8.5

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 return metadata are exchanged.
Output
The task outputs metadata that is equivalent to the appropriate task that would normally create the items
(see the task properties for the list).
Properties
General Tab
l Entity to retrieve:Use the drop-down to select which items to retrieve.
l Record:Retrieves one or more Records, whether or not they are part of a Record Set. Output
similar to the Create Record Set task.
l Record Set:Retrieves one or more Record Sets, including all their records. Output similar to the
Create Record Set task.
l Content Item: Retrieves one or more Content Items, whether or not they are part of a Content
Set. Output similar to the Create Print Content or Create HTML Content Set tasks.
l Content Set:Retrieves one or more Content Sets, including all their content items. Output
similar to the Create Print Content task.
l Job:Retrieves one or more Jobs, including all their content items ready to be printed. Output
similar to the Create Job task.
l Conditions:
l Add a condition:Click to add a new condition line. This adds the line to the current condition
level, by default with an AND operator.
l Switch conditions:Click to swap two conditions on the same level, or two groups of conditions.
l Delete the selected condition:Click to delete the currently selected conditions in the list.
l Clear the rule: Click to delete all rules in the list. Note:This cannot be undone.
l
Import a rule:Click to open the Browse dialog and load a Rules file. This will load its rules into
the list.
l
Export the rule:Click to open a Save dialog and save the Rules file to disk.
l Rule Viewer:Displays a text-based view of the condition using operators and parentheses.