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CTRL+ALT+Shift+F4 from within the Workflow configuration tool.
The number of days to keep backups of jobs processed by input tasks is set per process;
see "Process properties" on page853.
l
Backup filename: Enter the file name 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.
Miscellaneous Tab
The Miscellaneous tab is common to all tasks.
Check the option Use as step description to display the text next to the icon of the plugin in
the Process area.
NodeJS Server Input
NodeJS Server Input tasks are used to receive HTTP requests and to send replies to the
servers from which the requests were made.
Essentially this task does the same as the HTTP Server Input task, but it uses a NodeJS Server
(version 12.13.1, installed by Workflow) instead of Workflow's custom server component. The
NodeJS Server is more secure, more up to date and more standardized.
For instance:
l PUT and DELETE actions can be posted to the server.
l The NodeJS Server can serve multiple static resources at once.
l Port numbers > 9999 are allowed.
l You can specify a HTTPS port separately.
l A Proxy list can be used to setup end points for redirecting requests to another server.
This could be useful if for example the Connect server is on another server which could
change; when it changes you’d only have to modify the proxy list instead of the
configuration.
l You can enable or disable authentication using users from an Active Directory server.
The NodeJS Server is only started automatically by Workflow when NodeJS input plugins are
detected in the configuration. If no NodeJS input plugins are present, the service ("ppNode") is
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