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Objects
automation
Returns a ScriptableAutomation object encapsulating the properties of the PlanetPress
Workflow process that triggered the current operation.
Note
The automation object available in Designer scripts is not of the same type. It has different
properties.
Properties
The following table lists the properties of the automation object.
These are available in Boundaries scripts, with all file types.
Property Description
jobInfo Returns a ScriptableAutomation object containing JobInfo 1 to 9 values from
PlanetPress Workflow.
properties Returns a ScriptableAutomation object containing additional information (file
name, process name and task ID) from PlanetPress Workflow.
variables Returns a ScriptableAutomation object containing the list of local and global
variables defined by the user in PlanetPress Workflow. Note that there is no
way to distinguish local variables from global ones (local variables take
precedence over global variables). To be used in the DataMapper, variables
must have already been defined in the Preprocessor step as Automation
variables. The Preprocessor step attempts to match variable names passed by
the Workflow process to those defined inside the step.
Accessing automation properties
To make a Workflow variable accessible in scripts, it must first be declared in the Properties of
the Preprocessor step (see "Properties" on page342). Both the name and type of the variable
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