FlowDefinition Files (*FlowDefinition.XML)

The FlowDefinition file defines the direction of the data flow, the business objects in the data flow, and the parameters to be specified when exchanging data between two provider applications.

Schema File

FlowDefinition.xsd

One or more FlowDefinitions element of the type, FlowDefinitionType, which contain the following elements:

FlowDefinitionType Table

Element	Type	Parents	Description
Description	FlowDefinitionType	FlowDefinition	A short description of the flow definition defined in the xml file.
Direction	string GuestToHost HostToGuest	FlowDefinition	A container for the element describing the direction of the business flow.
Name	String restricted to MaxLength(60)	FlowDefinition	The name of the flow definition.
Priority	int	FlowDefinition	A container for the element to identify the priority of the business flow.
Type	String restricted to MaxLength(20)	FlowDefinition	A container for the element that identifies the type of business flow.
AppType	String restricted to MaxLength(10) PDI	FlowDefinition	A container for the element that identifies the AppType associated with the business flow.
FlowBusinessObject	FlowBusinessObjectType See the FlowBusinessObjectType table.	FlowDefinition	One or more container for the business objects associated with each business flows.
FlowStep	FlowStepType See the FlowStep table.	FlowDefinition	One or more flowsteps associated with the business flow.
Parameter	ParameterType See the ParameterType table.	FlowDefinition	One or more parameters associated with the business flow.

FlowBusinessObjectType Table

Element	Type	Parents	Description
Name	String restricted to MaxLength(60)	FlowBusinessObject	A container for the name of the business object included in the flow.

FlowStepType Table

Element	Type	Parents	Description
Description	String restricted to MaxLength(255)	FlowStep	A container for the element that describes the flow step.
Name	String restricted to MaxLength(60)	FlowStep	A container for the element for the name of the flow step.
AlternativeName	String restricted to MaxLength(255)	FlowStep	A container for the element for the alternative name of the flow step.
Sequence	int	FlowStep	A container for the element for the sequence number of the flow step.
Type	string restricted to MaxLength(20) Compare Custom ConvertToPDI Review ConvertFromPDI Load Save Feedback Script	FlowStep	A container for the element the identifies the type of flow step.
OwnerAppType	string restricted to MaxLength(10) Guest Host PDI	FlowStep	The element that the system uses to determine which document format to use when parsing XML document data. For example, specifying the OwnerAppType as Host and P6 is the host of the flow causes the system to ask the P6 provider to provide the implementation of this step.

ParameterType Table

Element	Type	Parents	Description
DefaultValue	string restricted to MaxLength(4000)	Parameter	A container for the default value of the parameter.
Description	String restricted to MaxLength(255)	Parameter	A container for the description of the parameter.
EnumerationOptions	EnumerationOptionsType	Parameter	A container for the element that contains the list of enumerated values when the Parameter element is specified as an enum.
Name	String restricted to MaxLength(60)	Parameter	A container for the name of the parameter.
Sequence	int	Parameter	A container to list the order of the parameters in a sequence.
Title	String restricted to MaxLength(255)	Parameter	A container for the title of the parameter.
Type	String restricted to MaxLength(15) Boolean DateTime Double Int String Enum Custom Filter HiddenString	Parameter	A container for the data type of the parameter.

EnumerationOptionsType Table

Element	Type	Parents	Description
Enumeration	EnumerationType	EnumerationOptions	A container for the element that specifies the name of the enumeration.

EnumerationType Table

Element	Type	Parents	Description
Name	String	Enumeration	A container for the element that specifies the name of the enumeration.