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This page is for application designers who want to define a process using an actionflow diagram. It introduces the action nodes that make up an actionflow.

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.

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:

  1. Drag actions from the create section in the toolbar


  2. From existing action nodes
    Users can create new actions from connections from existing actions.


  3. 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, 
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       node or   View node.




    •  List Actionflows
      Will create an  Actionflow node. Doesn't do this yet


The action nodes have connection points, that are blue when connected and grey when not connected, see Wiring Actionflows and Connection Points.  All types of action node can have a  Driving connection which passed data through to the next action node. Some action nodes can also  have a  Lookup connection, which acts like a lookup, sending out a request for data which is returned to the action node data. The table below shows which action nodes can have a request connection.

Types of Action Node

The following table summarises the purpose of each type of action node, with a link to the reference page for the node.

IconMore DetailDescriptionRequest Connection

 Actionflow

Creating Actionflows

Add another complete actionflow as a node within this actionflow.  This is useful to reuse existing actionflows, or to refactor a complex workflow by 


Yes

screen ScreenOpen Screen Node

Add an action to open a specified dashboard (screen). Only use this action as the final node in an actionflow or branch of it. 


  ViewView NodeAdd a node for a data view. The actionflow uses views for additional data to use when processing stream-items.

Yes

 Calculate

Calculate Action Node

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.

Yes

 Delete Records

Add an action to deletes the specified stream-items passed to the node.


 Gateway
Gateway Node

Add a node to specify decision logic. Gateways control the route that stream-items take as they flow through the actionflow.

Yes

 Save

Save Node

Add a node to saves the specified stream-items to their stream.


 Open URLOpen URL NodeAdd an action to open a specified URL.
 Run AnalysisAnalysis NodeAdd tables to run analysis.


What's next?

For details about the properties for the action nodes and their connections, see:


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