In an actionflow, individual actions have connection points to receive data from the previous action. This page explains the type of connection point, and their properties.

Overview

Everything in an actionflow is connected using connection points. They are blue when connected and grey when not connected. There are two types of connections:

Driving connection and
Lookup connection

For information about the concepts related to wiring actionflows together using connection points, see Wiring Actionflows.

For most action nodes, data flow is configured when you map attributes to the input connection points. For gateway nodes, you can also control the data flow by mapping to output connection points. This is because the expressions in a gateway provide the logic for which path the data flows, and different paths may require different data to pass through the gateway.

Connection Point Types

Connection Point	Relevant to	Description
Interface Driving Connection Point	Input Interface Output Interface	Defines the data attributes the actionflow is expecting as an input. This data is then used in the Actionflow using Driving connections and remains constant. Defines the data attributes the actionflow is expected to output. This data can then be mapped back onto components on the screen the action is being used. Each instance of the actionflow will map in its own set of data onto the expected data inputs/outputs of the connection point.
Interface Lookup Connection Point	Input Interface Output Interface	Defines the data (and events) the actionflow is expecting as an requested input. This data is then used in the actionflow using Lookup connections and remains constant. Each instance of the actionflow will map in its own set of data onto the expected data inputs.
Driving Output Connection Point	Input Data Components Calculate View Gateway Actionflow	A data source which drives the actionflow. Data is pushed through the actionflow using Driving connection's. Data flows from the Driving output connection point to the Driving input connection point. Has attributes which can be mapped to any Driving input connection point only.
Driving Input Connection Point	Output Data Components Calculate View Gateway Save Records Open Screen Open URL Run Analysis Phase	A data receiver. Data is received from Driving connection's. Has attributes which can be mapped to any Driving output connection point only.
Lookup Output Connection Point	Input Data Components View	Provides lookup data to the actionflow using Lookup connection's. Any node with a Lookup input connection point can perform a lookup to a node with a Lookup output connection point. Has lookup attributes and data attributes Lookup attributes are used in filtering. They are mapped to lookup attributes on the node performing the lookup. Lookup attributes are referenced in the nodes filter using filter.[attributename] Data is flowing from the Lookup input connection point to the Lookup output connection point. Data attributes are mapped to data attributes on the node performing the lookup. These attributes are the actual data that is being returned from the lookup. Data is flowing from the Lookup output connection point to Lookup input connection point
Lookup Input Connection Point	Calculate Gateway	Performs a lookup to Lookup output connection point's. Has lookup attributes and data attributes Lookup attributes are used in filtering. They are mapped to lookup attributes on the node being looked up to. Attributes that need to be sent to the node in order to filter the data must be added as lookup attributes. Data is flowing from the Lookup input connection point to the Lookup output connection point. Data attributes are mapped to data attributes on the node being looked up to. These attributes are the actual data that is being received from the lookup. Data is flowing from the Lookup output connection point to Lookup input connection point

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