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

Overview

A calculate action... Todo-Fiona

 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

FieldDescription
NameEnter 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.

Pass Through

Pass data through to subsequent action nodes.

Input Connection Points]

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Calculate Action Expressions

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

This section has a toolbar with standard buttonsThe grid contains a list of the expressions that the calculate action will perform. 

  • To add a new expression, in the section toolbar click  Add New to open a new expression and set the properties.
  • To edit an existing expression, double-click it in the list to open its properties.
  • To remove an expression, select one and in the section toolbar click  Permanently Delete. Todo-Fiona - check icon and label.

The expression properties has sections for Parent Details , Audit Summary and the following Basic Settings:

Field

Description
NameEnter an expression name.
Type

Select one of the data types: Todo-Fiona - what does this do?

  • String
  • Bigstring
  • Integer
  • Float
  • Decimal
  • Date
  • Datetime
  • Graphic
  • TrueFalse
An attribute nameTodo-Fiona - what does this do?
Expression

Enter an expression. To work in a larger pop-up window, click .

See also:

OrderWhere the calculate action runs multiple expressions, enter a number to indicate the order in which this expression will be run. Remember that an expression that generates a value should run before an expression that uses the value.

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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