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This page is for application designers who want to define a process using a workflow diagram, and then connect elements of the diagram to PhixFlow dashboards and actions in an application. This page describes properties

Overview

An actionflow diagram is made up of a series of nodes. Each node represents a specific action. By configuring different actions and wiring them together you can create complex functionality. This section describes the properties of the different action nodes. 

Calculate Action Nodes

Properties

Parent Details

If this item is within or belongs to another, it's parent name is shown here. See the Common Properties page, Parent Details section for more details.

Basic Settings

todo - How do you specify the different types of gateway

FieldDescription
NameEnter the name for the action node.
Show in the Explorer

An application can have many actionflows, and an individual actionflow can have many actions. This can lead to many items being listed in the repository. Use this option to omit the action from the repository.

 Tick to display this action node in the repository.

 Untick to omit this action node from the repository.

Stream Item Action

todo - find out if this can be renamed to something else unless it really relates to existing stream item actions.

Available for save actions. Select the specific change to make to the data records

  • Either: todo
  • Insert: create a new record in the stream (table).
  • Update: change part of the record in the stream (table).
  • Delete: delete the data record from the stream (table). todo - check about delete node, Adam think sit may be going away.
Stream NameSelect the stream ?? todo why isn't this identified by the parent of the attribute/record?
Exclusive

Available for gateway actions. 

 Tick todo

 Untick todo

Input Connection Points

todo -

separate properties so should be on its own page.

Should this have a description

Save does not have input connection points, although delete does.

Input properties has sections for Parent Details , Audit Summary and the following Basic Settings and Data Attributes.

Basic Settings

FieldDescription
NameBy default input connections are named in. Optionally, replace this with a descriptive name.
Type

Select one of: todo - check definitons are correct

  • Driving: where data is being used by the action node
  • Requested: when the input is coming back from a lookup

Data Attributes

This section has a toolbar with standard buttons. The grid contains a list of the attributes that will pass through the input wire to this action. PhixFlow automatically lists the attributes that pass into the action when the actionflow is wired to an input with attributes. You can also:

  • create a new attribute: click  Add New and set its properties. todo - why would this be useful
  • Drag add an existing attribute to this list todo - is this possible??

To remove attributes, select one and click  Permanently Delete. todo - check icon and label. What does this do? prevent them being passed through?

 This has its own properties todo - separate properties so should be on its own page. Should this have a description?

Parent Details

If this item is within or belongs to another, it's parent name is shown here. See the Common Properties page, Parent Details section for more details.

Basic Settings

Field

Description
NameBy default input connections are named in. Optionally, replace this with a descriptive name.
Type

Select one of the data types

  • String
  • Bigstring
  • Integer
  • Float
  • Decimal
  • Date
  • Datetime
  • Graphic
  • TrueFalse

 Audit Tab

Audit Summary

See the Common Properties page, Audit Summary section.

Calculate Action Expressions

Calculate actions process data using expressions; see pages in the topic Expressions and Scripts.

This section has a toolbar with standard buttons. The grid contains a list of the expressions that the calculate action will perform. To add a new expression:

  • Click  Add New to open a new expression and set the properties.

To remove attributes, select one and click  Permanently Delete. todo - check icon and label.

This has its own properties todo - separate properties so should be on its own page. Should this have a description?

Parent Details

If this item is within or belongs to another, it's parent name is shown here. See the Common Properties page, Parent Details section for more details.

Basic Settings

Field

Description
NameEnter an expression name.
Type

Select tof the data types

  • String
  • Bigstring
  • Integer
  • Float
  • Decimal
  • Date
  • Datetime
  • Graphic
  • TrueFalse
An attribute nametodo - what does this do?
Expression

Enter an expression. To work in a larger pop-up window, click .

See also:

OrderWhere the calculate action runs multiple expressions, enter a number to indicate the order in which this expression will be run. Remember that an expression that generates a value should run before an expression that uses the value.

 Audit Tab

Audit Summary

See the Common Properties page, Audit Summary section.

Output Connection Points

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 Security Tab

Access Permissions

See the Common Properties page, Access Permissions section.

Access Permissions section is available for gateway actions.

Description

We recommend that you always enter a description to explain the purpose of this item.

 Audit Tab

Audit Summary

See the Common Properties page, Audit Summary section.

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