2022.2

Workflow8.7EnhancementsandFixes
Custom Task descriptions
TheCommentssectionofeachWorkflowTaskcannowbeusedasthetask'sdescriptionintheWork-
flowConfigurationtool,allowinguserstobetterdocumenttheprocesswithouthavingtoresorttonumer-
ousCommentTasks.(SHARED-39120)
Workflowprocessescansometimesbecomerathercomplexandthustheyrequiresomedoc-
umentationinordertoallowsubsequentuserstoknowwhytheywereimplementedinonefashionor
another.Comment tasksarealreadyavailablebuttheyuseupsomevaluablerealestateinWorkflow
processes,whichsometimesaddstotheclutter,ratherthanmakingthingsclearer.
EachtaskinaprocessalsohasaCommentssectionthatallowsyoutoproperlydocumentwhatyou
want,butrequiresyoutoclickeachtaskinordertoviewthecommentsassociatedwitheach(andyou
havetoremembertodisplaytheTask Commentspanel,whichalsorobsyouofvaluableon-screenreal
estate).
TocuretheseissuesinWorkflow8.7weintroducedanewcheckboxlocatedbelowtheCommentsfield:
Use as step description.TickingthisboxinstructstheConfigurationtooltousethetask’sCommentsas
thedescriptionforthetaskintheProcesspanel,whichallowsyoutoputinmoredescriptivetextthan
thedefaultvaluewithouthavingtoclickoneachTasktovisualizeit:
Option to bypass Record Persistence added to plugins
AnewcheckboxoptionhasbeenaddedtoboththeCreate PDF PreviewtaskandtheDataMappertab
oftheAll-In-Onetask,allowingyoutospecifythatthedatashouldnotbestoredinthedatabase.This
featureisspecificallytailoredforone-offjobs,topreventdatafrombeingwrittenneedlesslytothedata-
base.Instead,recordsarestreameddirectlyintotheContentCreationprocessforimmediatemerging.
TurningthefeatureonintheAll-In-Taskcanimprovedatamappingperformancesignificantly,aswell
asthetimerequiredfortheclean-upprocess.
NotethatcheckingthisoptionintheAll-In-Taskmeansthatifyoueverneedthedataforanyreason
(reprints,produceadditionaljobs,etc.),youwillhavetoperformthedatamappingconfigurationfrom
scratch.Somakesureyouonlyticktheboxfortrueone-offjobs.(SHARED-48956/56420)
Retrieve Items task now has a JSON Output option
TheRetrieve ItemstaskcannowoutputtheresultsofitsqueryasaJSONstringinsteadofstoring
themwithinthemetadata.ThisallowseasyhandlingoftheresultseitherthroughWorkflowScriptingor
directlyintheDesigner.
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