Activity Stream

Activity Stream is an out-of-the-box messaging control to be used on Emakin forms. It supports sending text messages along with attached documents, images, and external links to Emakin users.

Default recipients are Everyone which means all the active Emakin users. It can be changed while posting the message.

Data

Link Template
Adds a link to every message posted on the Activity Stream. It can be used to give a link to another page related to the Activity Stream.

Write directly to the link to a relative path or prefix the address with double slashes ( // ) to link to an external page.

Object Id XPath
A unique identifier to bind the messages of a specific Activity Stream.

This Id is used for storing the messages that belong to an Activity Stream as related together in the database. Specify an XPath that leads to a node with a GUID value.

Channel Id XPath
Unique identifier of a channel to bind its messages to the Activity Stream.

The word channel here indicates not specifically the channels in the case management but from a wider perspective, any environment that accommodates an activity stream, such as an instance. All activity stream messages posted under the roof of this given channel get listed on the activity stream.

If it is desired to create a unique activity stream that belongs to a workflow and only displays its messages, just specify an XPath with a random GUID value. You can also give the same XPath as the object Id XPath.

Rules

Section Name
Section name to control the visibility of the control.

Dynamic Rules

The dynamic rules section allows specifying format and warning messages of any element and section. It consists of two parts, one of them is for formatting rules, and the other one is for validation rules.

Formatting rules allow you to change the formats (text colour, background colour, style) and visibility of control depending on a condition.
Further information can be found here.
Validation rules allow you to validate the data that the end user enters.
Further information can be found here.

Data

Bound XPath

XPath of the element. If set to empty, it uses the parent XPath.

Other Properties

Clicking on a control pops up a design actions menu with the following options:

Cut action cuts the control. Use the paste action to move the control to another location after cutting.
Copy action copies the control. Use the paste action to add the control to another location after copying.
Delete action deletes the control.
XML is used to view and edit the XML of the control.
Convert is used to change the content control into other control types.