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Processing
The task requests the items on the OL Connect Server using the conditions set in the task properties.
Only the condition information and the returned Metadata or JSON are exchanged.
Note that the order in which the requested items are returned cannot be guaranteed.
Output
The task outputs either Metadata that is equivalent to the output of the appropriate task that would nor-
mally create the items, or a JSON Record Data List (see the REST API Cookbook and "JSON Record
Data List example" on page79), or an array of simple JSON objects that - unlike a JSON Record Data
List - do not have information about the data type of fields.
Note: Date/time values are stored in the OLConnect database as Unix timestamps, i.e. the total
number of seconds from the starting time of UTC (Universal Time, Coordinated) to the current
time (with zero time zone offset). For instance: 1675950179.
In JSON output of this task, dates are represented the same way.
In the Metadata, however, date/time values are represented in the following format: YYYY-MM-
DDTHH:MM:SSZ.
Note: The result of a Retrieve Items task can be used with the "Create Job" on page506 task if it
is a Content Item or Content Set, but it cannot be used in combination with a Job Preset.
Content Creation tasks accept Metadata as well as JSON data as input.
Task properties
General Tab
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Entity to retrieve: Use the drop-down to select which items to retrieve.
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Record: Retrieves one or more Records, whether or not they are part of a Record Set. Out-
put similar to the "Execute Data Mapping" on page524 task.
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Record Set: Retrieves one or more Record Sets, including all their records. Output similar
to the "Execute Data Mapping" on page524 task.
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Content Item: Retrieves one or more Content Items, whether or not they are part of a Con-
tent Set. Output similar to the "Create Print Content" on page515 or "Create Web Content"
on page518 tasks.
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Content Set: Retrieves one or more Content Sets, including all their content items. Output
similar to the "Create Print Content" on page515 task.
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