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Overview

The end point an application that displays data to users and lets them make changes

  •  screen displays data in grids and charts → view
  • user adds, removes or changes the data - form fields, buttons which are wired to actionflows

How you set this up

  1. Load existing Data: 
    • Quick load from excel
    • Use analysis model to connect to databases or other external data
  2. Define data structure: Use ERDs define the logical structure of the data that your application using tables and relationships.  Understanding ERDs and Defining Data Structures using ERDs
  3. Compile views: Decide what your application users need to see. Set up views for these
  4. Connecting data to screens: Design s


Action types and table types - calclulate etc.

Transactional

  • changing individual or small numbers of records - transactional changes.
  • You can also bulk change. Use an analysis model for complex processing of large number of data records.
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You can:

  • either define an ERD before adding any data to PhixFlow. In this case you create the tables, attributes and relationships
  • or you can load data from external sources first. You can then drag tables into the ERD and simply add the relationships.

Getting Data in

  • loading data page to do??: New concept page
    • Enter data yourself
    • Load excel files
    • Use an analysis model
    • generate test data
      • API to import from a tool
      • using input multipliers

Seeing Data

If you are working with tables that have records, to see them:

  1. Click on a table in the ERD to open its properties.
  2. In the properties toolbar, click  More Options.
  3. Select View Chart (this should be default view!??).
  4. PhixFlow displays a grid showing all the data records.
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