Step 3. Create a User Screen

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Last updated: May 16, 2023 by Anthony George
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Now you have data in PhixFlow you can start to create a user application. The first thing the user needs is a view of the data.

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Summary of Steps


 Create a Screen
  1. In the repository, right-click Dashboard and click Create New.
  2. PhixFlow opens the properties for the new dashboard. Set:
    • Name: Manage Contacts XY
    • Tick Open Maximised
    • Click  Apply.
 Add the data
  1. Click on the BusinessDataXY tab to bring it to the front.
  2.  To tell PhixFlow that you want to show this stream's data on the dashboard, drag the stream icon from the properties tab onto the dashboard.
  3. You can display data in different formats. For this example, select the table grid

  4. PhixFlow lists all the attributes (table columns) available in the stream. Select UID to Active using Shift-click.

     Why did PhixFlow only select the first and last line?

    To use Shift-click to multi-select, make sure you click within the line.
    If you click the check box at the start of the line, PhixFlow assumes you want to select specific lines individually, so shift-click does not multi-select.

  5. Drag the selected attributes into dashboard properties → Attributes section.
  6. PhixFlow loads all the data records into the dashboard.
  7. Close the list of attributes.


You have now created a screen to display data records to the user. Now move to step 4, add features for managing data. These features mean that someone using your application will be able to add, change or delete data.


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