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Input
This task does not poll any location by itself. It sits there waiting for requests coming in through WSDL
(SOAP communication) and, when it receives a request, runs the process and returns the last output
generated by the process to the client.
Processing
No processing is done. The request that is received by this task is XML and it is maintained as such.
Output
As with the HTTP Server Input, this task has a dual-output purpose. First, when the initial input task is
run, the XML request is output onto the process. Then, when the process is finished, the last job file
generated by the process is returned to the requesting client.
Task properties
General Tab
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SOAP Action: The SOAP action is used with the SubmitJob action. It’s the equivalent of the pro-
cess name. The difference is that more than one processes can share the same SOAP action.
That way more than 1 CPU can be used to process all the incoming requests however this means
that all process sharing the same SOAP action must be identical because there is no way to
decide the execution order of all the process.
"Other" Tab
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Job Information group
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Information elements: Indicates what Job Info variables are automatically created by the
input task.
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Add lines before first data page: Using the arrows keys you can add any job information
directly at the beginning of your data file.
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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 PReS Workflow Tools working folders under the "Backup" folder.
To navigate quickly to the Workflow working folders, press the keyboard shortcut
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721.
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Backup filename: Enter the file name that you wish the input data file backup to be saved under.
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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.
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