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"Other" Tab
l Job Information group
l Information elements:indicates what job infos are automatically created by the input task.
l Add lines before first data page:Using the arrows keys you can add any job information directly at the
beginning of your data file.
l Backup input files:Check this to save a copy of each data file that is captured by your input. These files are saved in
the PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tools working folders under the "Backup"folder.
l Backup filename:Enter the filename that you wish the input data file backup to be saved under.
Initial and Secondary Input Tasks
Initial input tasks are always at the beginning of a process, while secondary input tasks can be placed at any location in your
process except in branch terminations (where Output tasks reside).
Secondary input tasks replace the data retrieved by other input tasks placed above them on a given branch of the process, be
it the main branch or any other branch. They may be used as a way to “group multiple processes within a single process” by
creating secondary branches that have their own input data.
Secondary Input Task Considerations:
l If your initial input task does not start, either because there is no data to capture or because the process is out of its
schedule, any secondary input task will not run either.
l Secondary input tasks replace both the job file and the job info variables. They do not change local and global var-
iables.
l If your secondary input task creates a job file using a different emulation, you will need to use a Change Emulation task
after the secondary input task to correctly change to that emulation.
Create File Input Task Properties
Create File input tasks are different from other input tasks in that they do not pull in data from a source location. The data that
this task passes along to other task is its own: text or values from variables entered when the task was created or last edited.
Since Create File input tasks are not dependent on data from external sources, they are performed at every polling interval
and the process is thus started every time.
Create File input task property is as follows:
General Tab
l Create File: Enter the text to use as the data. The Create File box is a Variables Properties box, so you can use any of
the variables, control characters or data selections as noted in "Variable Properties" (page 176).
"Other" Tab
l Job Information group
l Information elements:indicates what job infos are automatically created by the input task.
l Add lines before first data page:Using the arrows keys you can add any job information directly at the
beginning of your data file.
l Backup input files:Check this to save a copy of each data file that is captured by your input. These files are saved in
the PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tools working folders under the "Backup"folder.
l Backup filename:Enter the filename that you wish the input data file backup to be saved under.
On Error Tab
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