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Action Task: Will manipulate the data in any number of ways. An action task is any task
that is not an input or output task or a branch or condition.
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Output Task: Will output data to a specific location or send to a different service or
computer.
Some tasks are multipurpose and can be used as either an input, action or output task or any
combination. These multipurpose tasks are indicated as such in the task description and can
be found in the most relevant section of the available tasks.
All plugins can be found in "The Plug-in Bar" on page694.
For more information on the tasks that are by default available to you in PReS Workflow, see
the following pages:
l "Input tasks" on page245
l "Action Tasks" on page299
l "Data Splitters" on page369
l "Process Logic tasks" on page390
l "Connector Tasks" on page407
l "PlanetPress Capture" on page580
l "Metadata Tasks" on page470
l "OL Connect tasks" on page502
l "OL Connect Send" on page487
l "Output Tasks" on page549
l "Unknown tasks" on page566
Note
Completely empty files (0 bytes) cannot be processed by Workflow.
In fact, the PReS Workflow plugin based architecture enables almost limitless customization.
You can create or purchase compatible plugins, drop them in PReS Workflow's Plug-In Bar and
use them to perform other operations.
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