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Backup job file: Select if you want to use identical copies of the job file for the main process and
the subprocess.
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Backup job information: Select if you want to use identical copies of the job file information for
the main process and subprocess. Once the subprocess completes its execution, the main pro-
cess will retrieve the original job information values.
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Backup emulation: Select if you want to use the emulation selected when the job file reaches
the subprocess for the main process as well. Note that the emulation is not passed from a main
process to a subprocess or vice versa.
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Retrieve subprocess error: Select if you want to receive error(s) from the subprocess in order
to handle them on its own.
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 Pro-
cess area.
Loop
Loop action tasks are used to repeat those tasks that are located after it on a given process branch.
The number of repeats can be fixed or variable, as required.
Note: The Metadata is not reset at the start of each iteration. See also: "Output issues caused
by Metadata, and how to avoid them" on page71.
Task properties
General Tab
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Number of iterations: The number of times the loop should be repeated. Every task after the
Loop action task will be repeated this number of times. The number may be static, or use a vari-
able (see "Variable task properties" on page245).
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Store current iteration in Job Info #: The Job Info in which the loop's iteration should be
stored. Useful for sequential file names or conditions based on the iteration. The value of this
Variable Properties box should be a digit between 1 and 9 (see "Job Info variables" on page239).
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Use value of Variable/Job Info # expression: If the contents of the previous option is a vari-
able, its content (which is assumed to be a number between 1 and 9) will be used to determine
which Job Info number to use for the iteration number. For example if %{myvariable} is used and
contains the value 9, then Job Info 9 will store the value of the loop's iteration.
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