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About Using the Program Flow View

The logical flow for both single-stage and multistage programs is designed using the Program Flow view. In the Program Flow view, you graphically define the program's single-stage or multistage logic by dragging and dropping program component objects such as campaigns, events, and stages into the workspace from a palette. You associate the objects to one another using connection points on the object.

NOTE:  The Program Flow workspace is not designed to contain a large number of object icons. Placing more than 100 object icons on the workspace can distort the appearance of the Program Flow view.

You can manually execute the program from the Program Flow view or execute the program by scheduling a stage.

Connecting Objects

You connect objects in the Program Flow workspace using connection points on the object. The connection points on an object are usually located at the top and bottom of the object as shown in Figure 1.

Figure 1. Connection Points on Objects

Objects can be connected using either the top or bottom connectors. However, when you connect an object to an endpoint object, the connector must start from the bottom connection point of the source object and end at the top connection point of the target object.

To connect objects

1. To connect an object to another object, select the connection point on one of the objects, then drag to start the connection.
2. Drop the connection on the relevant target object.

   Once you select the connection point on an object, the connection points on any other object in the workspace where the connection can be dropped are highlighted.

   NOTE:  To create a constrained connector, navigate to the Connector object in the palette and change the Constrained attribute to ON by sliding the button to the left before creating the connector. For information about constrained connectors, see Applying Funneling with Constrained Connectors.