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Comments Tab
The Comments tab is common to all tasks. It contains a text area (Task comments)that lets
you write comments about the task. These comments are saved when the dialog is closed with
the OKbutton, and are displayed in the Task Comments Pane.
Check the option Use as step description to display the text next to the icon of the plugin in
the Process area.
Retrieve Items
The Retrieve Items action task locates and extracts items from the OLConnect Database so
they can be used with further tasks. The items are retrieved using a set of conditions working
together. Since this task can retrieve items at any level, it can be used to generate metadata
used in multiple tasks.
Input
The task requires no input file, but any input information such as metadata, job information or
data file can be used to specify which items to retrieve.
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.
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