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About Tasks
A task is a plugin or a block that is used to build PlanetPress Workflow processes. Tasks can
do multiple things depending on the type of task and where they are placed. You can add as
many tasks as you like to your processes and order them in any way you can.
There are different types of tasks:
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Input Task: Will either capture data from a specific location, or wait for input from a
service or other computer to start processing.
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Action Task: Will manipulate the data in any number of ways. An action task is any task
that is not an input or output task or a branch or condition.
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Output Task: Will output data to a specific location or send to a different service or
computer.
Some tasks are multipurpose and can be used as either an input, action or output task or any
combination. These multipurpose tasks are indicated as such in the task description and can
be found in the most relevant section of the available tasks.
All plugins can be found in "The Plug-in Bar" on page861.
For more information on the tasks that are by default available to you in PlanetPress Workflow,
see the following pages:
l "Input tasks" on page307
l "Action tasks" on page375
l "Data splitters" on page447
l "Process logic tasks" on page467
l "Connector tasks" on page486
l "PlanetPress Capture" on page710
l "Metadata tasks" on page555
l "OL Connect tasks" on page586
l "OL Connect Send" on page740
l "Document Management tasks" on page665
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