The Workflow tab can be used to define the processing order of tasks by linking them with lines. Additionally, you can specify dependencies and conditions for each individual taskAn executable object that is running. Tasks are also referred to as activities.. Use the command Properties... in the workflowAn object of the Automation Engine that can include several executable objects and which runs them in a specified order. [Formerly called "ProcessFlow" and "JobPlan."]'s context menu for this purpose.
The following tabs are available:
Note that the tabs are not checked in the order in which they are structured. The first three tabs are processed in the following order: "Dependencies", "Earliest" and "Preconditions".
In the task properties tabs Preconditions, Postconditions, Variables & Prompts and General (only the field: Alias), you can also use object variablesPlaceholder for values that are stored in an object's "Variables & Prompts" tab/section. and PromptSet variables of the workflow.Predefined variablesare also supported. Their values also refer to the workflow.
Exception: &$TASK_NAME refers to the workflow task and retrieves the actual object name. This variableIt stores or retrieves values dynamically at runtime. An individual Automation Engine object type. can only be used in the field Alias (General tab).
Task variables can only be used in the properties if their values have been overwritten in the properties (Variables & Prompts tab).
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