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Running an offline flow

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Once you have published and configured an offline flow, it can be run by users 'offline'.

Before you begin

Running an offline flow - an example

  1. The user initially runs the flow in a browser when they are online. Whilst online, the offline engine will cache the data it requires to work offline.

  2. Once caching is complete, a message is displayed informing the user that the flow is ready to use offline.

    Offline flow ready

  3. When the user then runs the flow offline (i.e. with no internet connectivity) it will cache the user data and a SYNC FLOW icon is displayed.

    SYNC FLOW icon

  4. When the user once again runs the flow online and clicks SYNC FLOW, the Go Online form is displayed.

    Go Online form

    • The user can now choose to replay and apply all the cached requests in sequence, replay requests out of sequence, or delete the requests entirely.

    • Click SHOW to view the data contained in the data cache request.

    • Click REPLAY to synchronize the data cache request to the online engine.

    • Click DELETE to delete the data cache request so it will not be synchronized to the online engine.

    • Click DELETE ALL to delete all the data cache requests.

    • Click REPLAY ALL to synchronize all the data cache requests to the online engine.

    • Click CLOSE to close the form and continue running the flow offline.

  5. The flow will then once again cache the latest metadata it requires to simulate online functionality, in preparation for running offline again.

Network connectivity notifications

Users of an offline flow are notified when network connectivity is lost and re-gained.

Notifications

  • When a flow enters an offline state, a notification is displayed to inform the user that they are working offline and should synchronize their offline work when re-connected.
  • When an offline flow enters an online state, a notification is displayed to inform the user that they are now working online and can synchronize their offline requests when required.
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