Specifying the properties of interaction nodes

You use interaction nodes to specify the actions that occur in a workflow process between different applications.

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Use the Interaction Nodes Properties window to specify the following properties for interaction nodes:

Tab: Used to specify the tab that displays. Use the tab identifier from the application presentation file as the value for the tab name. You can view this information in Application Designer. Tab identifiers are not in the database. You must specify tab names manually.

Action: Used to specify an action that either displays or that is performed by the product. You can select from actions available by means of a toolbar button or from the Select Action menu.

Relation: Used to create an interaction that leads to another application. The information in the Relation field determines which record to display when the application opens.

Process: Used to specify an active workflow process for the specified application. The process starts on the current record upon arrival in the target application.

Direction Title: Used to specify the title of the message window that displays.

Direction Body: Used to specify the text of the instructions that displays in a message window.

The absence of a title or the absence of a body does not create a window.

From the List tab of the Workflow Designer application, select a process with properties to be modified.
From the Canvas tab, right-click the interaction node and select Properties.
Optional: Type a description.
In the Application field, specify a value.
In the Tab Name field, type the tab identifier from the XML presentation file.
In the Action field, specify a value.
In the Relation field, specify a value.
In the Launch Process field, specify a value.
In the Directions Title field, type the title of the message window.
In the Directions Body field, type the instructions that the product displays in the message window.
Click OK and click Save Process.