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records. Otherwise, only the ID of the current job is sent, and the unchanged
records are used.
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JSON:
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JSON String: A JSON object or an array of JSON objects representing
records or a JSON Record Data List (see: "Types of JSON in Workflow" on
page92).
This option requires that keys in the JSON data have matching field names in
the data model of the template. When they have, the JSON values are passed
to the template and the personalization scripts of the template will have
access to the values through the record's data fields. (See the Designer help:
Adding Variable Data.)
Warning
The JSON format is not validated by the plugin; it is passed as is to the
server.
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Runtime Parameters: The runtime parameters defined in the selected template are
displayed and their values can be set here. (See Runtime parameters in the Online Help
of OL Connect.)
Right-click the field to open the contextual menu that allows to select variables, data and
lookup functions (see "Data selections" on page54).
If the template name is dynamic, you must enter the name (or select a variable that
contains the name) and set the value of all runtime parameters that may occur in the
template.
If a runtime parameter is defined in a template, but not set in the task properties, an error
will be raised. Note that it is not possible to change a parameter's type here; that can only
be set in the template itself.
At runtime, Workflow passes the parameter values as strings, and the type defined in the
template will be used to try and parse the input parameter value. In order to make this
work: Boolean values need to be entered as either “true” or false”. (When the comparison
actually occurs, it will be a full Boolean comparison. Thus it can compare this runtime
parameter with Boolean data values that are stored as 0/1 in data fields.) Numeric string
values need to be parseable as a number (either a whole integer or decimal value). Dates
should be in an ISO8601 compatible format (e.g. 2019-10-15) or use the current Windows
Locale date settings options. The latter is not recommended as it requires all computers in
the cluster have the same locale data format.
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