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 displays the available action nodes that can be dragged 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 or View node.
- List Actionflows
  Will create an Actionflow node.

The action nodes have connections, which are blue when connected and grey when not connected, see Wiring Actionflows and Understanding Actionflow Node Connections. Action nodes have

input connections, where data is passed into the node
output connections, which pass data to the next node.

Usually, connections are Driving connection. These pass data through to the next action node. Some action nodes can have Lookup connection, which act like a lookup. These send out a request for data, which is returned to the action node data. The table below shows the types of connection available on an action node.

Nodes must be connected sequentially starting from the Driving interface connection point. Records will then pass through each node and be manipulated accordingly.

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.

Icon	Description	Available Connections
Actionflow see Actionflow Node	Add another complete actionflow as a node within this actionflow. This is useful to reuse existing actionflows, or to refactor a complex workflow.	Driving connection Lookup connection
Open Screen see Open Screen Node	Add an action to open a specified dashboard (screen). If the specified dashboard contains a start phase button the node can then be connected to a start phase node. The buttons can be mapped to each output of the node to trigger different pathways depending on what the user clicks. For example, this method is used if the process requires a confirmation by the user. A confirmation screen can appear with a message 'Are you sure?' with two options Yes - the actionflow continues to the yes output. No - the actionflow stops	Driving connection
View see View Node	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 see Calculate 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.	Driving connection
Gateway see Gateway Node	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 Records see Save Node	Add a node to saves the specified stream-items to their stream.	Driving connection
Open URL see Open URL Node	Add an action to open a specified URL.	Driving connection
Run Analysis see Analysis Node	Add tables to run analysis.	Driving connection
Start Phase see Phase Node	Starts the phase specified by the user on the node.	Driving connection

What's next?

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

Using Actionflow Nodes

Overview

Adding Action Nodes

Types of Action Node

What's next?