Owner's Manual

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• Separate with _ : Each item is separated by one or more characters.
•
Use CSV format : All items are in CSV (comma-separated value) format.
This format is useful for importing data into spreadsheets or other
applications.
The activity will produce a new set of data every time it runs. The Flatten
feature does not flatten data across multiple instances of the same activity.
Returned Data
Returned data is the foundation of a working runbook. It is the data produced
as a result of the actions of an activity. This data is published to an internal
data bus that is unique for each runbook. Subsequent activities in the
runbook can subscribe to this data and use it in their configuration. Link
conditions also use this information to add decision-making capabilities to
runbooks.
An activity can only subscribe to data from the activities that are linked
before it in the runbook. You can use returned data to automatically populate
the property values needed by activities.
To use returned data:
1
Right-click the property value box, click Subscribe, and then click
Returned Data .
2 Click the Object drop-down box and select the activity from which you
want to obtain the data.
To view additional data elements common to all policies, select
Show
Common Returned Data
.
3 Click the returned data element, and then click OK .
For a list of the data elements returned by each activity, see the Returned
Data tables in the activity topic.
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