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Action Nodes

Action nodes are the building blocks of Actionflows and are represented as a circle with an icon. They perform specific tasks, e.g. decision gateways, performing calculations, and API integrations, and are joined together using connectors.

Action nodes can be dragged from the toolbar onto the canvas to create a new action, and some can be clicked to see existing objects, e.g. click  Open Screen to list existing screens, which can then be dragged from the Repository onto the canvas.

Most nodes run once per record they receive from the input connection point. However, some nodes are only only trigged once after receiving the final record or once per flow, e.g. REPETION HERE ON RUNNING ONCE< PLUS WE SWITCH TERMINOLOGY FROM RUN TO TRIGGERED Open Screen,  Start Phase and  Open URL nodes.

Attributes are mapped into action nodes as Input Parameters ONLY IF WE ARE GOING TO PROCESS THEM IN THAT NODE and out of action nodes as Output Attributes. Connectors between the action nodes then pass through the data and attributes DATA AND ATTRIBUTES?Every attribute is passed through* but in order to use an attribute in a specific action node it must be mapped in to it as an input parameter. CAN WE TIDY THIS PARAGRAPH UP, I THINK IT CAN BE MORE CONCISE AND CLEARER

*although there can be exceptions, such as the Converge action.

Once mappings are configured they will reused in all instances of the Actionflow. This is because the action nodes sit within the Actionflow itself and only the data coming into and out of an Actionflow changes for each instance.

Note: The specifics of mappings and connectors are covered in a later in this course. NOT SURE THIS NEEDS TO BE A NOTE

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