Record-Action Attribute
- Fiona Sargeant (Unlicensed)
- Anthony George
- Eleanor Brodie
This page is for application designers who want to configure actions.
Overview
When you are creating a record-action for a table, use this property tab to add an expression that evaluates to the new value for that table attribute.
- Create a record-action.
- In the Basic Settings → Attributes to Update section there is a grid of attributes.
- In the grid, double-click on a attribute.
- PhixFlow opens the record-action attribute property tab.
Record-action properties are not available from the repository. It only opens from the record-action properties → Basic Settings → Attributes to Update section.
Properties Tab
Parent Details
If this item is within or belongs to another, its parent name is shown here. See the Parent Details section on the Common Properties page for more details.
Basic Settings
Field | Description |
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Order | Enter the order in which the attribute expression will be evaluated. |
Attribute | Select the name of the table attribute that will be populated. |
Expression | Enter an expression to generate a new attribute value. To refer to table attributes, pipes and screen zones in the expression, use:
Example For example:
Enter an expression: sum(ACCTS.amount) You can also use the following prefixes:
MessagesYou can use the following message functions in the expression. When the action runs, any messages are written to the system console and logs. If PhixFlow reports an error, it stops the action from being completed for the current record in the table. However, the error does not stop the action from updating or inserting other records. |
Learn More
For links to all pages in this topic, see Using Table-Actions.
Terminology changes in progress
As part of the redesign of PhixFlow, we are changing the following terms:
dashboard → screen
stream → table
stream attributes → attributes
stream item → record
stream set → recordset
stream view → view
stream item action → record-action
stream action → table-action
driver class → database driver