Complete List of Business Process Tasks

The tables below provide details about each Business Process task, its purpose, parameters, and usage. Within each task description, bold text indicates mandatory parameters. All parameters are Input unless designated as Output.

Several of the tasks are shown with an older/legacy Studio version label (in parenthesis) followed by a newer naming convention. Either one can be used in the filter section of the Business Process editor to search for an action.

Add

This task adds two numbers.

Parameter	Type	Description
Result	Long, Double	Output
Addend 1	Long, Double	The first number to be added.
Addend 2	Long, Double	The second number to be added.

(AppendString) String Append

This task appends a string to the end of another string.

Parameter	Type	Description
Result	String	Output
String	String	The string to append to.
Append	String	The string to be appended.

(AppendStringMultiple) String Append Multiple

The task appends up to 10 values (String, Long, Double, Storage Node).

Parameter	Type	Description	Required
Result	String	The result to be stored in a string variable.	Yes
Separator	String	Accepts string as input. Optional parameter. Any value assigned to it acts as delimiter.	No
Value 1 - 10	String, Long, Double, Storage Node	Accepts string, long, double, and storage node as input. Value 1 and Value 2 are required parameters.  The remaining values are optional. When creating this task, only four parameters appear. (Result, Separator, Value1, Value2). Use the available button to add more parameters (limit is 10). Parameters can also be deleted.	Yes

Example: Input with separator

For these given inputs the output will be This Is An Example of StringAppendMultiple.

(Property: Value)

• Result: String Variable
• Separator: " "
• Value1: This
• Value2: Is
• Value3: An
• Value4: Example
• Value5: of StringAppendMultiple

Example: Input without separator

For these given inputs the output will be a24.368bc.

(Property: Value)

• Result: String Variable
• Separator: 
• Value1: a
• Value2: 2
• Value3: 4.368
• Value4: b
• Value5: c

(CompareValues) Compare Values 

This task compares two values.

Parameter	Type	Description
Value 1	Object	The first value to be compared.
Value 2	Object	The second value to be compared.
Compare Type	CompareType	The type of comparison. Choices are: Equal, Greater or Equal, Greater Than, Less or Equal, Less Than, and Not Equal.
Result	Boolean	Output.

(ContainsString) String - Contains

This task determines if a string contains a value.

Parameter	Type	Description
Result	Boolean	Output.
String	String	The string to be searched.
Search String	String	The string to search for.
Case Sensitive	Boolean	Indicates a case sensitive search. Default=true.

(ConvertDatetoString) Date - Convert to String 

This task converts a date to a string using the simple date format.

Parameter	Type	Description
Result	String	Output.
Date	Date	The date to be modified.
Date Format	String	The string format to convert the date to.

Convert Spreadsheet (ConvertSpreadsheet)

This task converts transformation output to spreadsheet data.

Parameter	Type	Description
Template	SpreadsheetTemplate	Provides information on the output format of the spreadsheet data.
Spreadsheet	StorageNode	The output of the transformation being converted to spreadsheet format.
Result	StorageNode	Output.

(ConvertStorageNode) Extended Character Set Converter 

This task allows for specifying a character set for use when decoding data. This task is similar to the ConvertStorageNodeWithCharset task, but with additional parameters.

Parameter	Type	Description	Required
Source Storage Node	StorageNode	The data to decode.	Yes
Source Character Set	String, Charset	If left blank, Auto Detection is enabled.	No
Target Storage Node	StorageNode	Output.
Target Character Set	String, Charset	Output. If left blank, UTF-8 Is used.
Auto Detected Character Set	Charset	Output. Retrieves the name of the character set if Auto Detection is used.
Decoder Malformed Action	String, CodingErrorAction	The action to take when the input data doesn’t make sense (example: if the Byte value is outside the range of the character set). Choices are: IGNORE (drop it from the data), REPLACE (with the replacement value), and REPORT (by throwing an error and failing). Default=REPLACE.
Decoder Unmappable Action	String, CodingErrorAction	The action to take when the input character doesn’t exist in UTF-16 (example: if the § symbol doesn’t exist in the UTF-16 charset). Choices are: IGNORE (drop it from the data), REPLACE (with the replacement value), and REPORT (by throwing an error and failing). Default=REPLACE.
Decoder Replacement Value	String	If REPLACE is indicated for either the Decoder Malformed Action or Decoder Unmappable Action parameters and the conditions are met, this value is used.
Encoder Malformed Action	String, CodingErrorAction	The action to take when the input data doesn’t make sense (example: if the Byte value is outside the range of the character set). Choices are: IGNORE (drop it from the data), REPLACE (with the replacement value), and REPORT (by throwing an error and failing). Default=REPLACE.
Encoder Unmappable Action	String, CodingErrorAction	The action to take when the input character doesn’t exist in UTF-16 (example: if the § symbol doesn’t exist in the UTF-16 charset).Choices are: IGNORE (drop it from the data), REPLACE (with the replacement value), and REPORT (by throwing an error and failing).Default=REPLACE.
Encoder Replacement Value	String	If REPLACE is set for either the Encoder Malformed Action or Encoder Unmappable Action parameters and the conditions are met, this value is used.

(ConvertStorageNodetoString) Convert Storage Node to String

This task converts the specified object to a string representation.

Parameter	Type	Description
Storage Node	StorageNode	The object to be converted.
Result	String	Output.

(ConvertStorageNodeWithCharset) Character Set Converter

Parameter	Type	Description
Source Storage Node	StorageNode	The data to decode.
Source Character Set	String, Charset	If left blank, Auto Detection is enabled.
Target Storage Node	StorageNode	Output.
Target Character Set	String, Charset	Output. If left blank, UTF-8 Is used.
Auto Detected Character Set	Charset	Output. Retrieves the name of the character set if Auto Detection is used.

(ConvertStringToNumber) Convert To Number 

This task converts a numeric string value to a Double data type value.

Parameter	Type	Description
Result	Double	Output.
String	String	The string to convert.

(ConvertStringToStorageNode) Convert String To StorageNode 

This task converts a specified string representation to a StorageNode.

Parameter	Type	Description
String	String	The string to convert.
String	StorageNode	Output.

(ConvertToString) Convert To String 

This task converts any value into its string form.

Parameter	Type	Description
Object	Object	The value to convert.
Result	String	Ouput.

(CreateArray) Array - Create 

This task creates a new array for use throughout a Business Process.

Parameter	Type	Description
Result	Array	Output.
Size	Long	The size of the array to be created.
Iterator Variable (Sets Zero)	Long	Initializes (sets to zero) a counter/index for an array position variable.

(CreateContextPoint) Context Point - Create

This task creates a Context Point object in the Storage Manager and returns a reference to a StorageNode.  This task works in combination with the (GetContextPointValue) Context Point - Get Value and SetContextPointValue tasks.  Please see the Context Point task category for details.

(CreateFile) Create File 

This task creates a file.

Parameter	Type	Description
Filename	String	The name of the file.
Filepath	String	The fully-qualified location for the file.
Last Modified Date	Date	The last modified date.
Result	File	Output.

(CreateLogOfConnection) Create Log of Connection 

Parameter	Type	Description
StorageNode	StorageNode
Log	Log

(CreateSortableMessageLogs) Create Sortable Message Logs 

Parameter	Type	Description
Log of Application Batch Id	Log
Log of Work File Id	Log

(DecrementDateField) Date - Decrement Field 

This task subtracts a specified number from a specified date and date field.

Parameter	Type	Description
Result	Date	Output.
Field	DateField	The date field. Choices are: Day, Hour, Millisecond, Minute, Month, Second, Week, and Year.
Amount	Long	The amount to decrement.
Date	Date	The date to be modified.

(EncodeUuid) UUID Encoding Conversion

This task converts to or from an internal UUID specification.

Parameter	Type	Description	Required
Encoding Specification	UUIDEncodingSpecification	Indicates the type of encoding operation to perform. Choices are: Encoded and Unencoded.	Yes
UUID Data String	String	The input string on which the operation is performed.	Yes
String	String	Output.	Yes

(EnvelopeAssemblyByContextPoint) Envelope Assembly By Context Point 

Parameter	Type	Description	Required
sourceContextStorageNode	StorageNode		Yes

(EnvelopeAssemblyByLogFilter) Envelope Assembly By Log Filter 

Parameter	Type	Description
LogofApplicationBatchId	Log

(ExecuteBasicSyntaxAnalyzer) Execute Basic Syntax Analyzer 

Parameter	Type	Description
Log	Log
Transformation Batch	Log
Is New Line Part of Data Stream	Boolean
Decoding Character Set

Execute Connection Router (ExecuteConnectionRouter)

Parameter	Type	Description
Log of Connection Batch	Log

Execute Envelope Creation Router (ExecuteEnvelopeCreationRouter)

Parameter	Type	Description
Log of Application Batch	Log
Log of Envelope Assembly	String
Log of Connection Batch	Log

(ExecuteEnvelopeRouter) Execute Envelope Router 

Parameter	Type	Description
Transformation Batch	Log
For Reprocessing	Boolean

(ExecuteTransformation) Execute Transformation 

This task executes a transformation that produces a single output.

Parameter	Type	Description
Source	StorageNode	The data to be transformed.
Target	StorageNode	Output. The transformed data.
Transformation Settings	TransformationSettings	The Transformation Settings to be used.
Ruleset	Ruleset	The Ruleset to be executed.
Update	StorageNode	Output. The update data.
Source Context	StorageNode	Allows a Context Point to be sent to the Ruleset for each entry in the map of name/value pairs. Names not correctly addressed are ignored.
Target Context	StorageNode	Output. Allows the Business Process to point to the Context Point. All Variables in both the glb and env areas of the Ruleset Editor’s Variables pane are populated.

(ExtractEdiAcknowledgementErrorData) Extract Edi Acknowledgement Error Data 

This task extracts EDI Acknowledgement Error data.

Parameter	Type	Description
Ack Error Properties	EdiDataMap	This represents errors reported by your trading partner for a specific outbound group of data.
Original ICN	String	Output. The original outbound document’s Interchange Control Number.
Original GCN	String	Output. The original outbound document’s Group Control Number.
Original TSCN	String	Output. The original outbound document’s Message Control Number.
Ack Action Code	String	Output. The Acknowledgement Action Code received in the Acknowledgement response.
Syntax Error Code	String	Output. The Acknowledgement Syntax Error Code received in the Acknowledgement response.
Error Code 1	String	Output. The Additional Error Code 1 received in the Acknowledgement response.
Error Code 2	String	Output. The Additional Error Code 2 received in the Acknowledgement response.
Error Code 3	String	Output. The Additional Error Code 3 received in the Acknowledgement response.
Error Code 4	String	Output. The Additional Error Code 4 received in the Acknowledgement response.
Message Included	String	Output. Received in the Acknowledgement response indicating the number of messages reported as included by the receiver of the original group.
Message Received	String	Output. Received in the Acknowledgement response indicating the number of messages reported as received by the receiver of the original group.
Message Accepted	String	Output. Received in the Acknowledgement response indicating the number of messages reported as accepted by the receiver of the original group.

(ExtractEdiInterchangeData) Extract Edi Interchange Data

This task extracts EDI Interchange Data for a specified interchange.

Parameter	Type	Description
Interchange Properties	EdiDataMap	A list of interchange level data from the inbound interchange.
ICN	String	Output. The Interchange Control Number value contained in the inbound ISA segment.
Received Id	String	Output. The Receiver Id value contained in the inbound ISA segment.
Received Id Qual	String	Output. The Receiver Id Qualifier value contained in the inbound ISA segment.
Sender Id	String	Output. The Sender Id value contained in the inbound ISA segment.
Sender Id Qual	String	Output. The Sender Id Qualifier value contained in the inbound ISA segment.
Authorization Info	String	Output. The Authorization Info value contained in the inbound ISA segment.
Authorization Qual	String	Output. The Authorization Qualifier value contained in the inbound ISA segment.
Security Info	String	Output. The Security Info value contained in the inbound ISA segment.
Security Qual	String	Output. The Security Qualifier value contained in the inbound ISA segment.
Interchange Date	String	Output. The Interchange Date value contained in the inbound ISA segment.
Interchange Time	String	Output. The Interchange Time value contained in the inbound ISA segment.
Segment Delimiter	String	Output. The Segment Delimiter value contained in the inbound ISA segment.
Element Delimiter	String	Output. The Element Delimiter value contained in the inbound ISA segment.
Sub-Element Delimiter	String	Output. The Sub-Element Delimiter value contained in the inbound ISA segment.
Repetition Separator	String	Output. The Repetition Separator value contained in the inbound ISA segment.
Interchange Version ID	String	Output. The Interchange Version ID value contained in the inbound ISA segment.
Interchange Ack Requested	String	Output. The Interchange Ack Requested value contained in the inbound ISA segment.
Test Indicator	String	Output. The Test Indicator value contained in the inbound ISA segment.

(ExtractEdiRouteErrorData) Extract Edi Route Error Data

This task extracts EDI Route Error Data.

Parameter	Type	Description
Error Properties	EdiDataMap	A list EDI Route errors reported for the inbound interchange.
GCN	String	Output. The Group Control Number contained in the group segment of the inbound data.
Group Code	String	Output. The Group Code number contained in the group segment of the inbound data.
App Receiver ID	String	Output. The App Receiver ID contained in the group segment of the inbound data.
App Receiver ID Qual	String	Output. The App Receiver ID Qualifier contained in the group segment of the inbound data.
App Sender ID	String	Output. The App Sender ID contained in the group segment of the inbound data.
App Sender ID Qual	String	Output. The App Sender ID Qualifier contained in the group segment of the inbound data.
Group Date	String	Output. The Group Date contained in the group segment of the inbound data.
Group Time	String	Output. The Group Time contained in the group segment of the inbound data.
Controlling Agency	String	Output. The Controlling Agency contained in the group segment of the inbound data.
Version Release	String	Output. The Version Release contained in the group segment of the inbound data.
Messages Sent in Group	String	Output. The Messages sent in Group contained in the group segment of the inbound data.
TSCN	String	Output. The Message Ctrl REF contained in the message segment of the inbound data.
Message ID	String	Output. The Message ID contained in the message segment of the inbound data.
Error String	String	Output. The description of the EDI Route error being reported.
Profile Name	String	Output. The name of the Collaboration Profile for which the error is being reported.

(ExtractEdiInterchangeData) Extract Edi Interchange Data 

This task extracts EDI Interchange Data for a specified interchange.

Parameter	Type	Description
Interchange Properties	EdiDataMap	A list of interchange level data from the inbound interchange.
ICN	String	Output. The Interchange Control Number value contained in the inbound ISA segment.
Received Id	String	Output. The Receiver Id value contained in the inbound ISA segment.
Received Id Qual	String	Output. The Receiver Id Qualifier value contained in the inbound ISA segment.
Sender Id	String	Output. The Sender Id value contained in the inbound ISA segment.
Sender Id Qual	String	Output. The Sender Id Qualifier value contained in the inbound ISA segment.
Authorization Info	String	Output. The Authorization Info value contained in the inbound ISA segment.
Authorization Qual	String	Output. The Authorization Qualifier value contained in the inbound ISA segment.
Security Info	String	Output. The Security Info value contained in the inbound ISA segment.
Security Qual	String	Output. The Security Qualifier value contained in the inbound ISA segment.
Interchange Date	String	Output. The Interchange Date value contained in the inbound ISA segment.
Interchange Time	String	Output. The Interchange Time value contained in the inbound ISA segment.
Segment Delimiter	String	Output. The Segment Delimiter value contained in the inbound ISA segment.
Element Delimiter	String	Output. The Element Delimiter value contained in the inbound ISA segment.
Sub-Element Delimiter	String	Output. The Sub-Element Delimiter value contained in the inbound ISA segment.
Repetition Separator	String	Output. The Repetition Separator value contained in the inbound ISA segment.
Interchange Version ID	String	Output. The Interchange Version ID value contained in the inbound ISA segment.
Interchange Ack Requested	String	Output. The Interchange Ack Requested value contained in the inbound ISA segment.
Test Indicator	String	Output. The Test Indicator value contained in the inbound ISA segment.

(FormatString) String - Format 

This task formats a string.

Parameter	Type	Description
Result	String	Output.
String	String	The string to be formatted.
Format	StringFormattingSpecification	The format to use. Choices are: To Lower Case, To Upper Case, and Trim.

(GenerateUuid) Generate Unique Value 

This task generates a Universally Unique Identifier, a 32-character Hexadecimal value.

Parameter	Type	Description
Result	String	Output.

(GetContextPointValue) Context Point - Get Value 

This task inspects a Context Point to obtain the value (Result) that was previously assigned to a single Variable Name.  This task works in combination with the CreateContextPoint and SetContextPointValue tasks. Please see the Context Point task category for details.

(GetCurrentDate) Date - Get Current Date 

This task retrieves the current date.

Parameter	Type	Description
Result	Date	Output

(GetCurrentTime) Get Current Time 

This task retrieves the current time.

Parameter	Type	Description
Result	Time	Output.

(GetDateField) Date - Get Field 

This task retrieves an individual unit of time from a date.

Parameter	Type	Description
Result	Long	Output.
Date Field	DateField	The portion of the date field to retrieve: Day, Hour, Millisecond, Minute, Month, Second, Week, and Year.
Date	Date	The date from which to retrieve the field.

(GetNextNumber) Get Next Number 

This task retrieves the next sequential number from the Next Number repository.

Parameter	Type	Description
Next Number Key	String	The name of the Next Numbers object to retrieve the next number for. Note: The fully qualified path must be defined as such: <project name>.<package name>.<object name>.<next number key name>.
Result	Long	Output.

(GetProcessNumber) Get Process Number 

This task retrieves the current process number within the Auditor.

For example, to update a Data Source with the Process Number of the Collaboration that processed the record last, use the Get Process Number task to populate a variable in a Business Process and then set a value in a Source Context Point for a transformation. Include the Process Number in a "failure" e-mail. You could first get the number of the process with this task, then concatenate or replace a keyword using the string tasks to the e-mail’s Subject or Message parameter values.

Parameter	Type	Description
Process Number	String	Retrieves the current process number within the Auditor.

(GetProperty) Get Property

This task retrieves a value from a properties file.

Parameter	Type	Description
Properties	String, File, Properties	The properties file.
Property Name	String	The name of the property.
Result	String	Output.

InboundAcknowledgementErrorHandler

Parameter	Type	Description
storageId	StorageNode
interchangeProperties	EdiDataMap
acknolwedgementErrorProperties	EdiDataMap

InboundDuplicateInterchangeHandler

Parameter	Type	Description
storageId	StorageNode
interchangeProperties	EdiDataMap

InboundEdiRouteErrorHandler

Parameter	Type	Description
storageId	StorageNode
interchangeProperties	EdiDataMap
routeErrorList	Array

InboundEdiRouteNotFoundHandler

Parameter	Type	Description
storageId	StorageNode
interchangeProperties	EdiDataMap
routeNotFoundCount	Long

InboundEdiRouteProcessBindingNotFoundErrorHandler

Parameter	Type	Description
storageId	StorageNode
interchangeProperties	EdiDataMap
routeProcessBindingsNotFoundCount	Long

InboundInterchangeProcessedHandler

Parameter	Type	Description
storageId	StorageNode
interchangeProperties	EdiDataMap

IncrementDateField

This task adds a specified number to a specified date and date field.

Parameter	Type	Description
Result	Date	Output.
Date Field	DateField	The date field. Choices are: Day, Hour, Millisecond, Minute, Month, Second, Week, and Year.
Amount	Long	The amount to increment.
Date	Date	The date to be modified.

This task returns the location in a string of the first occurrence of another string starting at a specified position.

Parameter	Type	Description	Required
Result	Long	Output.	Yes
String	String	The string to search.	Yes
Search String	String	The string to find.	Yes
Start Index (default: 1)	Long	Default=1.	Yes

This task inserts one string into another.

Parameter	Type	Description	Required
Result	String	Output.	Yes
String	String	The string to insert the substring into.	Yes
Insertion String	String	The substring to be inserted.	Yes
Insertion Index	Long	The position in the string to insert the substring.	Yes

JSON

For all tasks used with JSON, see the JSON Category of BP tasks.

MakeStoredNodePersistent

This task permanently saves temporary transaction data in the Clarify storage manager.

Parameter	Type	Description
Storage Node	StorageNode	A unique identifier representing the transaction data.

Parameter	Type	Description	Required
Merged Storage Node	StorageNode		Yes
Storage Node 1	StorageNode		Yes
Storage Node 2	StorageNode		Yes

(OriginEvent_GetElaspedMilliseconds) Origin Event - Get Elapsed Milliseconds

This task allows you to add certain values under a key earlier in their processes thread and retrieve them later, such as during the Route or Connection Process. Works with two other tasks: Origin Event - Get Info and Origin Event - Get Property.

*Get Elapsed Milliseconds will log and set the return value to milliseconds elapsed since originTime. 
*Get Info will log and can return event Name, payload, and/or originTime.
*Get Property will log and return based on the assigned variable type an event property value as String or JSON.

Parameter	Type	Description	Required
Elapsed Milliseconds	Long, Double	Output	Yes

(OriginEvent_GetInfo) Origin Event - Get Info

This task allows you to add certain values under a key earlier in their processes thread and retrieve them later, such as during the Route or Connection Process. Works with two other tasks: Origin Event - Get Elapsed Milliseconds and Origin Event - Get Property.

*Get Info will log and can return event Name, payload, and/or originTime.
*Get Elapsed Milliseconds will log and set the return value to milliseconds elapsed since originTime.
*Get Property will log and return based on the assigned variable type an event property value as String or JSON.

Parameter	Type	Description	Required
Origin Event Name	String		Yes
Origin Timestamp	Date		Yes
Payload	Storage Node		Yes

(OriginEvent_GetProperty) Origin Event - Get Property

This task allows you to add certain values under a key earlier in their processes thread and retrieve them later, such as during the Route or Connection Process. Works with two other tasks: Origin Event - Get Info and Origin Event - Get Milliseconds.

*Get Property will log and return based on assigned variable type an event property value as String or JSON.
*Get Info will log and can return event Name, payload, and/or originTime.
*Get Elapsed Milliseconds will log and set the return value to milliseconds elapsed since originTime.

Parameter	Type	Description	Required
Event Property Name	String		Yes
Property Value	String or JSON		No

ReceiveEdi

Parameter	Type	Description
payload	StorageNode
decodingCharacterSetName	String

ReplaceString

This task replaces all matches of a given Regular Expression in a string with a replacement string.

Parameter	Type	Description
Result	String	Output.
String	String	The string to do the replacement on.
Regular Expressions	String	The Regular Expression to match what needs to be replaced.
Replacement String	String	The value to replace the matches with.

ResolveGlobalVariables

This task requests that all known Global Variables be "resolved" in a string variable.

Parameter	Type	Description
Result	String	Output.
String	String	The string in which to resolve the variable. If the variable is not resolved, this task fails.

RetrieveConnectionBatchStatus

This task retrieves the status of a group of connections.

Parameter	Type	Description
Context	StorageNode	The StorageNode containing the status of the logs to be retrieved.
Status	LogStatus	Output. The status of the retrieved log.

RetrieveEdiInterchangeData

Parameter	Type	Description
Interchange Log ID	Log
Interchange Log Data	StorageNode

SecureAcknowledgementProcessor

Parameter	Type	Description
connectionId	String
delivered	String
description	String

SendEmail

This task sends an e-mail. The most common use case is to use this as a notification when something in a process fails.

Parameter	Type	Description
To	String	The recipient’s email address(es); separate by a semi-colon if more than one.
From	String	The sender’s email address.
CC	String	The carbon copy address(es); separate by a semi-colon if more than one.
BCC	String	The blind carbon copy email address(es); separate by a semi-colon if more than one.
Subject	String	The subject.
Message	String, StorageNode	The message. If a StorageNode, the contents of the StorageNode is read into memory and copied into the message of the email.
Attachment	File, String, StorageNode	The attachment. If a String, this must be the pathname to an existing file. If a StorageNode, the content of the StorageNode is attached to the email.
Attachment Name	String	The name for the e-mail attachment.

SendEventNotification

This task sends an Event to the Event Notification Manager.

Parameter	Type	Description
Notification Type		The name of the Event to be triggered.
Payload		The data payload.
Is Outbound	Boolean	Indicates if external listeners should receive this Event.

SetConnectionFieldValues

This task sets the values of the parameters according to the mapping in an Inbound EDI Route.

Parameter	Type	Description
Endpoint	EDI Enveloper	The Inbound EDI Route to get the values from.

SetContextPointValue

This task sets a value in a Context Point. This task works in combination with the CreateContextPoint and (GetContextPointValue) Context Point - Get Value tasks.  Please see the Context Point task category for details.

SetDateField

This task sets a date field to a value.

Parameter	Type	Description
Result	Date	Output.
Date Field	Date Field	The date field: Day, Hour, Millisecond, Minute, Month, Second, Week, and Year.
Source	Long	The date to be modified.
Source	Date	The date to be modified.

SetExitStatus

The final Pass/Fail status of a Business Process is inherited from the status of the last task that it executes. This task, which explicitly sets the final Pass/Fail status of the entire Business Process, does not deviate from this behavior – therefore, it must be the last task to be executed in the Business Process. This task is useful if you want to execute a series of conditional tasks, but still indicate that the Business Process as a whole is to be considered a failure/success.

Parameter	Type	Description
Status	Boolean	Pass=true; Fail=false.

SetGlobalVariable

This task sets a Global Variable value.

Parameter	Type	Description
Key	String	The Variable Name of the Global Variable. The name is specified without the “<” markers. For example, to change the Global Variable <output.path>, the value for this parameter should be specified as “output.path” (no quotes).
New value	String	The new value of the Global Variable.
Old value	String	Output. The value of the Global Variable before it was changed.
Create GSSV if not found	Boolean	Indicates if the Global Variable is to be created if not found. Default=true.

Note: Strings must be entered as fully qualified names. For example: <package name>.<object name>.<variable name>

SetProperty

This task sets the value of a property in a properties file.

Parameter	Type	Description
Properties File	String, File, Properties	The properties file to be edited. Or, the string path to the properties file.
Property Name	String	The property in the file that is to be set.
Value	String	The value of the property to be set.

SetRouteFieldValues

This task sets the values of parameters according to the mapping in an Inbound EDI Route.

Parameter	Type	Description
Route	EDIRoute	The Inbound EDI Route to get the values from.

SetVariable

This task sets the value of a variable.

Parameter	Type	Description
Variable	Object	The variable to be set.
Value	Object	The value to set it to.

SetVaultEntryAlias

This task sets...

Parameter	Type	Description
returnValue	Void
arg0	String

Sleep

Parameter	Type	Description
Unit of Time	Unit of time
Duration/Date	Long, Date

StorageNodeHasData

This task tests if a StorageNode contains at least one non-white space character.

Parameter	Type	Description
StorageNode	StorageNode	The storage node to be tested.

StringLength

This task computes the length of a string.

Parameter	Type	Description
String	String	The string to compute the length of.
Result	Long	Output.

StringToLowerCase

This task converts all characters in a string to lowercase.

Parameter	Type	Description
Result	String	Output.
String	String	The string to convert to lower case.

StringToUpperCase

This task converts all characters in a string to uppercase.

Parameter	Type	Description
Result	String	Output.
String	String	The string to convert to upper case.

Substring

This task extracts a substring from a string.

Parameter	Type	Description
Result	String	Output.
String	String	The string to take the substring from.
Start Index	Long	The starting index of the substring to be extracted.
End Index	Long	When left blank, the end of the string is assumed.

Subtract

This subtracts one number from another.

Parameter	Type	Description
Result	Long, Double	Output.
Minuend	Long, Double	The number to be subtracted from.
Subtrahend	Long, Double	The number to subtract from the minuend.

UpdateAcknowledegmentStatus

Parameter	Type	Description
Acknowledgement Validation Data	StorageNode

UpdateConnectionLogStatus

Parameter	Type	Description
Connection Id	String
Status	String
Description	String
Session	String

UpdateLogStatus

Parameter	Type	Description
Log	Log

XmlDocumentContains

This task searches a StorageNode to see if it contains a specified value. The data (internally) should point to an XML File. The data search is based on a plain-text representation of the object – that is, the Source is searched as if it is a human-readable XML representation of the data. No special parsing is performed to match against element names, attribute names/values, etc. So, you may search for <ELEMENT_NAME> – not just ELEMENT_NAME.

Parameter	Type	Description
Document	StorageNode	The StorageNode from which to read the XML data.
Search String	String	The string (or Regular Expression) to search for.
Is Regular Expression (default table)	Boolean	Indicates if the Search String should be treated as a Regular Expression; default = false.
Result	Boolean	Output. This will never be a null value - unless an internal error occurs that would cause the Business Process to fail anyway.