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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
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  <query>
    <search>
      <p ns="0" title="POP Scanner" snippet="A Pop Scanner is an [[Anonymous Nodes|Anonymous Task Element]] &lt;span class=&#039;searchmatch&#039;&gt;meaning&lt;/span&gt; that when you create a POP Scanner it is only created for the current task &#10;" size="22045" wordcount="3837" timestamp="2015-08-20T13:58:19Z" />
      <p ns="0" title="Data Filter" snippet="...ed to the Node labelled &amp;quot;Process New POs&amp;quot;. Any data considered &amp;quot;changed&amp;quot; - &lt;span class=&#039;searchmatch&#039;&gt;meaning&lt;/span&gt; it contains a previously recognised PURCHASE_ORDER_NUMBER but the QUANTITY &#10;" size="6711" wordcount="1139" timestamp="2015-08-20T15:38:26Z" />
      <p ns="0" title="LDAP Query Nodes" snippet="An LDAP Query is an [[Anonymous Nodes|Anonymous Task Element]] &lt;span class=&#039;searchmatch&#039;&gt;meaning&lt;/span&gt; that when you create an LDAP Query it is only created for the current task &#10;" size="3328" wordcount="567" timestamp="2015-08-20T13:54:35Z" />
      <p ns="0" title="Presenceconfig.xml" snippet="to whatever jars are specified here, &lt;span class=&#039;searchmatch&#039;&gt;meaning&lt;/span&gt; they&#10;" size="5898" wordcount="702" timestamp="2015-08-12T12:02:18Z" />
      <p ns="0" title="Custom Data Formatter Standard Option" snippet="Note that we have added an opening &amp;amp;lt;ul&amp;amp;gt; tag, which is an HTML tag &lt;span class=&#039;searchmatch&#039;&gt;meaning&lt;/span&gt; that an &#039;&#039;&#039;unordered list&#039;&#039;&#039; will follow. We now want to change our NAME br&#10;By default this is unchecked, &lt;span class=&#039;searchmatch&#039;&gt;meaning&lt;/span&gt; that when duplicate records are encountered Presence will skip them, rather&#10;" size="6051" wordcount="1018" timestamp="2015-08-21T12:47:00Z" />
      <p ns="0" title="XML Document Writer" snippet="XML Document Writer is an [[Anonymous Nodes|Anonymous Task Element]], &lt;span class=&#039;searchmatch&#039;&gt;meaning&lt;/span&gt; that it is not re-usable - copies can be made, but changes to one instance &#10;" size="3561" wordcount="606" timestamp="2015-08-19T16:14:28Z" />
      <p ns="0" title="Database Resource" snippet="...ould retain connections after they are used. The default is seven minutes, &lt;span class=&#039;searchmatch&#039;&gt;meaning&lt;/span&gt; that if a connection remains unused after seven minutes it will be closed. &#10;" size="4643" wordcount="746" timestamp="2015-08-20T11:08:34Z" />
      <p ns="0" title="Write Text File" snippet="This is the location of the file that should be created. It can be dynamic, &lt;span class=&#039;searchmatch&#039;&gt;meaning&lt;/span&gt; it can contain other Variables or column references.&#10;" size="1138" wordcount="186" timestamp="2015-08-21T14:22:22Z" />
      <p ns="0" title="Write Binary File Node" snippet="This is the location of the file that should be created. It can be dynamic, &lt;span class=&#039;searchmatch&#039;&gt;meaning&lt;/span&gt; it can contain other Variables or column references.&#10;" size="970" wordcount="163" timestamp="2015-08-21T14:22:48Z" />
      <p ns="0" title="Create Graph" snippet="...nd allows you to color-code intervals of the dial to indicate the relative &lt;span class=&#039;searchmatch&#039;&gt;meaning&lt;/span&gt; of the sections - for example green, amber and red sections could indicate &#10;...ape or a circle shape. A preview icon next to the options demonstrates the &lt;span class=&#039;searchmatch&#039;&gt;meaning&lt;/span&gt; of each term.&#10;" size="13773" wordcount="2275" timestamp="2015-08-21T14:26:57Z" />
    </search>
  </query>
</api>