This page is for application designers who want to define a process using an actionflow diagram.
Overview
An actionflow diagram is made up of a series of nodes. Each node represents a specific action. By configuring different actions and wiring them together you can create complex functionality. This section describes the properties of the different action nodes. This page introduces the following nodes and links to further details about
For information about connecting actionflow nodes together, see Wiring Actionflows.
Adding Action Nodes
The toolbar includes the following action nodes that you can drag onto the actionflow canvas.
Actions can be added to actionflows in 3 ways:
- Drag actions from the create section in the toolbar
- From existing action nodes
Users can create new actions from connections from existing actions. - Dragging the following items from the repository using
- List Screens
Will create an Open Screen node. - List Tables
Will ask the user if they would like to create a Save Records node,Error rendering macro 'excerpt-include' : No link could be created for '_action_view_driving'.node or View node. - List Actionflows
Will create an Actionflow node. Doesn't do this yet
- List Screens
Connections
fiona-todo - create a page called connections and have this and the input and output. split by driving and lookup.
Everything in an actionflow is connected using connection points. They are blue when connected and grey when not connected. There are two types of connections:
- Driving connection and
- Lookup connection
To find out more detail about these nodes, see Wiring Actionflows.
Action Nodes
These are the simplest component of any actionflow and define its functionality. Please find a brief description of each node below and the connection points each node has.
Fiona-todo : view node is one thing
Add links to the pages.
Icon | Description | Connections |
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Create | ||
Actionflow | Add another complete actionflow as a node within this actionflow. This is useful to reuse existing actionflows, or to refactor a complex workflow by moving part of the logic to its own node. | Driving connection Lookup connection |
Screen | Add an action to open a specified dashboard (screen). Only use this action as the final node in an actionflow or branch of it. | Driving connection |
View | Add a node for a data view. The actionflow uses views for additional data to use when processing stream-items. | Driving connection Lookup connection |
Calculate | Add an action to manipulate the data that is passed to the calculate action. In the calculate action, write an expression using one or more of the 115+ functions available in PhixFlow. | Driving connection Lookup connection |
Delete Records | Add an action to deletes the specified stream-items passed to the node. | Driving connection |
Gateway | Add a node to specify decision logic. Gateways control the route that stream-items take as they flow through the actionflow. | Driving connection Lookup connection |
Save | Add a node to saves the specified stream-items to their stream. | Driving connection |
Open URL | Add an action to open a specified URL. | Driving connection |
Run Analysis | Add tables to run analysis. | Driving connection |
Tap | tbc | Driving connection |
For more detail of each actionflow node, see below.