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l Backup input files:Check this to save a copy of each data file that is captured by your
input. These files are saved in the PlanetPress Suite Workflow Tools working folders
under the "Backup"folder.
l Backup filename:Enter the filename that you wish the input data file backup to be saved
under.
l Delete Existing Metadata:Check to remove any metadata from memory. This option is
disabled on initial input tasks, and is checked by default on secondary input tasks.
Create File
Create File input tasks are different from other input tasks in that they do not pull in data from a
source location. The data that this task passes along to other task is its own: text or values from
variables entered when the task was created or last edited.
Since Create File input tasks are not dependent on data from external sources, they are
performed at every polling interval and the process is thus started every time.
Input
Create File does not capture any file and, if it is a secondary input task, discards the current
data file.
Processing
Create File generates a job file with the contents of it's text. If variables and control characters
are present, they are evaluated at run-time when the task is executed.
Output
The output is the job file. No metadata is generated by the task itself, however if metadata is
present in the job and it is not deleted (in the "Other" tab), it will remain active.
Properties
General Tab
l Create File: Enter the text to use as the data. The Create File box is a Variables
Properties box, so you can use any of the variables, control characters or data selections
as noted in Variable Properties.
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