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Workflow configuration
The current Workflow configuration is very simple. In a real-life solution, a process that
generates a web page could be part of a larger solution, in which, for example, emails are
generated with a link to a personal landing page.
For general information about processes in Workflow see About Processes and Subprocesses,
in the Online Help of Workflow.
Workflow processes in OL Connect
projects
About Workflow processes
A Workflow configuration consists of one or more processes. Each of these processes waits
until it is time to run or until it receives the necessary input, and then does its job. A process is
made up of tasks (also referred to as plugins). In the Workflow configuration tool they are
divided into groups. For example:
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Input tasks start a process as soon as certain input data is received on a certain channel.
The data that enter the process are handed from one plugin to the next in the form of a file:
the 'job file'.
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Process logic tasks help you to control the process, for example by branching it, creating
a loop, or referring to another process or a subprocess.
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Action tasks perform a wide variety of operations.
l Metadata - data about a job, kept in the process - can be accessed and manipulated
using Metadata tasks.
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OL Connect tasks enable the process to communicate with the Connect Server and/or
database. (See: "OL Connect tasks" on page201.)
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A process normally ends with an Output task.
Note
Workflow was originally developed - and is still used - as part of PlanetPress Suite. Nevertheless,
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