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2. Ops Portal View - AsyncFlow Control

Creating a view to monitor all flows in Asynchronous Mode.

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The AsyncFlow view lets you view and monitor the functioning of the processing logic in a flow being monitored with the ability to correct any anomalies that may occur.

The article provides guidance on how to:

For more details on the AsyncFlow control, click on the following link:

Creating an Ops Portal AsyncFlow View

Open the Operations Portal created earlier, go to the Operations Portal menu and click the plus button to add a new View.

  1. Give it a name and a meaningful description (description optional).

  2. Click on the Save View button.


Select the Control type

Each Ops Portal view can be configured to use a specific control type.

For this article, select the AsyncFlow option, which provides a view into any Synatic Flow that returns a result.

  1. Click on the Control field.

  2. The selection list opens, now select the AsyncFlow option.

Select the Flow

Select the desired flow from the dropdown list or alternatively create a new flow by clicking on the highlighted plus button.

Input Schemas

Define an input form to capture input parameters for the flow. This form will be displayed when the View is opened.

The input form is built in the Designer tab. Click on the button highlighted in the image below to build an input form.

  • The Schema Viewer and Raw Schema tabs are used to view the data only.

  • The Designer tab is used to add input fields to capture the required data.

  • Click on the plus icon (+) to add fields.

  • The "string" option is used to select the appropriate data type from the selection list.

  • The Required checkbox is selected to ensure that the value is entered at runtime. The flow will not continue if the value is not entered.

An example of the input form is shown in the image below.

Options

Select the following options to define the View further:

Allow File Upload – Allow file upload into flow on the file format being used in the flow.

Mini View – Shows the mini run view as per the image below.

Show Runs – Show a mini list of runs as shown in the below page.

Allow Events – Allow access to run events.

Allow Records – Allow access to run records.

For this article; only the Show Runs, Allow Events, and Allow Records options are selected.

When you have completed the View's configuration, click the Save View button.

Execute the View

To execute the view, follow these instructions:

1. Select the Ops Portal option in the Account menu to open the Operations Portal. This is also the method used by the operations personnel to process these views.

2. Select the Ops Portal view was created from the list of available views.

3. Click the Execute Flow button to run the Flow in the View.

The executed flow uses an Email destination step and sends an email to the email address you captured in that step. Check the inbox of the email address to check that the email was received.


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