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What are Exclusion Groups?

Exclusion Groups are a way to group Actionflows that should not be running at the same time.

Where multiple Actionflows have the same exclusion group, only one Actionflow will be able to run at any one time. Attempting to run a second Actionflow with the same exclusion group will return a warning message and the Actionflow will not run. This applies whether the Actionflow is run manually or automatically using a schedule.

Exclusion groups are evaluated before any Actionflows are started. When an Actionflow with an exclusion group is triggered, if no other Actionflow with the same exclusion group is already running then the Actionflow will continue. The action will be considered to be using this exclusion group from this point until the Actionflow has completed.

Setting Exclusion Groups

  1. Open an Actionflow and open its  Properties
  2. Under Basic Settings, populate the Exclusion Group field with any text to indicate the group
    1. This field is case insensitive and can take any free text
  3. Repeat this with other Actionflows to add them to the same Exclusion Group

Worked Example

Here's a worked example using the Company Data (available from the Learning Centre).

In this example, we are using:  

  • A Company Orders screen containing two grids of the Orders and OrderLines data - this screen was created using the Multi-tile template

If you are completing this chapter as part of the Actionflow course and using a training instance, the data and screens have already been pre-loaded into the Actionflow Advanced Application. For this example, we'll be working on the Company Orders screen.

Example: Setting an Exclusion Group

In this example, we'll add two Actionflows to the same exclusion group to see the warning that appears when triggering both Actionflows at the same time. This example is just for demonstration purposes.

Actionflow Setup

  1. Open the Company Orders screen
  2. Open the Actionflow on the Edit button and open the  Properties
  3. Under Basic Settings, populate the Exclusion Group field with any text, e.g. Orders
  4. Repeat these steps with the Actionflow on the Add button on the Company Orders screen
  5. On the Actionflow on the Add button, create a  Calculate action with an Output Attribute:
    1. Name: Delay
    2. Type: Integer
    3. Expression: sleep(20)
      1. This will add a delay into the Actionflow for demonstration purposes. See sleep
  6. Insert the Delay Calculate action onto the connector between the  input and  Open Screen

Testing

  1. Open the Company Orders screen
  2. Press Add then Edit
  3. The warning message will appear
  4. After 20 seconds, the Order Form will open


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