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Data Store References

The Data Store Reference or "Data Can" is used for both retrieving items from a Rapid Database. When a Start Event in a process diagram is triggered, any Data Store References on the canvas will obtain the item(s) they are configured to find. Below are the two methods of configuring Data Store References.

Element TypeSymbolFunction
Get ItemThe "Data Store Reference: Get Item" icon. This icon resembles a database can, or database stack: a cylinder that is bisected at its top. Fetches a single item from a Rapid Table using an item id.
Get ItemsThe "Data Store Reference: Get Items" icon. This icon resembles a database can, or database stack: a cylinder that is bisected at its top. Note that this is the same icon as the previous one.Fetches multiple items from a Rapid Table using: a selected table view, a lodash array expression for selection and a lodash expression for filtering.

Data Associations​

These are used to associate data elements with Activities, Processes, and Tasks. To create a Data Association, create a connection between an element and a Data Store Reference.

Doing this will allow you to update the data that was retrieved

A screenshot of the data association. The data association is a dotted line with an arrow head at one end. The screenshot is annotated with a red box to indicate the location of the data association. The data association is moving from a default task (on the left) to a data store reference (on the right).

When you click on a Data Association, it enables you to set up the specific data that the Data Association will modify, as well as the new values that will be assigned to this data.

Tokens

Tokens will not travel down a Data Association. The diagram should use Sequence Flows or Default Flows to control the direction of tokens.