this connection point opens the screen and allows the user to optionally map the following screen properties. (may not happen for v9)

Property	Type	Default Values if not set	Description
height	Number	find out	Sets the height of the screen
width	Number	find out	Sets the width of the screen
top	Number	find out	Sets the top position of the screen relative to the window
left	Number	find out	Sets the left position of the screen relative to the window
maximised	Boolean	whatever is set on the screen properties	True will open the dashboard in its maximised state. False will open the dashboard in its minimised state and will use the above properties.

Once a screen has been attached to the open dashboard node an input connection point for each form on the screen is created with a role of component. Each input connection point automatically has any data fields on the form (dynamic text or form fields) added as attributes. These attributes can be mapped to and supplied with data.

Each input connection point has the following properties:

Field	Description
Name	The name of the input connection point
Role	Primary Simply opens the dashboard regardless of data. Has optional mapping fields to set screen properties. Component Opens the dashboard and can provide forms with data
Open Mode	Update opens form fields with the latest data Insert opens the screen with form fields empty Change fields opens form fields with data
Attributes	A list of attributes available on the input connection point. These directly link to the fields available on the form. Component connection points display attributes available on the associated form. Primary connection points display the screen properties as attributes.

Output Connection Points

If the screen attached to the node contains start phase buttons (buttons with the action type 'Start Phase') the output connection point section will appear.

Properties - to do

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.

Sections on this page

Learn More

For links to all pages in this topic, see Understanding Actionflows.

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

Open Screen Node