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OL Connect tasks
In Workflow there is one set of plugins developed especially for OL Connect: the OL Connect
tasks. These plugins are designed to communicate to the OL Connect Server and database,
and work with components that are only available within OL Connect: templates, data mapping
configurations, and Print Presets.
This topic describes the available OL Connect tasks, which are commonly used in Workflow
processes in OL Connect projects (see "Workflow processes in OL Connect projects" on
page199).
Data extraction
The Execute Data Mapping task is likely to appear in a lot of OL Connect Workflow processes.
It generates a record set in the OL Connect database by executing a data mapping
configuration on a data source.
Output creation
Merging the records with a template is the job of one of the following tasks.
Email
The Create Email Content task creates email content items and sends them to the recipient.
See "Email processes with OL Connect tasks" on page203.
Web
The Create Web Content task can handle only one record at a time and returns a web page.
See "Web processes with OL Connect tasks" on page207.
Print
The Create Print Content task generates a set of Print content items in the OL Connect
database, but it is not an Output task. Following this task, the Create Job task assembles Print
content items into a Print job. The Create Output task turns the job into a print output file.
The All In One task combines the four tasks involved in a Print process. If a process's only goal
is to create Print output, this task is often the better choice because it is faster and more
efficient. (See "Print processes with OL Connect tasks" on page205.)
However, sometimes using the separate tasks is inevitable.
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