Types of Action Node
The following table summarises the purpose of each type of action node, the types of connections available on an action node and how each action node runs.
Icon | Description | How it runs | Available Connections |
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Actionflow | Embeds an Actionflow within the current Actionflow. | Once per record | Driving connection |
Open Screen See Open Screen Node | Add an action to open a specified screen. If the specified screen contains a Start Phase button WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? CONFIRM?, the action node can then be connected to a Start Phase action node. The buttons can be mapped to each output of the action node to trigger different pathways depending on what the user clicks. For example, this method is used if the process requires confirmation by the user. A confirmation screen can appear with a message 'Are you sure?' with two options
| Once per flow | Driving connection |
View See View Node | Add an action for a data view. The Actionflow uses views for additional data to use when processing records. THIS IS NOT AS CLEAR AS IT COULD BE. EXLAIN IT LIKE YOU ARE TELING SOMEONE WHAT THESE ARE USED FOR. | Once per record | Driving connection Lookup connection |
Calculate | Add an action to manipulate the data that is passed to the calculate action OR ADD TEXT. In the calculate action, write an expression using one or more of the 135+ functions available in PhixFlow. | Once per record | Driving connection |
Gateway See Gateway Node | Add an action to specify decision logic. Gateways control the route that records take as they flow through the Actionflow. | Once per record | Driving connection Lookup connection |
Open URL See Open URL Node | Add an action to open a specified URL. | Once per flow | Driving connection |
Save See Save Node | Add an action to save the specified record(s) to its table. | Once per record | Driving connection |
Delete | Add an action to delete the specified record from its table. | Once per record | Driving connection |
Bulk Delete | Add an action for the bulk deletion of records in a table or to delete all records in a table. | Once per record | Driving connection |
Run Analysis See Analysis Node | Runs analysis on the specified tables. | Once per record | Driving connection |
HTTP See HTTP Node | Performs an HTTP request to an API. | Once per record | Driving connection |
See Email Node | Sends an Email to the specified recipient(s). | Once per record | Driving connection |
JSON See JSON Node | Handles JSON data, returning each JSON node, defined by the configuration, as an attribute. | Once per record | Driving connection |
For Each | Iterates through a set of records or values in an array, performs some processing and generates an output record for each value passed in. | Once per record | Driving connection |
Loop Node See Loop Nodes | Provides the ability to loop within an Actionflow for tasks such as polling an API or paging through results returned by an API. | Once per record | Driving connection |
Converge See Converge Node | Converges two paths within an Actionflow. This action node does not merge any records but converges paths together. Only attributes common to all paths leading to the Converge action node will be passed through. | Once per record | Driving connection Lookup connection |
Start Phase See Phase Node | Starts the phase specified by the user on the action node. To add a phase action node there must be more than one phase in the Actionflow. | Once per flow | Driving connection |