This page is for application designers. It explains how to set up a rule to determine whether or not an action will run an associated task plan.

Overview

When working with data, applications and IT systems, there are routine processes that you need to run. PhixFlow makes it easy for you to set up and manage these processes using task plans, to which you add tasks. For details of tasks and task plans, see:

Using Tasks and Task Plans
Task
Training module 14 Creating Tasks and Task Plans

You can also use the Action property → Run Task Plan section to configure an application action to run a task plan. Use the task plan rule properties tab to define a rule (expression) that determines the conditions under which the action runs the task plan.

This properties tab is not available from the repository. It opens from the Action →Run Task Plan section → Task Plan Rules table.

For information about the properties toolbar, and about the sections Parent Details, Analysis Models, Description and Audit Summary, see Common Properties. For a full list of all the PhixFlow property tabs and windows, see Property Tabs.

Basic Settings

Field Description

Task Plan

PhixFlow displays the name of the selected task plan. You can:

select a different task plan from the drop-down list.
Add a new task plan
Show Task Plans.

Expression

Enter a PhixFlow expression that evaluates to:

either 1 which means true. PhixFlow runs the first task plan that evaluates to true, and ignores subsequent task plan rules.
or 0 which means false. PhixFlow does not run the task plan.

The values that represent true are:

any number other than 0
for a list: all items in the list are true
the following case-insensitive strings
- true
- t
- yes
- y

The values that represent false are:

0 (zero)
any string not listed as true above including false

Order If there are multiple Task Plan Rules in the action, specify the order in which PhixFlow evaluates their expression. The order is important, as PhixFlow only runs the first task plan whose expression evaluates to true.